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	 Volume 6
	  Chapter 3 (52)
	   You Gonna Pitch?

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(Ch. 3) You Gonna Pitch?

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Sign: Senkawa High School Baseball Field
	Completion Ceremonial Game

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Van: Hiryunishi

Hiro: Captain, they're here.

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Yokomichi: Hello, hello.
	My name is Yokomichi, the coach of Hiryunishi's baseball team.
	We truly thank you for your invitation.

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Koga: I'm Koga, the coach.

Yokomichi: Ah,
	hello, hello.
	I'm sure you've heard all sorts of rumors,
	but I assure you that the yearlong hiatus has taught our boys a valuable lesson, and that they know the error of their ways.

Player: Hey, GEEZER!
	Can we start practicing?!

Yokomichi: Er,
	do you mind if we warm up before the game?

Koga: Not at all.

Yokomichi: Then we will borrow the field for a bit.

Player: Geezer says we can start!

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Haruka: Their confidence in fighting
	has given them quick reflexes.

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Koga: Quarterfinals in last summer's tournament.
	The perfect opponent to judge our own worth.
	This is a chance to see our own strengths and limits.
	Winning or losing is unimportant here.
	This is where everything begins.
	Including my career as Senkawa baseball team coach.

Haruka: Yeah, yeah.

Ump: Both teams, line up!

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Player: You gonna pitch?

Hiro: Yes,
	well.
	Um...

Player: If you don't got good control, don't try throwin' inside.
	I'm a nice guy, see, but some of the boys on our team get pissed with a quickness.
	They'll charge the mound if it just brushes their uniform.

Hiro: Okay.
	I'll throw them all down the middle.

Player: Hey, chill.
	That was a warning, not a threat.

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Batter: Urya!
	Hmph!

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Batter: We'll leave it at this, for today.
	Later,
	dogg.

Haruka: Did you learn anything?

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Teams: Hiryunishi
	Senkawa

Koga: Yeah...
	Holy shit!
	I didn't know our team was this good!!

Haruka: I thought winning was unimportant.

Koga: They were in the Best Eight last year!

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Haruka: They've spent an entire year being lazy.
	They were already running out of gas after three innings.

Koga: I can see the Koshien, Haruka!

Haruka: Why don't you pull off your sunglasses and take a good look?

Koga: The light, it burns!
	So this is the real Koshien*!
	Hahaha!

(* This is a Japanese pun that replaces the first character of "Koshien" with the kanji for "light".)

Hiro: Abnormal.

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