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	 Volume 15
	  Chapter 7 (146)
	   Maybe?

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(Ch. 7) Maybe?

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Sign: 8 Kine

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Ump: Strike!

Kine: Oh damn.
	I let my home run ball get by me.

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Shima: How long have you known?
	That we're Hirota's relatives?

Hiro: After the fourth round game.
	The game where you hit two homers, Ohtake.
	My friend's uncle is a great sportswriter,
	and he finds out a lot of things you don't notice at first glance.
	When she heard from him, my friend was worried and called me.

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Hiro: She thought it was strange you were hiding your relation.
	And maybe...

Shima: Maybe?

Hiro: You might be spies for Hirota.

Ump: Strike!

Kine: A double to left field.
	You're getting off easy here, Hirota.
	I've decided to spend my first at-bat analyzing your pitching.

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Kine: But now I'm down in the count, so I don't have a choice.
	Better watch where you throw the ball.

Ump: Strike three!

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Kine: Yeah, he throws his best stuff to the leadoff batter.

Yanagi: That would have been a ball if you didn't swing.

Shima: And if we were spies...?

Hiro: Wouldn't change anything.
	Your errors have been added into the calculations anyway.
	And after how serious you've been practicing,
	making an error on purpose would be harder than an accident.

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Ump: Strike three!
	Batter out!

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Hiro: Couldn't swing at it?

Yanagi: He deserved it, if he could throw it in that spot, at that speed.

PA: Batting third, the pitcher, Kunimi-kun.

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Announcers: Kunimi-kun seems to be quite far from the plate.
	Yes.

Ump: Strike!

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Announcers: Three strikeouts!
	Hirota gets off to a great start!

Shiroyama: No tricks this time...?
	This game could be easier than I thought.

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Shuji: C'mon, let's go!

Shima: Did you know about us and Hirota, too?

Shuji: No,
	that was the first I'd heard.

Shima: You probably suspected we were up to something from the beginning.

Shuji: Maybe.
	But,
	I doubt you guys would go this far just for Hirota.
	I already know that he's not the kind of guy you'd make sacrifices for.

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Announcer: And now,
	it's Kunimi's turn!

Teams: S
	E

Announcer: Five innings in his first game, then two straight no-hitters.
	In the fourth round, he pitched four innings of relief, allowing one hit.
	And the quarterfinal game was a two-hit shutout.

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Announcer: He's let up three hits in thirty-six innings!
	With no runs, of course!

Dad: Ah, sir,
	Right this way.
	Traffic must have been terrible.
	You have to allow extra time in case of an emergency.
	The game has already started.

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Announcer: And..
	here's Kunimi!

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