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I do what I'm asked to do every game.

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I didn't have the luxury
to think about anything more.

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All my upperclassmen are just so amazing.

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I respect them,

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and they're super cool.

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I'm not really sure how to put it,

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but I just want to keep
playing with this team.

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Not sure if that came out right.

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Eijun.

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We've been calling you for a while now.

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B-Brother.

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Ow...

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Get over here, Sawamura!

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You wanna be late to Inashiro's game, stupid?

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That hurt!

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That hurt more than usual!

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Just your imagination, stupid.

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Well, I need to take him now,

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but please come cheer for us again.

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You listening?

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Start walking.

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I'm being abused!

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I'm not abusing you.

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He just wants to keep playing
with this team, huh?

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That's our Ei-chan.

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Walk!

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See ya!

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But it doesn't change the fact...

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...that it's just one more win away.

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We all...

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...want to see you pitch at nationals.

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Fantasy

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Mei!

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Mei-kun!

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Show us some great pitching!

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Narumiya-kun!

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We came to cheer you on!

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Narumiya!

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Let's go to nationals!

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The cheering is louder.

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Are there more people now?

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The winner of last year's
West Tokyo tournament,

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Inashiro Vocational High School,
led by Coach Hiroshige Kunitomo.

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They're the favorite to win this tournament.

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Damn.

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Why are they only cheering for Mei?

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I'm sick of this.

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Stop complaining.

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He's our ace, after all.

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Three-hole and third baseman,
Hideaki Yoshizawa, third-year.

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Seven-hole and second baseman,
Tsubasa Hirai.

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But he doesn't have a girlfriend.

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Two-hole and shortstop,
Katsuyuki Shirakawa, second-year.

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'Cause he's a little boy.

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Another second-year.

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Leadoff and center fielder,
Carlos Toshiki Kamiya.

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Second-year again.

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Six-hole and first baseman,
Riku Yamaoka.

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The key player, cleanup and catcher,
Masatoshi Harada.

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Wow!

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His pitch consistently looks really good.

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I heard he did a lot of running in the off-season.

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Koshien Stadium was good,
but I really like Jingu Stadium, too.

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And possibly the number one pitcher in Kanto,
second-year ace, Mei Narumiya.

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I wonder what he'll show us today.

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I wish we played games every day.

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You just don't want to practice.

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Give me another fastball.

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Damn kid's looking good.

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That was a nice sound.

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He's a special opponent for us.

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If we can't take him down,

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we won't make it to nationals.

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They're watching.

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They're all watching.

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Watch closely.

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I'll change your glimmers of hopes and dreams

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into complete despair.

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Th-That speed and control.

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If he throws breaking balls along with those,

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it's going to be tough to get a hit.

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I'll watch you down to your every last bone.

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I want to go back and pitch.

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Come get your lunch, please!

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We have multiple types, so pick what you like.

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Over here!

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First come, first served!

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Do you have a meatloaf set?

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Can I get a fried chicken set?

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That's some wicked sound.

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I bet nobody here is expecting us to win.

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Well, we can probably only win
one out of ten games against them.

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Moron.

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Don't say that right before the game.

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In order to make that one win possible,

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we've been working hard, no?

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Professor.

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Boys, it's time we made history today.

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Sakura

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We will now begin
game two of the semifinals

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between Inashiro Vocational High School
and Sakurazawa High School.

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Both teams, line up!

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Let's go!

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Let's go!

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The tournament favorite versus
the only public school in the semifinals.

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Isn't Sakurazawa a famous high academic school?

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I'm surprised they're still in the tournament.

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They used to never make it past the first game.

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Though they won against a seeded
school in their third game this year.

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It's a miracle that they've made this far.

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Tokyo Prefectural
Sakurazawa High School.

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We're one of the top schools
in Tokyo, academically,

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Tokyo Prefectural
Sakurazawa High School

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but no one knows about us in the sports world.

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See ya, Professor!

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Yes. Goodbye.

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Professor.

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Are you done with practice already?

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I just changed.

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Yeah, we all have cram schools.

