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	 Volume 8
	  Chapter 3 (72)
	   How About Three Pitches for 100 Yen?

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(Ch. 3) How About Three Pitches for 100 Yen?

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Hiro: So,
	what do you want?

Shuji: Will you pitch to me?

Hiro: Huh?

Shuji: I want to see if I can hit your pitches.

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Hiro: Unfortunately, this is not a batting cage.
	It's our festival.

Shuji: You won't do it?

Hiro: How about three pitches for 100 yen?
	If you can hit it in fair ground, I'll give you 200.
	And if it would be a hit in a game, I'll make it 1,000.

Shuji: You're so confident.

Hiro: No, this is a petite confidence.  You'll notice I didn't say I'd give you 10,000.

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Hiro: What do you say?

Shuji: I'd love to.

Hiro: Okay,
	let's go check out the field, then.

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Arikawa: Gwah!

Hiro: Whatcha guys doin'?  The game's over, you're free for the rest of the day.

Arikawa: Oh,
	right.
	That's why we're practicing.

Hiro: But it's the festival.  I mean, just for today...

Yanagi: That's what I said, too.

Arikawa: Well, we really held you guys back in the game today.

Guy: We just couldn't feel like having fun, after that.

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Guy: So we forced Yanagi here to help us
	and give us some fielding practice.
	Or not.

Hiro: Huh?

Arikawa: Even WE might be able to improve with enough practice!
	Or not.

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Yanagi: What are you here for, Kunimi-kun?

Hiro: Huh?
	Oh, I'm just making some money...
	I mean,
	this is Tachibana Hideo's good friend, Sagawa-kun.
	He's planning on joining our team next year.
	Right?

Shuji: When did I ever say that?

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Hiro: Hideo said your mom told him.
	Where you were going.

Shuji: Senkawa's tough.  I might not make it.
	Depends on how hard I try.

Hiro: So you want me to make you try harder, is that it?

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Hiro: We're gonna use the mound for a bit.
	Yanagi,
	keep track of the pitches.

Shuji: 100 yen for three balls, right?

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Guys: Whoa, that's faster than he was in the game.
	He doesn't have to get that serious against a middle schooler...
	Yeah, the kid's gonna lose confidence.

Yanagi: No...

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Yanagi: He has to pitch that hard, not to get hit.

Guy: Hmm?

Hiro: 200 yen if you can hit it forward.

Shuji: That's the deal.

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Fence: (CLANG!)

Hiro: You're not listening...
	Yanagi, how many was that?

Yanagi: 45!

Hiro: 45 / 3...

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Hiro: 1,500 yen!

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Arikawa: All right!

Hiro: Okay, 1,500 - 1,000.
	500 yen it is.

Shuji: That was a double.

Hiro: What?

Shuji: Two bases.

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Hiro: You're nuts.
	That's not a double.

Shuji: Yes it is.
	That was a double, for me.

Hiro: Sure thing.
	Now you have to graduate into our school and prove it to me.

 - Chapter 3 Owari -