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Now, finally it's last game of the season.

The score is 3-3 between the Bats and the Falcons, and this match where they'll decide who's top dog has begun!

Foul!

It can't be that he...

made a foul on purpose...?

Don't you understand yet?

You can't bring me down...

with this kind of pitch!

Out!

Nice catch!

Yeah...

Too bad. / It was close.

No.

Not at all.

It's true that...

he made a just mitt

But...

He didn't pitch THAT pitch now.

Afterall he stressed control...

It was a 90~ mph low outer corner ball.

I didn't return to hit that kind of ball.

That ball that made me strike air...

that 100 mph from that time...

Use that and duel me again!

Honda Jr.!

A real rival

He did it! No outs and a runner!

Okay!

Now hitting number 56: Goro Shigeno!

Alright!

This is our chance!

We're counting on you, Shigeno!

First, one point at a time.

Whaat?!

A sending off bunt...

And here I was thinking about making us tie with a big hit...

Can't be helped, I guess.

Foul!

That was close!

Boss!

Shigeno made that homerun earlier, his batting isn't bad.

If there's a big risk he'll mess up and fail anyway, maybe it'd be more interesting to let him hit?

Wha-

D-Don't be stupid!

Ball!

If I let him go for a hit,

THEN it'll be an even bigger chance that he'll fail!

Boss!

I think he should go for a hit too.

Rather than thinking about theoretical situations...

I think it'd be better to count on his fighting spirit in these kinds of duels.

The Bats managed to come this far this year thanks to Shigeno.

Anyway...

We'll fall or float together with him!

Foul!

This is bad! Truth be told, bunting is what I'm worst at!

I guess it's Three-Bunt after all...

Hit! Shigeno!

Thanks...

Boss!

He did it!

It went through!

Go around!

Safe!

Safe!

You did it!

Timely 2 base!

Just one point difference!

Well done, Shigeno!

Nice batting!

What a guy, geez!

Mister Honda...

It seems like there really...

is something extraordinary with your son.

Now hitting number 2:

Kellog!

Okay! Go for it, Kellog!

Continue this!

Just one more point.

At worst, hit it to the right...

and make the runner proceed!

He ran!!

Ball!

Safe!

That was too dangerous...!

But, now it's no Outs and 3rd base loaded.

What a great chance!

Even if it's an outfield flyer we'll be tied!

Hmpf.

Unbelievable.

Did you miss a sign?

Miss a sign?

No.

I ran because I was 100% sure that it would succeed.

What?

Since the runner is a pitcher...

the battery didn't keep too vigilant.

And that pitcher isn't good at making Quick ones.

On top of that...

I saw from how he held the ball...

that he'd make a change-up!

Ball!

Ball two!

Damnit!

Pitcher change!

Attention please, pitcher number 19: Browny!

Attention please, pitcher number 19: Browny!

Hey, Honda Jr.

Since we've got nothing to do, let me tell you something nice.

Look at the second floor of the gondola seat.

Your hated enemy...

who killed your father...

has made an appearance.

Gibson!

Not for me...

but he's here to see you, he said.

I don't get what he's thinking, oh man...

To be so interested in...

the son of the guy he killed for all so many years...

Even if he does that...

There's no way that your grudge for him killing your father will dissappear, amn't I right?

It's just for him to feel good about himself!

You...

Even though he's your own old man...

Why do you speak of him like that?

And also...

I don't know what you're misunderstanding, but...

I don't hate Gibson at all.

And of course...

I didn't come to America to get revenge on him either.

Gibson is...

the only one in the world who can...

become the replacement...

for my dad, who I never got the chance to surpass.

I admire him, he's a great man, that I...

can't stand not chasing after.

That man has come all the way here to watch this game.

Let's both...

show our best performance until the end!

Play!

Why...?

Why doesn't he...

hate my old man?

I wanted to surpass my old man too...

and continued with baseball...

But that...

wasn't because of admiration or respect...

It was some kind of an ambition for vengence...

towards my father, who didn't reflect over/pay care to his family.

By destroying my old man's baseball with my own hands...

I intended...

to put a settlement to the past.

In spite of that...

Why is he...?!

Second!

Leave it to me!

Fall!

Out!

Back home!

He made a touch up!!

Why, you!

Safe, safe!

Alright!

Bats catches up (in points)!

The runner Shigeno did a well thought out touch up!

Good going, Goro!

Good going!

You can win this!

You did it!

He's different from me...

His motivation for coming here...

is different from mine.

He loves baseball from the bottom of his heart!

And also...

he's having fun playing baseball from the bottom of his heart as well!

Junior.

Have you started to grasp something from Goro's play?

He loves baseball from the bottom of his heart...

and has come all the way here by playing his best all the time.

He's fundamentally different from you...

who is fueled by your grudge towards me...

and tries to use baseball as a means of revenge against me.

If you don't notice that...

you won't be able to hit Goro's pitch!

Strike!

Why?

Even though his old man was killed in baseball...

How can he have fun playing that very sport?!

My old man too?

Does my old man have the same feelings?

Up until now...

the reason that pops always was concerned about him...

because he carried the cross of having killed Honda Shigeharu, I thought.

But maybe that isn't so?

Perhaps...

Because because my old man also loves baseball...

and has fun playing it...

he's interested in that guy...

because they've got the same feelings and the same soul.

Do they both...

see something that I can't see?

Something that I...

have never been able to see...

