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	 Volume 5
	  Chapter 3 (42)
	   Too Late For That

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(Ch. 3) Too Late For That

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Meiwa Players: Whew,
	that was some sneaky timing on the last play.
	Yeah, no kidding.

Student Ump: He was out.

Meiwa Players: Hey, chill,
	nobody's complaining about your first base umpiring.
	Yeah,
	it was a fair call of an extremely close out.

Student Ump: If his foot hadn't been off the base.

Meiwa Player: Huh?

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Student Ump: (heh)
	Oh well, no sweat.
	In soccer and boxing, you have to be prepared for that kind of courtesy on enemy turf.

Meiwa Player: Are you serious?

Student Ump: It was a close game.
	There'd be a media riot if our first-string players lost to some nobody baseball club.

Meiwa Players: Exactly.
	Nice call.

Stall: (click)

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Student Ump: Ah,
	d'oh.

Principal: Famous baseball school...

Sign: Meiwa Daiichi High School
	Baseball Team Boardinghouse

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Meiwa Principal: Ah,
	so you found the bathroom.
	How about it?
	Would you like a cold drink inside?

Principal: There's a wasp's nest on the roof of that building.

Meiwa Principal: Oh, you're right.
	My, you sure can see very far.

Principal: Yes.
	Thankfully, my eyesight is good.

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Noda: Is your leg okay...?

Hiro: Yeah.

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Sign: Yanagi

Yanagi: Welcome home.

Principal: Is your cold better?

Yanagi: Huh?

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Grey Book: Sosei High School Yearbook

<<Principal: Aren't you going to ask why I hate high school baseball so much?

<<Hiro: No.
	It's probably an incredibly trivial reason, anyways.

Principal: Hmph.
	Too bad for you, Kunimi-kun.

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Hiro: Ouch!

Haruka: You should get it checked in a hospital.
	You don't want to break the bone.

Hiro: Oh, it's not so bad.
	I'll go to the hospital and all that.
	I'm not going to have anything else to do.
	For a very long time.

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Hikari: Quit sulking!
	It's too early to give up!
	Those were unbelievable terms to begin with, I can't imagine why you agreed to them in the first place!

Hiro: As if it's any of your business.

Noda: Ahhh,
	damn!

Hideo: That was too bad.
	If it got past me, you guys would have won.

Noda: Tachibana-kun,
	your outstandingly fair play left quite an impression on me.

Hideo: Thanks.

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Hideo: You guys should transfer to our school.
	Let's play baseball together again.

Hiro: Too late for that.
	Now I remember how fun it is to pitch to you.

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Hiro: It's too early to give up, Noda.
	Those were unbelievable terms to begin with, I can't imagine why we agreed to them in the first place!

Hikari: Look who's talking.

Hiro: We'll just find another way!
	Yanagi?!

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<<Principal: The school Papa went to is going to be in the Koshien.
	Isn't that great, Mokkun?

(Note: Mokkun is just a nickname.  Yanagi's first name most likely starts with "Mo".)

<<Principal: Let's go watch them play.

<<Yanagi: Yaaay,
	Koshien, Koshien.

<<Principal: Hahahaha.

Teams: BL
	Sosei

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Noda: So?
	Isn't that a great idea?!

Hiro: So he played catch with you up to 10 years ago.
	Your dad, I mean.

Yanagi: Yup.

Noda: Were you even listening to my plan?!

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Hiro: Shut up.
	Go and do it yourself!
	Yanagi, tell him your home phone number.

Noda: Bastards.

Hiro: So he was a Giants fan?

Yanagi: Especially Egawa.

Phone: Rrrr...
	Rrrr...

Principal: Hello,
	Yanagi residence.

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Noda: Shut up and do exactly what I tell you.
	We have your precious son...
	If you ever want to see him again, create a Senkawa High School Baseball Team.

Hiro: Okay, maybe if we get Egawa to ask him,
	your dad'll agree.

Hikari: How are you going to get Egawa-san to ask him?

Noda: Got it?!

Principal: You want me to make a baseball team?

Noda: Yeah!

Principal: ...very well.

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Principal: I'll do it.

Hiro: I have a baseball signed by Hara, how about that?

Yanagi: I don't really know about Hara...

Phone: (click)

Hiro: Are you happy?
	Now that you've wasted your time, help us think of an idea.

Noda: He'll do it...

Hiro: Do what?

Noda: Make a baseball team...

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Principal: 10 years...

<<Hiro: It's probably an incredibly trivial reason, anyways.

Principal: {No kidding...}

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