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	 Volume 15
	  Chapter 1 (140)
	   That Would Be Impossible

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(Ch. 1) That Would Be Impossible

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PA: We have a request for one of our guests in attendance.
	Kunimi-sama from Koga Co., Kunimi-sama,
	please report to the bathroom in the third base stands.

Dad: (oops)

Koga: There he is...

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Announcer: Three outs to end the inning!

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Hirota: Only five pitches to retire the side.

Teams: Senkawa
	Himiya

Hirota: That team is mindless.

Shiroyama: Kunimi is famous for his good control.
	And when they realize that he pitches faster when he gets behind in the count,
	the batters want to finish up the at-bat as quickly as possible.
	A hit-and-field style of pitching...
	His strategy is to economize the number of pitches, rather than being concerned about hits.

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Hirota: So he's limiting the fatigue he'll experience tomorrow.

Shiroyama: Not just for tomorrow.
	He's thinking much, much further ahead.
	Teach him about the pain of baseball,
	Hirota.
	Show that stupid boy with his dreams, ideals and hopes,
	what his beloved baseball is really like.

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Ump: Foul ball!

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Ump: Strike three, yer out!

Shiroyama: Is that them?
	Your relatives.

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Hirota: Yes, although we've always lived apart, in Tokyo and Shizuoka.
	Hardly anyone else knows that we're even related.

Shiroyama: Keep quiet about it.
	You don't want anyone to get funny ideas.

Hirota: No problem.
	There are cases of brothers playing each other.
	This is just a funny coincidence.
	Do you think someone would actually make errors to lose on purpose?
	In pure, untainted high school baseball...

Shiroyama: That would be impossible.

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Announcer: A triple!

Dad: (Osamu!)

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Kine: GOAAAAL!

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Someone: He's really narrowing down their pitching.

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Someone: I guess that coach isn't just for show.

Koga: You say something?

Player: Huh?

Hirota: {Ogura...}

Shiroyama: He ignored my command to go home.

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Hirota: He's taking lots of notes.
	Just like a backup catcher should.

Shiroyama: He's dreaming of being your catcher.
	Without realizing it will never come true...
	This game is over.
	...right,
	let's leave before the media circus begins.

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Teams: Senkawa
	Himiya

Player: Two errors,
	No walks,
	two hits allowed.

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Player: Kunimi really is astonishing...
	He got a shutout even when he wasn't pitching his hardest.

Koga: Noda won this game.

Player: Huh?

Koga: If anyone was responsible for this win, it's Noda.
	Kunimi only pitched where Noda told him to.
	He never shook his head.

Player: He is now.

Koga: Huh?

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Noda: Don't do this.

Hiro: 140 kilo...

Batter: (ack)

Hiro: Bounder.

Ump: Game set!

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