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	 Volume 13
	  Chapter 7 (126)
	   I'm Surprised You Can Stand

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(Ch. 7) I'm Surprised You Can Stand

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Shuji: Captain!

Arikawa: Got it!

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Ump: Safe!

Shuji: Kunimi-san!

Hiro: Don't...  shout.

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Hiro: My head is killing me...

Shuji: You're bleeding.

Hiro: Oh,
	I see.
	Well, that's better than internal hemorrhaging.

Koga: T-
	Timeout!

PA: Please wait while Kunimi is examined.

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Teams: Mitakako
	Senkawa

Men: Did something happen?
	Yeah.
	Kunimi from Senkawa got injured and taken off the field on a stretcher.
	Kunimi?!
	The guy who pitched the no-hitter?!

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Men: He was playing center today instead of pitching,
	And he collided with the leftfielder, Shima, while he was chasing a fly ball.
	They were probably going to switch him to relief so he wouldn't have to be the starting pitcher,
	but with him out of the picture, Senkawa doesn't stand a chance.

Hirota: And the leftfielder?

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Men: Hirota-kun from Eikyo Academy.
	The leftfielder got up right away.  He didn't seem to be hurt.

Hirota: I see.
	Isn't that good, Keita?
	Did you come to root for your brother?

Keita: No.

Hirota: Keita, wait.
	Use this to buy something you really want.
	Don't worry about it.

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Hirota: Thank your brother, instead of me.

Bugs: (bzzt)(bzzt)
	(bzzt)(bzzt)(bzzt)(bzzt)(bzzt)

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Players: Are you really okay?!

Hiro: Yeah.
	C'mon,
	c'mon.
	Guys,
	we need to take our positions.

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Noda: 36 x 24.

Hiro: You idiot.
	I couldn't have calculated that in my head even before the collision.

Noda: 4, 6...  24.
	3, 4...  12.
	...2... 6,

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Shima: I'm surprised you can stand.

Hiro: Huh?

Shima: I'm famous for having a hard head.
	I knocked out the 190cm-tall captain of the judo team in middle school with just one headbutt.
	He didn't get up for another two hours.

Hiro: He didn't have a game to play,
	did he?

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Hiro: Besides, there's a difference between an accidental headbutt and an intentional one.

Shima: What if this one was intentional?

Hiro: Then you were blowing smoke up my ass with that 190cm story.

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Kine: I can't count on any relief pitching.
	And now my fielding is weaker, too.
	We don't have a choice.
	I'm the only man this team can count on!

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Kine: Yaah!

Noda: {I TOLD you,
	when you grip too hard, the pitch gets slower.}

Kine: It's all you, centerfield.

Hiro: That moron.

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Hiro: {Crap!
	When I look up, I start to feel lightheaded.
	And the swelling in my left eye is starting to get worse.
	I can't really...
	see the...
	Whatever!}
	Use my years of baseball instinct...

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Hiro: Shima...
	What happened to that guy once he got up, two hours later?

Shima: Oh...
	He called an ambulance and was taken to the hospital,
	and I believe he got out after another week or so.

Hiro: Hmmm...
	A week...

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