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	 Volume 28
	  Chapter 6 (274)
	   Don't Mind If I Do, Then

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(Ch. 6) Don't Mind If I Do, Then

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Announcer: One-run game!
	After going down by five in the 1st inning,
	they've scored a run each in the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th!
	Now with a close game heading into the final innings,
	One-time spring and twice summer champions Hamako are showing their years of experience!

Scoreboard: Senkawa
	Hamako

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Koga: Don't hold back, Kunimi.
	Savings are meant to be spent.

Hiro: Don't mind if I do, then.

Koga: But,
	you might want a little...
	for a rainy day...

Haruka: (ahem)

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Ump: Strike!

Shuji: {The same pitch, just a touch further outside, to make the batter swing...}

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Shuji: {Or so you might think.}

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Hiro: You got it.

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Kine: Jump now!

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Coach: Hamako got robbed of three hits.

Hideo: Hiro thinks they're well-earned outs.
	He always counts on plays like that.

Coach: True.
	Those five runs in the 1st led to some unlikely errors, but their defense has picked up again.

Hideo: Hiro's been playing his own game today, from when he was up by five runs to now that it's just one.

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Hideo: Because he trusts his fielders and isn't overpowering the hitters,
	you can't say any of those runs are really his fault.
	Plus, if Hiro tries too hard here,
	his fielders will feel responsible for those runs and panic at the plate.

Coach: I see.
	So if they field their own way,
	they can transfer that momentum to their batting.

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Coach: Well, either way,
	whoever scores the next run will probably take the game.

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Takaaki: Why?

Hikari: Huh?

Takaaki: Shouldn't you have come?

Hikari: Oh,
	right.

Takaaki: Is something back in Tokyo worrying you?

Hikari: No...

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Hikari: It's just,
	everytime I see one of Hiro's games, I feel like I'll cry, whether he wins or loses.

Takaaki: Isn't that a wonderful thing?

Hikari: It's not fair...

Takaaki: To whom?

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Scoreboard: Senkawa
	Hamako

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