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	 Volume 28
	  Chapter 3 (271)
	   I Just Came Straight Back

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(Ch. 3) I Just Came Straight Back

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Noda: Oh.
	Sorry,
	did I wake you?

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Hiro: What time is it?

Noda: Just after 8.
	At night, of course.

Hiro: What about the meeting?

Noda: They're in progress now.

Hiro: Why didn't you wake me up?!

Noda: They said you needed rest more than a meeting...

Hiro: Asshole!
	Baseball is a team sport!
	Plus, if I spend the entire day resting and then get blasted tomorrow, it looks pathetic!

Noda: Of course.

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Noda: At least wash your face first.

Hiro: Where's Hikari?

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Mrs. Amamiya: Reading in our room,
	403 next door.

Hiro: OK.
	Bye.

Dad: We'll be rootin' for you again tomorrow!
	Good luck sonny boy!
	Cheers!

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Phone: Rrring

Hiro: Ack.

Phone: Rrring

Hiro: Hello?

Hikari: Why didn't you say anything?!
	I came all the way here from Tokyo,
	and you couldn't even say a word in return.

Parents: (Cheers!)

Hiro: Right.

Hikari: Huh?

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Hiro: I just came straight back, right?

Hikari: Of course you did.
	That's why I'm calling to yell at you.

Parents: (WOO HOO)

Hikari: Would you be quiet?!
	I'm on the phone!

Dad: (WOOOO)

Mr. Amamiya: (CHEERS)

Hiro: Oh, good.
	I couldn't tell exactly how much was real.

Hikari: What's going on?  Are you fully awake?

Hiro: Oh,
	never mind.  I'm just in a state of victory agitation.

Hikari: You tired?

Hiro: Probably.
	I had some weird dream.

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Hikari: Weird dream?

Hiro: Uh,
	yeah.
	Hideo quit playing baseball, grew out his hair and turned into a rock star.
	You see how tired I was?

Hikari: Hiro.

Hiro: Yeah?

Hikari: Win it all.
	Last summer's champions against the spring champions, in your last year.
	Hideo and Hiro, two heroes!  H2!

Hiro: Yeah yeah.
	I've got a meeting to go to.

Hikari: All right.
	Bye.

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Dad: All done?
	Now, a toast to a Senkawa victory tomorrow!
	CHEERS!

Parents: EARS!

Advisor: This is our schedule after tomorrow's game.

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Advisor: There are two different ones, for if we win or not.

Haruka: Which is the one where we don't win?

Advisor: Uh,
	this one.

Haruka: Oh,
	you're awake?

Man: Umm, Miss Manager,
	The alumni president would like to give a speech to the players.

Haruka: I'm sorry, tell him they're in a meeting.

Man: Do I have to?  He's my boss!
	It'll be really short!

Haruka: Oh, fine!
	I'll go tell him myself.

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Hiro: I'm not taking responsibility for any dreams.

Koga: In America 1839, Cooperstown, New York,
	The father of baseball, Abner Doubleday, invented the sport.

(Fun Fact: This is widely known to be false.)

Koga: It derived hints from the old English sport of cricket...

Book: It's Just Baseball

Noda: I told you you could go back to sleep.

Koga: Now this here,
	is what we would call a "so-called"...

(Note: This particular piece of language is somewhat of a example catchphrase of famous Tokyo
Giants Hall of Famer Shigeo Nagashima, who is known for his many malapropisms and bizarre phrases
of speech.  In this regard he is quite similar to the American player Yogi Berra.)

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[The Spring Invitational Tournament Final]

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Players: I don't think he was satisfied with that one.
	You get the feeling sometimes he's playing a totally different sport.

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Coach: OK, time for a break!
	You can go watch the Koshien final if you want.

Players: Yahoo!
	You hear that, Tachibana?
	It's like he's hitting a golf ball with a titanium bat.
	Don't even watch him.
	You'll lose all confidence.

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