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	 Volume 22
	  Chapter 4 (212)
	   Give Him Props

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(Ch. 4) Give Him Props

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Crowd: (zawa zawa)
	(zawa zawa)
	(zawa zawa)
	(zawa zawa)

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Meiwa Coach: Tachibana!

Tachibana: I'm sorry!

Scoreboard: Meiwa Ichi
	    Atsusho

Today's Results
Game 1
Senkawa 1
Ibasho  2

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Today's Results
Game 1
Senkawa 1
Ibasho  2

Crowd: (zawa zawa)
	(zawa zawa)

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Hiro: My foot?
	...oh,
	yeah.
	It hurts a whole lot.
	Go ahead and chalk the loss up to that.

Reporter: In the top of the 10th, when you ran to first,
	it seemed to me like you landed oddly on the base to avoid spiking Tsukigata-kun's hand...

Hiro: Oh, that would have been easy,
	just to dodge it.
	But for a second I considered the advantages of landing on his hand,
	and so I reacted a second late and landed badly.

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Reporters: Haha, very funny.
	Watch out, we'll quote you on that.

Hiro: Feel free.

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Announcer: Both teams come off of their benches!
	The second game of the day is about to begin!

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Ump: Play ball!

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Bugs: (bzz bzz)
	(bzz bzz)
	(bzz bzz)
	(bzz bzz)

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Announcer: Not a single fielder moved an inch once the ball left his bat!
	This is it!

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Announcer: The long ball, Tachibana-style!
	He rounds the bases with a scowl on his face,
	the expression unchanging.
	Tachibana's looking so ferocious today, it's almost like he's out for blood!

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Players: I can't believe it.
	We were just playing on that field,
	an hour ago...
	It feels like a dream now.

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Shima: We lost...
	...didn't we.

Yanagi: ...yeah,
	we lost.

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Koga: A sprain...
	Keep a cold compress on it until the swelling recedes, then a hot compress to improve circulation,
	with at least three weeks of rest, including regular massages...
	So even if you had won today,
	you wouldn't play Tachibana this summer...

Hiro: I knew it.  I should have just stepped on his hand.

Haruka: There you go again.

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Haruka: You'll never get that time back.

Hiro: I know.

Radio: Game over!
	Meiwa Ichi High puts up double digit runs!
	What a potent offense!
	Meiwa moves on to the 3rd Round with a blowout over the very tough Atsusho Academy!

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Radio: Tachibana hit two homers and four hits total,
	all of them for extra bases!

Hiro: Gotta give him props.

Haruka: He's just a genius.  What more can you say...?

Hiro: Not him.
	The pitcher, for having the guts to pitch to him.
	...give him props.

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