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	 Volume 13
	  Chapter 9 (128)
	   Is It My Turn?

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(Ch. 9) Is It My Turn?

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Ohtake: I've managed to K.O. an opponent in a match when I'd already lost consciousness too, you know.

Shima: I doubt he'd want to be compared to you,
	but I can see why he worries Katchan so much.

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Koga: Do it, Noda!

Noda: It's the cleanup hitter's task
	to get the job done...
	when you need him!

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Noda: Crap.
	Crap.

Hiro: Huh.
	Oh,
	is it my turn?

Teams: Mitakako
	Senkawa

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Haruka: Are you okay,
	Kunimi-kun?!

Hiro: Of course I'm okay.
	Didn't you see that hit?
	You've ALWAYS been such a worrywart.

Ohtake: Have you really known Koga-san for that long?

Hiro: Uh, yeah...
	Always, for more than a year...

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Kine: Rya!

Announcer: Bounder to the left side!
	Shortstop Sagawa
	watches the runner back to the second and throws to first base.
	They were in a jam with a runner on second and no outs after rightfielder Ohtake's error,
	But now there are two outs.

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Announcer: Flyball!

Kine: (yes!)

Announcer: To center?!
	Or left?!

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Announcer: OOPS!
	Mitatako gets another run with two out!

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Hiro: Shima.
	Don't disrespect the game.

Teams: Mitakako
	Senkawa

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Kine: So how did a weak fly turn into a hit?
	That should have been an error.

Hiro: It WASN'T an error!
	An error would have been far better.

Ohtake: He didn't say a word after you injured him, but now he's angry.

Shima: I wasn't sparing him.
	I just couldn't get the right timing for another headbutt.

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Signs: Arikawa, Sagawa, Hironaga

Announcer: One out, runners on second and third!
	Down two runs, Senkawa has a chance to tie it back up!

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Sign: 9, Ohtake

Koga: Ohtake.

Ohtake: Got it.

Koga: What?

Ohtake: Pinch-hitter, right?

Koga: No.
	You remember your last strikeout?

Ohtake: You want me to think about it?

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Koga: Yes.  That strikeout.
	Understand?

Ohtake: Yessir.

Crowd: Ohtake!
	Ohtake!
	Ohtake!
	Ohtake!

Ohtake: {If I make contact, I might be able to get a sacrifice fly...
	But if he wants me to strike out, I don't have a choice.}

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Ohtake: {Dammit!}
	Strike one!
	Strike two!
	Strike three!

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Announcer: Where's the ball?!
	Where did it go?!
	It's over the net!

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Announcer: An out-of-the-park
	three-run homerun!

Hiro: Oh.
	Is it my turn?

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