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	 Volume 24
	  Chapter 9 (237)
	   ...Still

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(Ch. 9) ...Still

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Noda: {Geez.
	What does that swing mean?}

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Hiro: {He's telling me what he wants.
	I hear you, man.
	If that's how you want it...
	Here's your fastball!}

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Ump: Ball.

Hiro: {Of course, that doesn't mean he's stupid enough to swing at a ball.}
	(damn)
	{...still,}

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Hiro: {I don't like this feeling.}

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Ump: Strike three!
	Batter out!

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Scoreboard: Senkawa
	Eikyo

Shuji: Nice pitching.
	Not even Hirota could swing at that.

Hiro: No,
	he let that one go intentionally.

Shuji: Was it outside?

Hiro: Don't you know the rules of the sport?
	That was a strike.
	If the ump calls it a strike.

Noda: And then he just walked back like nothing had happened.

Hiro: Yeah.
	...it's creeping me out.

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Coach: You put too much trust in the umpire.

Hirota: Next time he comes there, I'll take a swing.

Coach: Yes,
	do that.

Player: Here you go, Hirota-san.

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Player: Oops,
	I'm sorry about that.

Hirota: It's just a good luck charm.

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Scoreboard: Senkawa
	Eikyo

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Koga: He's raising his tempo.

Haruka: To get to Hirota-kun faster.

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Ohtake: He wouldn't...

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