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	 Volume 16
	  Chapter 5 (154)
	   Genius

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(Ch. 5) Genius

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Ogura: Nice forkball.

Shiroyama: I take it you believe you could have caught it.
	I don't see why he needs to use a forkball on a team like this,
	and a batter like that.

[Batter like that]

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PA: Batting eighth, rightfielder Ohtake-kun.

Koga: What a twist of fate.
	It's him again.

Noda: Gonna make him swing three times?

Koga: Hmmmm.
	Well, for the first pitch I'll have him fake a bunt, to get them on guard...
	Although it's kind of meaningless by itself...

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Announcer: He squares away to bunt!
	But pulls back!

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Koga: Huh?

Ohtake: Huh?

Announcer: It still hit the bat!
	That's a fair ball!
	Sacrifice bunt successful!

Noda: Wow!
	Genius.

Koga: Shut up.

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Announcer: However, now a batter who reached first on a passed third strike is in scoring position for Senkawa!
	Now Shima has a chance to knock him in!

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Boy: H-hey, give that back!

Trumpet: (pfrrt)

Announcer: Shima, the leftfielder, steps in the right...

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Announcer: ...make that,
	LEFT-handed batter's box.

Kine: Hey now.

Noda: If you can't hit it either way, why not swing the way you want to?
	Right, Kine?

Kine: Hey, that's not how it went with me!
	I was planning on being a switch-hitter this whole time!
	If you think I'm lying, look at page 35 in Volume 9!
	That wasn't a misdrawn panel!  It was on purpose!
	I swear!

Yanagi: Well, he WAS practicing left-handed swings yesterday.

Hiro: What a joke.

Yanagi: No it's not.
	It's not to get clean hits.

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Hiro: You want something random, unexpected.

Announcer: Shima hunches his small frame over the plate.
	This could be tough for Hirota.

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Announcer: Close one!
	A strike right on the inside corner of the strike zone.
	Shima watched it come in without flinching.

Kine: Shima!
	Put on a lefty helmet!

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Hirota: {Don't be conceited.
	I don't have anything to gain by knocking you out of the game.}

Shima: {Outside fastball.
	Yes!
	A curve?!}

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Announcer: The ball drifts up,
	over the thirdbaseman's head...

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Announcer: And past it!
	However,
	it's close!  Fair or foul?!

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Announcer: Double play!

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Announcer: An incredible catch by the shortstop, Ohmura!
	The runner, positive it was a hit, started running and got picked off!
	Shima slams his helmet down in disgust.

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Nezu: Ohmura turned such a fine play there, yet nobody goes to congratulate him.
	In a normal team, something like that stirs up a rally to fight back...

Scoreboard: S
	    E

Nezu: I guess you're beyond problems like that.
	When your team is a national contender.

Takaaki: Maybe...

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Shiroyama: He's going to pitch even faster now.

Hiro: Yeah!

Shiroyama: Now,
	how shall we score some runs?

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