H2 Volume 5 Chapter 8 (47) You Don't Have to Say It Like That - Page 131 - (Ch. 8) You Don't Have to Say It Like That - Page 132 - TV: *CRACK* *RAAAH* Between third and short! - Page 133 - TV: Run number 9! Koga: No, you idiots! TV: A near-insurmountable lead, here in the 6th inning. It's the National High School Baseball Championship! The "Miracle Team" who came back to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat time after time, Saeki Chuo is here in their first Koshien appearance. However, the highly favored Yoko Academy's powerful lineup has beaten them into submission. Teams: Saeki Chuo Yoko - Page 134 - TV: *CRACK* Going back... over the outfielders heads! The tenth run of the game! Oh, and the runner on third heads home during the throw back! He's safe! Koga: What the hell are you doing?! Why are they trying to throw people out when they won't make it in time?! What is their coach teaching them to do?! Pull it together! Waitress: Excuse me, you're disturbing the other customers. Could you possibly be a bit more quiet...? - Page 135 - Koga: Oh, pardon me. I just get excited. Sorry about that. More coffee, sweetheart. TV: Well, an 11-0 lead is rather decisive, but I'd like to see this game fought out to the very end, wouldn't you, Commentator Nehori-san? Exactly so. Speaking of large margins of victory in the Koshien, this takes you back to 10 years ago... Yes, absolutely. - Page 136 - TV: With Sosei High's 30-0 no-hit loss. It makes it painful that there is no "called game" rule in the Koshien. Precisely. (Note: Japanese high school baseball has a rule that says a game is finished if the lead is large enough. I don't know the specific numbers, but apparently the rule is not enforced within the final games played at the Koshien stadium.) TV: Even a student of the same high school would want to see the game ended prematurely, given such a devastating difference in strength as that. Koga: You don't have to say it like that! You brainless chumps! - Page 137 - Koga: Why don't you have them compete in test scores, huh?! The OTHER team would be the one getting no-hit and shutout! The Sosei baseball team players had the highest grades in the prefecture for three whole years! They showed top class in both scholastics and their sport! You have to measure student baseball teams with their athletics AND their education! Waitress: Sir... Koga: More coffee, sweetheart. - Page 138 - TV: Oh! The runner's got a big lead! The catcher throws to second! He's out! Koga: God, you idiots! What are you DOING? That's wrong! Argh! This is pissing me off! Let me manage that team! - Page 139 - Sign: Go for the KOSHIEN Kunimi Hiro - Page 140 - Sign: Go for the KOSHIEN Kunimi Hiro Hiro: Not yet, just 100 more! Here we go, Noda... (zzz) - Page 141 - - Page 142 - <