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I see.

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You got forced to oversee
the baseball team, right?

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You don't have to show up every time.

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We're just doing it to get
some exercise between classes.

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Excuse us.

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Excuse us.

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Excuse us.

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Okay, goodbye.

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Sakurazawa High School was on a
twenty-year consecutive zero-win record.

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However, no one cared about the record,

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and the students simply
enjoyed being in the tournament.

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That is...

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...until they joined.

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All right, one more.

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Ready?

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Sorry, Akira!

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That one was pretty good.

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One more!

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I'll catch it this time.

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You boys aren't going home yet?

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Oh, Professor.

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I mean, Coach.

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First-years, Akira Nagao-kun...

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I'm a little excited knowing
I get to play in the games.

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...Yoshimi Hidokoro-kun...

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We only just barely have enough people,

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and even us first-years get to play.

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...and Masaaki Minamoto-kun.

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These guys were just
benchwarmers in junior high.

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Shut up! Not like you played a lot!

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Besides...

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There's a pitch I've been dying to try.

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Professor!

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I mean, Coach.

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If, and only if,

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since it's a very low chance,
statistically speaking,

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we went to nationals...
wouldn't it be cool?

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I bet we could change the world!

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Easier said than done.

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Nationals.

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I see that you three like baseball.

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However, as it is, it's just a fantasy.

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Just a fantasy, huh?

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We finally got our first win
one year after that day.

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It was a scrimmage,
and we didn't exactly win easily,

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but that one win changed everyone's mentality.

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Listen up, boys.

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This team's fate currently rests
entirely on Nagao-kun's pitching.

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In order to win,

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we must greatly improve our fielding.

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Now onto the batting.

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If you played catch on a merry-go-around
going counter-clockwise,

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Professor's been thinking, I see.

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the ball throw will sway to the right.

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I heard he's read every book
on baseball there is.

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This is known as the Coriolis effect.

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He's starting to look like a real coach.

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Let's do this, boys.

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Miss

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I'll take over.

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Sorry.

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Did you need to throw that without a bounce?

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How about you make it bounce once,
so it'll get to the other side without fail?

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Y-Yes, sir!

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Professor gave each person a notebook
with what they needed to work on,

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Baseball Book

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and we wrote in it even during practice
when something was on our mind.

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From a single play, to daily
assignments, and overall goals.

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As the number of notebooks increased,

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we managed to win more scrims.

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And this year...

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Shortstop!

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Out!

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Yeah!

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Nice, shortstop!

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Carlos first, and now Shirakawa?

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Wh-Why can't they hit a pitch that slow?

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Nice one, Akira!

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Nice pitch!

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Chris-senpai.

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Yeah.

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There's no doubt about it.

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He's a knuckleball pitcher.

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Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn.

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How was it?

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I knew his pitch from seeing the videos,

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but I never expected it'd be such a high level.

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How they're making every throw with a bounce

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already tells you their level of play.

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But it also means they know themselves.

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Are they just playing catch?

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Out!

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Inashiro just went down, three for three!

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Is that a knuckleball?

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Their defense is good, too.

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These guys are pretty good!

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Nice pitch, Akira!

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Nice pitch!

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Couldn't have started a better way.

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Fist bumps?

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Are you trying to be like Coach Hara?

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Your pitch even works against Inashiro.

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Great job on improving so much
over the past two years.

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I'm very proud of you.

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Don't count your chickens
before they hatch, Professor.

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If we don't win, it'll just end as a fantasy.

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Strike!

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Batter out!

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Three consecutive strikeouts from the first inning?

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He's going all out already!

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This is crazy.

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It's like he's telling us they're better.

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That's who they are.

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We just do our own baseball, isn't that right?

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Only those who believe
in themselves can pave their paths.

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He sure knows what to say, sometimes.

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Though he still can't hit for fielding practice.

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But he's right.

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We just do our own thing.

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Let's go!

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Yeah!

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We go into Inashiro's offense
in the second inning.

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Fourth batter, catcher,
Harada-kun.

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Masa-san!

