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	 Volume 19
	  Chapter 1 (180)
	   There's a New One

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(Ch. 1) There's a New One

[August 4th,]
[Koshien practice.]

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(Ch. 1) There's a New One

Players: A'ight,
	go!
	Yeah!
	Hey, hey!
	(sei!)
	(oooh)

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Noda: There sure are a lot more cameramen.

Hiro: They're just waiting for Meiwa's practice up next.

Noda: Oh.

Cameraman: Whoa!

Noda: Oops,
	sorry about that.
	This is our first time here.

Cameraman: That's obvious.

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Hiro: Hey, Sagawa!
	What are you doing?

Shuji: Gimme a break, Senpai!
	It's Koshien Stadium!
	Everywhere you look...

Hiro: Of course it is.
	You wouldn't expect part of the stadium to be the Tokyo Dome.

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Woman: Eeek!

Hiro: The famous Koshien breeze.

Woman: Eeek!

Hiro: That's the Koshien...

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Hideo: So what's your impression of the Koshien?

Hiro: Striped...

Hideo: Huh?

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Hiro: ...I mean,
	it feels like the Koshien has been waiting all these years, for me to visit.
	And now that I'm here, I feel at home.

Hideo: That's what everyone says.

Hiro: Yaah.

Hideo: When's your free time today?

Noda: 3 to 5.

Hideo: OK,
	I'll check in with you guys then.  We'll go out on the town.

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Hiro: I know practice started at 8 AM.
	How many schools, though?

Haruka: 18 teams, 30 minutes each.

Hiro: Famous, little-known, regulars, powerhouses,
	we've got teams of all sorts.
	Talk about a hectic practice.
	Sheesh.

Woman: Eeek!  Thief!

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Woman: Someone stop him!

Haruka: Kunimi-kun!

Thief: Guhya!

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Noda: Poor guy.

[Hokai Dairoku High (Chiba) Pitcher, Okusawa Tamotsu]
[Hamako High (Kanagawa) Pitcher, Asaoka Masafumi]

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[Atsusho Academy (Fukuoka) Pitcher, Udagawa Toshi]
[Kendaikita High (Miyagi) Pitcher, Yagumo Tetsuya]
[Iwazakura Kogyo (Yamaguchi) Pitcher, Seto Suguru]

Noda: There's a new one.

Hiro: Let's go.
	You can't expect me to remember all those.

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Noda: Nice sound.

Hiro: That's the liquor store boy.

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Haruka: Does Tachibana-kun get into streaks?

Hiro: Sure.
	When he's doing normally, he's average for the Koshien...
	When he's on fire, he's among the best.

Haruka: And if he's in a slump?

Hiro: He'd just barely
	make it over the fence.

Haruka: It would be a homerun anyway?

Hiro: Yeah.
	Assuming the pitcher's an average one.

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Haruka: What if it was you?

Noda: He'd still hit a homer.
	Unless I was behind the plate.
	Hiro's fastballs and my ballsy pitch-calling.
	These are the balls you need to beat Hideo.

Hiro: Is that your wedding speech?

Noda: And speaking of balls,
	there's one- I mean, two more,
	very important to a man...

Sign: Beware of double entendre

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Toilet: (flushhh)

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Kine: Meiwa's manager room.

Sign: Female managers' room (No boys allowed)

Kine: But they're still at the stadium...
	Ooh!
	Aack!

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Kine: Um,
	hey?!

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