I'll restate it:

You can't hit Goro's pitch as you are right now.

Neither in a technical way...

nor spiritual.

Is the problem that I'm not enjoying baseball?

You're telling me that's why I can't hit his pitch?!

This is a bad joke.

You've always ignored me...

I don't want to hear that from someone like you.

I'll restate it:

You can't hit Goro's pitch as you are right now.

Neither in a technical way...

nor spiritual.

That's it!

That's how it was!

It's true that I've always...

been better at hitting fastballs from the left...

It can't be...

that even though I didn't know...

my old man always watched me?

Hmpf.

Even if that's how it is...

it doesn't matter at this point.

Struck out!

Left...

batter's box...

Alright, two Out!

Since I took the plate in the fifth inning...

I've recieved no hits.

Gibson has come all the way here to watch after all...

I'll be sure to continue like this!

Now hitting number 1:

Joe Gibson Jr.!

Do your best!

Shigeno-kun!

This is...

a critcal situation.

Somehow... suppress him!

What?!

Wha-?

Le-Left batter's box?!

It's not like my grudge towards my old man has cleared.

I'm hitting from the left to ensure that I do my best performance!

Now then...

Pitch!

Pitch that 100 mph at me!

So you've realized it, Junior.

The difference...

between your baseball and Goro's.

What is this?

Mister Gibson, why did he chose the left batter's box?

Even though he's batting against a left handed pitcher?

He was by nature...

a left side hitter.

During his high school days he couldn't deal with soutspaw's breaking balls...

so he switched to hitting from both sides...

But...

When matched against Shigeno, who has no breaking balls...

he'll be able to do a better performance in his original, the left batter's box.

It's the first time you've listened to what I say. / For the first time you're honest with yourself.

Junior.

Hey, be careful!

He's surely got something up his sleeve by going left against left.

It's not "something".

Right now, he's...

genuinely coming to challenge me for real.

With Gibson watching me...

This battle...

I can't afford to lose it!

Junior.

You've come back to the Minors only to get revenge on Goro.

If your feelings of vex...

and recklesness are genuine...

No matter what the result will be...

This first true rival that you've met...

will surely...

improve you one or two sizes.

Although my rival will...

dissappear in just one match...

Ball!

Okay!

Take it careful!

Ball!

Ball two!

That's good.

You should stay away from a reckless duel against this guy.

Damn!

Why?

I'm unable to throw...

that 100 mph pitch that I threw in that all bases loaded pinch!

He's coming against me with all he's got.

If I pitch just like I did the last time...

he'll hit it for sure this time!

Despite that Gibson has come all the way to watch...

Why can't I pitch it?!

Ball!

Ball three!

He's clearly overstraining himself.

Don't run away!

Why aren't you throwing that 100 mph?

Fight me, Honda Jr.!

Shut up!

I know that...

too, you bastard!

So high!

I'm not accepting...

a Four balls!

Oh no!

Shouta!

Damn!

Back home!

Safe!

Running homerun!

It's 3-2!

I've misjudged you.

Since you made me hit a Ball pitch...

it didn't cross the fence, but...

Why don't you come against me with that 100 mph straight in the middle?!

To think that I thought of such a coward...

as my rival, it makes me look stupid.

Sorry, Shigeno.

You pitched well in trying to walk him...

I should have made sure he couldn't hit it.

Don't be stupid.

I wasn't intending on walking him.

I myself...

tried to throw that 100 mph...

but you saw how it turned out.

Out!

It's the lower half of the 8th inning.

The Falcons has earned a really precious 1 point!

The Triple A finals are finally at it's climax!

Can the Falcons hold this?

On the mound, the Falcons' trumph card,

the suppressor Wilkins has appeared!

Not yet!

The game isn't over yet!

Just one point is nothing big.

Struck out!

Damnit!

Yes!

They managed to take a point from me that I couldn't afford to give!

Just like Sanders said...

I should have just walked him.

I haven't managed to pitch in 100 mph since that match...

but still, I ignored the situation of the match...

and got mad, just because my opponent is Junior, and threw a half-assed pitch.

Struck out!

Two outs...

Now hitting number 8:

Sanders!

For what reason did I purposefully remain in the Minor League Finals Series?

It was to help Alice, who took me under her wing...

and the boss and coach, who patiently...

used me as a closer.

and for my teammates, who've helped me improve...

And for Sanders...

I wanted to help, so that we would win the championship, wearing this uniform, but even so...

Strike two!

Dear...

Papa!

Do your best!

The one who's carried the Bats this far is Shigeno, no mistake!

He fussed about winning...

and kept inspiring the team...

and he made me not retire, after showing me my son's feelings...

That I can be here today...

is all his doing.

I can't let Shigeno...

end up as...

a losing pitcher...

in this last game!

It went in!

We're tied!

Well done, Sanders!

I did it!

Dear...

Papa is the best!

Sergeant!

You did it!

Stop it!

Not the beard!

It hurts!

Damn you!

Old man.

Shigeno!

I'm in awe.

It's ten years too early for you to retire.

Now hitting number 4:

Shellby!

Play!

Thanks, old man.

With your great hit...

as long as I don't make any blunders...

We will never lose this match!

Come, Shigeno!

Here I go!

The final match, with the championship on the line...

is finally at its climax!

You're on, Gibson Jr.!

I'll show you...

the baseball spirit I inherited from my dad!

Next on Major:

Oath.

Run towards the stage of your dreams!

Oath.