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	 Volume 16
	  Chapter 4 (153)
	   No, Not That

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(Ch. 4) No, Not That

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Shiroyama: Koga Fujio...?!

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Ump: Foul ball!

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Noda: {Man...
	Eikyo Academy was the spring champion,
	so it should be obvious, but...
	They have good bat control.
	They know how to make clean contact with pitches in tough spots.}

Ump: Ball!

Noda: {They have excellent eyesight.
	Each one of them are amazing batters.}

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Noda: {All right, then...}

Player: It's taking him a while to get the grip right.

Koga: His fingers aren't that long.
	It takes time for him to get them around the ball.

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Player: Then, aren't they going to notice?

Koga: It's not a big problem.

Player: Because they can't hit it even if they know it's coming?

Koga: No, not that.

Batter: {Forkball!}

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Koga: I mean it doesn't always sink.

Ump: Three outs!  Change sides!

Hirota: {Rookie...}

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Koga: It won't be a problem, as long as he takes a while to grip his fastballs from time to time.

Players: That should make it really hard to hit.
	I see now.

Koga: It will be hard to hit,
	and even harder to catch, when you can't tell if the incoming fastball is going to drop or not.

Shiroyama: He's a better catcher than I'd thought.
	The same for second, short and center.
	They've got talent for those positions.

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Shiroyama: And their coach is a hopeless, righteous romantic.
	Honest to a fault and too kind.
	But they are lacking in players.
	The clearest difference between us is the strength of our benches.
	They have no backup, if something should go wrong.
	IF something should go wrong.

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PA: Substitutions for Eikyo Academy:
	In for Shiga-kun at second base, Fukamachi-kun.
	Batting first, the secondbaseman, Fukamachi-kun.

Sign: Fukamachi

Hiro: Huh?

Shuji: Looks like he was displeased with that sliding last inning.
	It would have been perfect timing to knock me out of the game.

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Scoreboard: S
	E

PA: Leading off for Senkawa in the top of the fifth, firstbaseman Hironaga-kun.

Sign: Entrance

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Takaaki: Nezu-san.

Nezu: My goodness!
	Amamiya-kun.

Takaaki: It's been so long.

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Nezu: I see.
	Four years.

Signs: Meiji Jingu Ballpark
	The 78th National High School Baseball Preliminary Tournament, Tokyo

Takaaki: That's right.
	I was just sent back to the Tokyo office this year.
	Nezu-san, you're still at, uh,
	Ozaki High, wasn't it...?

Nezu: Ha ha, and four years later I'm still a godawful coach.
	We lost in the second round again, this year.

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Takaaki: Are you still concerned about Eikyo?

Nezu: Through the rest of this year, yes.

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Nezu: When their seniors graduate,
	they'll go back to being a regular powerhouse.

Hiro: That asshole.

Noda: His forkball's easy to see coming.

Hiro: He's doing that on purpose!
	He's making fun of me!

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Noda: Oh, I was saying that based on the catcher.

Hironaga: {A fork!}

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Announcer: Missed third swing!

Noda: He tensed up even before the pitch came.  Couldn't be calm enough to catch it.

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Nezu: Use Ogura!
	You great egghead!

Shiroyama: You say something?

Ogura: Huh?

Announcers: Top of the fifth, 1-0,
	Senkawa to bat.
	No outs and runner on first.
	...aaand,
	we'll see you next week.

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