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	 Volume 13
	  Chapter 3 (122)
	   Give It to Me

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(Ch. 3) Give It to Me

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[North Tokyo, South Tokyo.]
[Sixteen teams left.]
[Today, all sixteen are playing at different stadiums,]
[in eight different games, to decide who belongs in the ranks of the "Best Eight."]

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[The Koshien regional tournaments]
[are finally getting]
[to crunch time.]

Noises: (bip)(bip)(bip)(bip)(bip)
	(bip)
	(bip)(bip)(bip)(bip)

Hiro: Whoa.
	I won.  I won!
	That's the first time I've ever won!

Noda: Will you get another drink?

Hiro: No,
	it's gotta be some deluxe prize of some kind...

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Hiro: Hey!
	Who wants it?

Noda: C'mon,
	let's go.

Shima: Give it to me.

Hiro: What would you do with it?

Shima: My brother likes these things.

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Hiro: Huh.

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Ump: Ball four!

Announcer: Two outs, runner on second.
	Komadai Nishi High School avoids a confrontation with Tachibana Hideo by walking him.

Meiwa Coach: When you pitch to our batters, the most important thing is to not allow any runners on base.

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Meiwa Coach: You're making a mistake if you gauge our other batters according to Tachibana's level.
	Batting fifth, Nagai.
	If you compared him to the average batter,
	you wouldn't be able to walk Tachibana so easily.

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Meiwa Coach: Worry about one run, and you give up lots.
	That's the pattern for the teams we face.

Takaaki: Amazing...

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Takaaki: No pitcher who's less than steller stands a chance
	against these guys...

Hikari: They're trying to be national champions.

Takaaki: They've got the power to achieve that.
	I'll be going back to the office, then.

Hikari: You aren't going to watch the rest?

Takaaki: If I don't get my errands done in time, I'll miss the second game in North Tokyo.
	I'll deliver any messages you want to send.

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Hikari: No messages
	for now.

Takaaki: Gotcha.

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Announcer: Look out!
	An errant pitch!

Shiroyama: {That's right, Hirota.
	Don't forget that part.}

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Shiroyama: {You're supposed to be surprisingly timid and have a bad habit of gripping the ball too hard when nervous.
	A habit of wild pitches...}

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Teams: I
	E

Shiroyama: Are you going to the next field over, Hirota?
	To watch the second game of the day.

Hirota: I have a date with a girl I ran into while I was walking around town.

Shiroyama: Don't break the curfew.

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Paper: Second Game (13:00)
	Mitakako - Senkawa

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Crowd: Murmur
	Murmur
	Murmur
	Murmur

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Crowd: Murmur
	Murmur

Koga: Full house.
	All eyes here.
	Center!

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Players: Hey!
	Sorry, sorry.
	Word.

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