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	 Volume 21
	  Chapter 3 (202)
	   Knock It Off...!

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(Ch. 3) Knock It Off...!

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Announcer: Iba Shogyo is batting with two out in the bottom of the 4th...
	Tsukigata is on first with a base-on-balls, and now batting is the cleanup hitter, Shimizu!

Mrs. Amamiya: Can you see?

Grandpa: What the devil is this?!

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TV: (click)

Grandpa: Why did you turn it off?!

Mrs. Amamiya: I was told to turn it off if you became too agitated or enraged.
	(click)

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Announcers: In his first at-bat he swung and missed three Kunimi fastballs.
	But Shimizu is not the kind of batter who simply swings away.
	He's got the ability to hit any kind of pitch a pitcher can throw at him.
	Curves, fastballs, righties, lefties, overarm, sidearm, underarm.
	The coach tells us he can't remember any pitcher holding down Shimizu for three straight at-bats.

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Announcer: Tachibana the righty,
	and Shimizu the lefty.
	These are the two sluggers who are defining this tournament.

Hideo: What an honor.

Player: That strikeout earlier was pretty wicked.

Hideo: He definitely left his mark with that one.
	If Hiro doesn't want him to build on the last at-bat,
	he'd better throw off his timing first.

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Shimizu: {Consecutive forkballs,
	no fastballs.
	Get the lead by watching balls go,
	and hit the fastball when he tries to catch up in the count.}

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Umpire: Strike!

Announcer: Shimizu watches a fastball right down the middle!

Shimizu: {It's going to drop.}

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Announcer: Another fastball,
	just off the plate, 1-1.

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Announcer: Once again, Shimizu stays put.
	Kunimi's got him backed up in the count.
	The 1-2 pitch...
	Just inside!

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Announcer: In addition to the forkball he threw to Tsukigata, Kunimi has a curve and a changeup,
	but he seems to be going after Shimizu with the fastball.

Nemoto: My goodness,
	power versus power.  Quite a matchup to watch.

Announcer: Kunimi winds,
	the 2-2 pitch!

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Announcer: A fastball!

Shimizu: Enough of this!

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Ball: (clunk)

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Announcer: Foul ball!  Foul ball!

Noda: Yikes.

Hideo: It's a good thing he hit it so solidly.

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Hideo: If he choked a bit, it would have stayed in fair ground.

Hikari: Hiro's fastball isn't working?

Hideo: There are different kinds of fastball.

Hiro: Shit.

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Hiro: Knock it off...!

Announcer: Uh-oh!
	Right down the middle again!

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Announcer: A swing and a miss!
	Shimizu strikes out!

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Hiro: Whew,
	finally got it to drop.

Tsukigata: Those were all forkball grips.

Shimizu: So those fastballs
	were all failed forkballs...?!

Announcer: 0-0 at the end of 4 innings!

Scoreboard: Senkawa
	    Ibasho

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Hideo: It looks like he didn't forget
	about your birthday after all...

Hikari: Huh?

Hideo: I remembered.

Hikari: What?

Hideo: I told you earlier,
	that he always makes his best pitching of the year on hot days like this...
	It was on your birthday,
	every year.

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