10 - Hone Your Moving Fastball

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[00:00] Rei
    Pitcher change.
[00:02] Rei
    Get off the mound, right now.
[00:07] Chris
    Bear the loss you had today in your heart.
[00:10] Chris
    If you do, you can go much higher.
[00:16] Chris
    Good ball control and faster pitches...
[00:19] Chris
    aren't something you
    can achieve overnight.
[00:23] Chris
    But if you can be patient and
    focus on building the foundation,
[00:28] Chris
    you'll slowly but surely
    set yourself apart.
SIGN    Hone Your Moving Fastball
[02:10] Enemy1
    Yes!
[02:10] Enemy2
    It's a hit!
[02:15] Umpire
    Three outs!
[02:16] Umpire
    Change!
[02:19] Haruichi
    That should do it.
[02:22] Enemy1
    How did he get to that ball?
[02:23] Enemy2
    And he's on the second-string?
[02:24] Enemy2
    Just how many good players does Seido have?
[02:29] Rei
    Haruichi Kominato.
[02:30] Rei
    He has amazing baseball talent.
[02:33] Rei
    In terms of fielding alone,
[02:35] Rei
    he's on par with his brother, Ryosuke-kun.
[02:41] Furuya
    I want to play, too...
[02:44] Nakata
    Only two spots open in the first-string.
[02:47] Nakata
    I don't have any time to waste.
[02:49] Maezono
    I'm going to make it to the first-string!
[02:54] Maezono
    Why?
[03:00] Nakata
    You're too stiff.
[03:03] Sawamura
    How was that one?
[03:08] Chris
    Third one in a row to the scoreboard.
[03:11] Sawamura
    Why?
[03:13] Chris
    The batters were Randy Bass, Kakefu, and Okada.
[03:15] Sawamura
    But it sounds good when it hits the mitt!
[03:18] Chris
    People don't change so quickly.
[03:21] Chris
    You have to be patient.
[03:24] Chris
    Haven't I told you that enough?
[03:26] Sawamura
    I know what you're saying,
[03:28] Sawamura
    but I'm doing the exercises you gave me,
[03:30] Sawamrua
    and you haven't told me my qualities yet.
[03:34] Chris
    You're flexible and have a good pitching form.
[03:38] Chris
    How do you grip the ball?
[03:41] Sawamura
    The ball?
[03:43] Sawamura
    Uh...
[03:45] Chris
    I see,
[03:47] Chris
    so you've put absolutely no thought into it.
[03:50] Chris
    How deep you grip,
    how it feels on your fingertips,
[03:53] Chris
    and how you place
    your fingers on the stitches.
[03:56] Chris
    Because you don't think about
    holding the ball in a certain way,
[03:59] Chris
    your point of release changes every time.
[04:01] Chris
    Your inconsistent throwing
    style creates the moving effect.
[04:05] Sawamura
    But I'm just trying to throw a fastball.
[04:08] Chris
    But that moving ball
    is the quality that defines you.
[04:19] Chris
    Furuya throws his fast and heavy fastball
[04:22] Chris
    by putting his entire weight
    on the tip of his fingers.
[04:26] Chris
    By contrast, the subtle
    inconsistencies at your fingertips
[04:29] Chris
    cause your pitches to break in ways
    that a batter can't predict.
[04:34] Chris
    Maybe it's worked for you in the past,
[04:36] Chris
    but in high school baseball, we use
    a metal bat that makes for easier contact,
[04:40] Chris
    so you'll just be overpowered.
[04:45] Chris
    You don't have speed or breaking balls.
[04:47] Chris
    There's only one way for someone
    like you to survive on this team.
[04:52] Chris
    Hone your moving fastball.
[04:56] Chris
    Once you get the physical
    strength you need to throw faster,
[05:01] Chris
    your fastballs will be even crazier.
[05:06] Sawamura
    Wait a minute...
[05:09] Sawamura
    Then all this time...
[05:12] Sawamura
    he'd been giving me exercises to help me?
[05:22] Chris
    Your goal is to become the ace, right?
[05:27] Chris
    Knowing Miyuki...
[05:28] Chris
    he'll catch any moving fastballs you throw.
[05:35] Sawamura
    B-But...
[05:36] Sawamura
    What about you, Chris-senpai?
[05:41] Chris
    With graduation right
    around the corner for me,
[05:44] Chris
    this is the best advice I can give you.
[05:48] Chris
    Be patient, and aim for the top.
[05:51] Chris
    You still have a long road ahead of you.
[05:59] Chris
    And don't forget to ice after you work out.
[06:19] Kataoka
    We have a month until
    the qualification tournament.
[06:22] Kataoka
    With their fatigue peaking,
[06:24] Kataoka
    it's time we start the training camp.
[06:38] Sawamura
    Ten more.
[06:42] Kataoka
    Your form is going wild.
[06:45] Kataoka
    Your body is opening because
    you're trying to throw fast.
[06:49] Sawamura
    Crap, Shades!
[06:52] Sawamura
    I mean... Good evening, Sir Head Coach.
