H2
	 Volume 9
	  Chapter 2 (81)
	   Bye, Hideo

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(Ch. 2) Bye, Hideo

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Hiro: Yes!
	Time for practice.

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Umpire: OUT!!

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Noda: A laser beam throw from the outfield.

Yanagi: The best team must know how to relay the ball well, of course.

Hiro: Hey.

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Teams: Yoko
	Meiwa Ichi

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Announcer: Two outs!
	Meiwa Daiichi High School could not get a runner on
	for Tachibana, here in the bottom of the 11th!

Hiro: That's enough.

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Noda: Yeah, this is nice weather.
	We don't want to waste any more practice time.

Yanagi: This isn't the time to be rooting anyone else on.

Kine: Trust me, I'm NOT rooting for Tachibana.

Haruka: But,
	we could at least watch this at-bat...

Announcers: Uh-oh,
	the catcher, Yanagisawa-kun, stands up for a base-on-balls.

Noda: Good sportsmanship, there.

Hiro: Better than trying to make it seem like they're walking him on accident.

Noda: They don't have to bother with appearances.
	They're tough.

Hiro: Whether or not they win the game, Hideo will still win his battle.

(Note: In case some of the conversation on this page is over some people's heads (I'm guessing about 90%), the catcher was standing up because they are intentionally walking Hideo.  Rather than
	what some other teams have done, which is simply pitch four bad pitches and walk him, without looking like they're trying to.)

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Hiro: Bye, Hideo.
	I'll see you there, this summer.

TV: (click)

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Kine: Daaah!
	How many times do I have to tell you guys?!
	If you back up with your glove in the air, you won't reach the ball's landing point in time!

Player: Whoops.

Hiro: Baseball is more fun to play than to watch.

Noda: Yep.

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Radio: Meiwa Ichi's ace, Ichinose, had done a brilliant job of holding down Yoko's batting squad!

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Hiro: Listen to the game with earphones.  It's distracting everyone.

Haruka: Oh,
	I'm sorry.

Hiro: Hit the bucket when the game's over.
	Once if Meiwa wins, twice if they lose.

Haruka: Got it.

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Hiro: I'm impressed, genius.
	You DO work hard when you need to.

Kine: I'm not like you guys.
	My dream is much larger than yours.

Hiro: Hmm?

Kine: I want to start with the Koshien.

Hiro: Start?

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Kine: But there are over a thousand guys who play in the Koshien,
	every single year.
	There are tons of them out there.
	It's hardly something to brag about.
	But what if you make a double appearance in the Koshien and New Year's soccer tournament?!
	Best ever!
	Only man in the world!
	The newspapers will be screaming my name way more than they did for Tachibana.
	A star among stars!
	12 pro baseball teams, 12 pro soccer teams.
	Once the film companies start calling for me, watch the bidding war rise into the nether regions of the atmosphere!
	Whaddaya think?!

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Player: Ooh.

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Yanagi: Geez!
	Why are you trying to demoralize your own team's batters during free-batting?

Hiro: Sorry, sorry.
	I've been knocked around a little too much, lately.

Sfx: (bang bang)

Hiro: Just trying to work off stress.

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Hiro: Hey, quiet over there.
	Okay,
	here we go.

Sfx: (bang bang)

Hiro: I said, pipe down...

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