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Let's go, cleanup man!

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He sure is popular.

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Let's see how he hits the knuckleball.

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00:15:46,810 --> 00:15:50,260
Maybe he can utilize his flexible batting.

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Chris-senpai, how about a little
explanation on the knuckleball?

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Good idea.

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You grip the ball with your fingertips,

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and in the moment of your release,

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you snap your fingers

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to spin the ball in the opposite
direction of a regular fastball.

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By doing so, the ball flies with zero rotation,

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making it break in directions
not even the pitcher knows.

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It's a difficult pitch to catch,

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so some catchers use large mitts
specialized for knuckleballs.

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It's a difficult pitch not everyone can throw,

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so it's a very special pitch.

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Not even the pitcher knows how it'll move?

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That's irresponsible, if you ask me!

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00:16:38,290 --> 00:16:41,390
Your moving fastball is like that, too.

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The more time they spend trying
to figure out the knuckleball,

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the deeper they fall into Sakurazawa's trap.

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Impatience can bring the team
a sense of insecurity,

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and that can lead to mistakes.

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I assume all the teams
that went up against Sakurazawa

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went down without being able
to play to their best abilities.

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Ball!

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That's not spinning at all.

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This is going to be really hard.

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Masa-san!

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I want a big one! A big one!

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Shut it.

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See it with your own eyes.

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I don't need to swing big.

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If I can make contact with the ball, then...

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It's a different break!

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Out!

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Yes! One out!

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Nice pitching, Akira-kun!

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Nice one!

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That was so lame, Masa-san.

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Are you seriously our cleanup?

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Shut up!

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All righty, then.

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I'll avenge you, Masa-san!

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I'm gonna punch you.

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Batting fifth, pitcher,
Narumiya-kun.

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Mei, hit it!

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Narumiya-kun!

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Mei!

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So this is...

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...the best pitcher in Kanto, Mei Narumiya.

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Wow! That's a huge mitt.

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Is that tailor-made?

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Stop.

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Calm down.

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Gotta calm down.

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In junior high, Yoshimi and
I were both benchwarmers.

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Inamoto just barely managed
to play in and out.

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I wanted to play games in high school,
even if the team wasn't good.

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But I knew we wouldn't
be able to beat the best schools

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in terms of talent and physique.

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That's when I discovered...

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Akira, what are you reading?

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Wakefield?

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Is that the majors?

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Yoshimi, do you know about
a special breaking pitch?

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A special pitch?

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It doesn't require superhuman powers
to throw a knuckleball.

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If I can master this pitch, then maybe...

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...I'll be able to dream.

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One out!

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One at a time!

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Yeah! One at a time!

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Just like usual!

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Send them our way!

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Akira!

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Let's go, Akira!

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That's right, Akira-kun.

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You need not tense up when you pitch.

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He's oddly calm.

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Pisses me off a bit.

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Just like your usual self,

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be calm and comfortable when you pitch.

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That alone will take your pitch to new heights.

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What the?

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Strike!

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Strike!

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Batter out!

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I thought I told him to swing compactly.

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Always be calm and steady
as a rock, never excited.

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This is the secret to a great knuckleball.

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The zen state of mind.

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Is this for real?

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Inashiro cleanups struck out.

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That knuckleball's amazing.

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It's not a pitch you can learn overnight.

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He must've spent his entire
high school life learning this pitch.

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It wasn't a fluke that they've made this far.

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Yeah! We can do this!

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We can put up a fight against Inashiro!

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Hidokoro, eyes on the ball!

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We've gotta score first!

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Strike!

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Batter out!

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Mei.

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Bring it on.

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Like I'd lose a pitching game.

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So this is why Mei was pitching
all out from the start.

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He's putting pressure
on the opponent from the mound.

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From the mound?

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We just have to be persistent and patient.

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If we play like we usually do,
a chance will definitely come around.

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That's right.

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This isn't the first obstacle
you've hit on your way here.

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Next time on Ace of the Diamond:
Pitching of Despair.

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Pitching of Despair

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Let's win the national title!