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	 Volume 15
	  Chapter 8 (147)
	   He's Read You Like a Book

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(Ch. 8) He's Read You Like a Book

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PA: Batting leadoff for Eikyo in the bottom of the first,
	Secondbaseman Shiga-kun.

Shiroyama: Now,
	let's have some fun,
	Kunimi-kun.

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Announcer: Let's see how Kunimi starts it off!
	Here comes the first pitch...
	A swing and a miss!

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Announcer: Here's the second...

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Ump: Strike!

Announcers: Did you notice how Senkawa's first and third basemen came forward at the same time as the pitcher?
	Oh,
	they did?
	And here's pitch #3...

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Announcer: A slow curve?!
	The batter watches it go for strike three!

PA: Batting second, firstbaseman Ogasawara-kun.

Announcer: What's this?!
	A first-pitch safety bunt?!
	Laid down nicely!

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Announcer: Ah,
	but the thirdbaseman was already charging!
	He throws it to first,
	for an easy out.

Ogura: He's read you like a book.

Shiroyama: Who?

Ogura: The other coach.

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Koga: (yay!)

Shiroyama: Hmph.

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Announcer: Three outs to end the inning!

Hiro: Yeah!

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Shiroyama: Don't start on your own.
	I told you to wait for two strikes.

Batter: I, I'm sorry.
	He just threw the perfect slow pitch.

Shiroyama: It's obvious you don't want to hit.
	The moment he trails a lazy pitch in front of you and you swing at it when you weren't going to,
	that perfect pitch is no longer a perfect pitch.
	Hirota.
	Don't let their bats touch the ball.

Hirota: It's too early for my hardest pitching.

Shiroyama: Who told you to throw your hardest?
	Make it 80%.

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Shiroyama: Make your level of skill an obvious point.
	Let the crowd get the idea.
	That Eikyo will win this game, eventually.

Hirota: No matter which way...
	we win?

Shiroyama: Exactly.

Scoreboard: S
	E

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Bugs: (bzz)(bzz)

TV: Both pitchers had excellent first innings, as expected.
	Three straight outs for each.

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TV: Top of the 2nd, with the catcher Noda leading off for Senkawa.

Hideo: Go, Noda!
	What about Hikari?

Miho: Is it too bright?
	Let me close the curtains.

(Note: As stated before sometime in the beginning of the manga, "Hikari" means light or shine.)

Miho: Oh,
	you mean Amamiya-san.
	She's doing the laundry.

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Hideo: Hikari, the game's already started.

Hikari: I know.

Hideo: You can do that later.

Hikari: I'll be done in a minute.

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Hideo: Do it later.

Hikari: If you root for Hiro too much now,
	you'll regret it afterward.

Hideo: Don't lump me in with all the other guys.
	I'm Tachibana Hideo.

Hikari: And I'm Amamiya Hikari.
	Nice to meet you.

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Sign: Meiji Jingu Ballpark

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Announcer: Six straight strikeouts!
	Hirota is simply astonishing today!

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Noda: I sure hope he doesn't keep pitching like this for nine innings.

Hiro: Then we'll wait for the 10th.
	And if that's not enough, the 18th, or the 36th...
	As long as I don't let up any runs, he'll never win.

Noda: Hey,
	is that Godzilla on the horizon?

Hiro: No, it's just my ego.

Voice: (lame joke)

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