H2
	 Volume 21
	  Chapter 2 (201)
	   That's MY Blood!

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(Ch. 2) That's MY Blood!

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Announcer: The heat is already astonishing during the first game of the day...
	Add to that the enthusiasm of the packed stands,
	and you've got one HOT Koshien!
	Despite this heat,
	Ibasho's Tsukigata and Senkawa's Kumini continue their excellent pitching.

Scoreboard: Senkawa
	    Ibasho

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Announcer: It's the bottom of the 4th, 2 out for Ibasho,
	no runners on, and stepping to the plate...

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

Voice: Do it, Ko-chan!
	Make sure Baka-Jin gets to bat!

Tsukigata: I know that voice.

Shimizu: There aren't many people whose voice you could pick clear out of a full stadium.

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Tsukigata: I don't think I ever went to any of your games when I didn't hear that voice.
	You've got a good dad...

Shimizu: Your parents didn't come after all,
	did they...?

Announcer: Coach Tanabe says he's packed full of baseball common sense,
	The team leader in batting as well as pitching...
	His teachers trust him as well, and his grades are always near the top of the class.

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Announcers: His family is well known in their home region of Kochi.
	Tsukigata-kun's father Shoichiro is the head of the prefectural council,
	and his mother is a traditional Japanese dance instructor.
	Wow,
	that's some pedigree.

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Announcer: I can see he's got his parents' admirable blood running through his veins.

Grandpa: Not his parents'.
	That's MY blood!

Doctor: Sir,
	please, wait!

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Nurse: Are you all right, Doctor?

Doctor: (ouchie)

Grandpa: Hmph!
	That's what you get for trying to keep me from going to the Koshien.
	Don't think I'm a pushover because I'm old.
	I learned the art of the staff in a dojo as a youngster.

Doctor: If you spend hours in direct sunlight in this heat, you'll die.

Grandpa: You doctors always say that.
	If you smoke, you'll die.  If you drink, you'll die.
	Don't YOU worry.  I'll die when my time comes!
	Move it!
	I'm going to root for my grandson, and anyone who tries to stop me is gettin' a whuppin'!

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Nurse: Tey!
	Seya!  (poke)

Grandpa: W-what did you just give me?!

Nurse: A tranquilizer.

Grandpa: Ah,
	oh.

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Ump: Foul!

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Coach: Shimizu may have the power, but Tsukigata's got the sharpest and most accurate swing on the team.
	When he chokes up on the bat and forgoes the long ball, he's tough.

Tsukigata: {We told my grandpa in the hospital that I lost in the preliminaries.}

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Tsukigata: {Understand, Kohei?
	This must be a secret.
	If he finds out, he'll do anything to visit the Koshien.
	And then, the entire nation will learn the shame of the Tsukigata family.}

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Ump: Foul!

Announcer: He's tough, all right.
	Now on his 9th pitch.

Hiro: {Tough?  No kidding.
	Oh well...}

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Hiro: {I'll let him hit it.}

Announcer: Right down the middle!

Tsukigata: {If I let it go,}

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Ump: Ball
	Four!

Noda: Oops.

Tsukigata: Yes!

Announcer: Iba Shogyo gets a long-awaited runner!
	And just before the clean-up hitter, Shimizu!

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Hideo: Good.

Hikari: How?

Hideo: Oh,
	I mean, if he pitched a perfect game on your birthday,
	I'd have to hit a home run at every at-bat to make it even.

Hikari: Trust me, Hiro's already forgotten
	all about my birthday...

Hideo: ...that's bad,
	if he has.

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Players: That was a good eye, there.
	I guess watching Kunimi's video over and over again was worth it.
	Yeah.

Coach: You can't see Kunimi's forkball coming from his delivery.
	Plus, he only threw it 3-4 times in the first round,
	and none of them were as sharp as that one.

Players: You mean he just let that one go from premonition?
	A forkball he's never seen before...?

Coach: And with confidence.
	That's just like Tsukigata.

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Voice: Good work, Ko-chan!
	Hit it, you worthless son!

Shimizu: Shut up!

Tsukigata: {Good work, Ko-chan!}

Banner: Fight on!  Tsukigata Kohei

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Tsukigata: {Grandpa...}

Grandpa: Huh?

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