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	 Volume 21
	  Chapter 4 (203)
	   SWF?

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(Ch. 4) SWF?

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Announcer: Watching now,
	I must say,
	that was an incredible drop for such a fast pitch.
	Apparently,
	this forkball of Kunimi's was called an SF by the regional tournament play-by-play man.

Nemoto: SF?

Announcer: It seems it stands for "Straight Fork."

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Nemoto: Hmmm, that doesn't quite work.
	It doesn't have the oomph this pitch needs in a name.
	Maybe change "straight" to "super"...
	Oh, I know!
	How about "Super Wicked Fork"?

Announcer: SWF?

Nemoto: This is an acronym I'm quite familiar with already, given the frequency with which
	I take out ads in the personals section.

Announcer: You just heard from our FORMER commentator, Nehori-san.

Nemoto: Hey, come on,
	the game's not even over yet.

Grandpa: Jin-kun struck out?!

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Mrs. Amamiya: Twice in a row, I hear.

Grandpa: Is he in a slump?

Mrs. Amamiya: The pitcher is incredible.

Grandpa: What are you doing here?
	Where are your friends?

Mrs. Amamiya: Oh,
	they went on ahead.
	They said it would be helpful if someone could remain behind with you to explain the details.

Grandpa: Details?
	Of what?

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Mrs. Amamiya: Of when we found you on the ground.

Grandpa: What am I, a billion yen bill?!

Mrs. Amamiya: No,
	not quite that nice.

Grandpa: Be sure to get your share of the reward when my "owner" shows up.

Mrs. Amamiya: Your owner...  er, son,
	was already on the way here when we called him.

Grandpa: Hmph!
	Bunch of nonsense...

Mrs. Amamiya: Sir,
	you musn't worry your family.

Grandpa: He's not worried about ME!
	He's worried about his social standing.
	He thinks I'll get tangled with the police again.

Mrs. Amamiya: Again?

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Grandpa: Only three times.

Mrs. Amamiya: Three entire times?

Grandpa: I'm not some 17-18 year old kid!
	"Only" is sufficient for three times at my age!

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Hiro: He read the pitch right, but not the location.

Noda: I got jammed.

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Announcer: A desperate headfirst slide is not enough to reach the base in time!

Shima: Nice try there!  (clap clap)

Shuji: Shut up, it's not funny.
	So far through the first round and today, we've only had one hit for the tournament.

Shima: That is...  true.

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Shuji: Plus, that hit was Kine-san's pathetic dribbler...

Shima: Whoa,
	you mean we only had that one embarrassing hit?!

Kine: Grr.

Shuji: Even Kunimi-san will crumble eventually if we can't give him some support.

Yanagi: Don't rush, Sagawa.
	Everyone's swinging the bat.
	Plus, we've faced Kurimaru and Tsukigata.
	They're two pitchers that even Meiwa would have trouble hitting.

Player: We've got bad luck in the draw, meeting those two, out of 49 schools.

Yanagi: True.
	But not as bad as they do.
	They both ran into us, and Kunimi-kun.

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Grandpa: That's some clever pitching.

Mrs. Amamiya: (chuckle)

Grandpa: Originally, Kohei too-
	No,
	Kohei would have been an even BETTER power pitcher.
	If my son knew what he had in his boy.

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Father: {Hmph!}

Lackey: Shall we have them make an announcement over the stadium public address?

Father: There are thousands of our citizens present.
	I will not do anything so embarrassing.
	We'll split up and search for him.

Lackey: Y-yessir!

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Scoreboard: Senkawa
	    Ibasho

Coach: Is it following the simulation,
	Tsukigata?

Tsukigata: Looks like it'll be 1-0.

Coach: For who?
	I wonder.

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