[06:57] Kataoka
    What time do you think it is?
[06:59] Kataoka
    You'll only hurt yourself
     by practicing recklessly.
[07:03] Kataoka
    Didn't Chris tell you that
    the key is building the foundation?
[07:09] Kataoka
    True, there have been
    many pitchers who gave up
[07:13] Kataoka
    because they couldn't
    understand what Chris wanted.
[07:15] Kataoka
    But his method of
    prioritizing physical strength,
[07:18] Kataoka
    as he learned through bitter experience,
[07:21] Kataoka
    is, by no means, wrong.
[07:23] Kataoka
    If you can't listen to
    your catcher any further,
[07:27] Kataoka
    I'll have to split you two apart.
[07:33] Sawamura
    From the moment we met,
    he communicated with me as a catcher.
[07:38] Sawamura
    "Hone your moving fastball."
[07:41] Sawamura
    "Be patient."
[07:45] Sawamura
    But...
[07:46] Sawamura
    At this rate,
[07:49] Sawamura
    I won't be able to repay my debt.
[07:52] Sawamura
    I don't know what
    I can do in just a few months,
[07:56] Sawamura
    but before he graduates,
[07:58] Sawamura
    I want to show him the fruits of my training.
[08:09] Kataoka
    I have no words for him.
[08:12] Kataoka
    He's completely forgotten
    that there are two open spots
[08:16] Kataoka
    in the first-string.
[08:19] Kataoka
    Either way, you shouldn't overwork
    yourself by throwing recklessly.
[08:22] Kataoka
    If you're going to train by yourself,
[08:24] Kataoka
    you should do towel drills.
[08:26] Kataoka
    Get this.
[08:27] Kataoka
    No matter how strong you throw,
    you can't throw fast.
[08:31] Kataoka
    What's important is your glove hand.
[08:35] Kataoka
    Watch.
[08:38] Kataoka
    It's about how well you transfer
    all your strength to your fingertips.
[08:42] Kataoka
    As a southpaw,
[08:44] Kataoka
    you must create a wall with your right arm.
[08:51] Kataoka
    Your right leg supports your body
    as you shift your weight.
[08:54] Kataoka
    Your right hand creates
    the wall that stores all that power.
[09:00] Kataoka
    Like shooting an arrow, you hold
    that pull for as long as you can.
[09:03] Kataoka
    With all of your energy being
    transferred from your lower body,
[09:07] Kataoka
    you swing it down in an instant.
[09:13] Sawamura
    Wow.
[09:14] Sawamura
    The wind...
[09:19] Kataoka
    You try it.
[09:24] Sawamura
    The right-hand wall
    and the pull with my body.
[09:29] (Flashback) Chris
    Hone your moving fastball.
[09:33] Sawamura
    Make a wall with my right hand, and...
[09:37] Sawamura
    Swing it down!
[09:43] Sawamura
    I'm sorry! It was an accident!
[09:44] Sawamura
    It wasn't on purpose!
[09:51] Sawamura
    The right-hand wall
[09:53] Sawamura
    and the pull with my body...
[09:55] Sawamura
    The right-hand wall-pull for short.
[09:58] Guy1
    Heads up!
[10:04] Sawamura
    Who's sending it this far?
[10:05] Sawamura
    I accidentally screamed like a little girl!
[10:09] Furuya
    Oh, sorry.
[10:11] Furuya
    I hit it too hard.
[10:12] Sawamura
    It was you?!
[10:14] Guy1
    Whoa! Did you see how far that went?
[10:16] Guy2
    He hits like a monster, too?
[10:20] Ota
    You really can't see the limit of his talent.
[10:24] Ota
    It would be a waste
    to keep him on the bench.
[10:28] Furuya
    I just really want to throw.
[10:32] Makihara
    He sure hits well for a first-year.
[10:36] Makihara
    Makes me sick.
[10:37] Kuwata
    Yeah,
[10:38] Kuwata
    when we're stuck on the second-string
[10:41] Kuwata
    despite being the best players
    on our teams in junior high.
[10:44] Saito
    Not to mention...
[10:45] Saito
    It doesn't help when
    all the monsters on this team
[10:47] Saito
    practice harder than anyone else.
[10:59] Makihara
    Yeah, I don't know what to say.
[11:02] Makihara
    Everyone here is crazy and stupid.
[11:04] Kuwata
    But we don't want
    to regret being on this team.
[11:08] Saito
    Yeah,
[11:09] Saito
    even if we can't be on the field,
[11:11] Saito
    we want to fight it out
    until the end with these guys.
[11:14] Makihara
    In fact...
[11:16] Makihara
    We can't quit after coming so far!
[11:17] Kuwata
    We didn't go through three years
    of strenuous training for nothing!
[11:21] Saito
    I haven't even had a girlfriend
    for these past three years!
[11:24] Both
    You idiot!
[11:25] Both
    Don't say that!
[11:27] Makihara
    Send more flying, you newbie first-years!
[11:31] Saito
    You'd better work so hard at baseball
    that you don't have time for a girlfriend!
[11:34] Kuwata
    And, second-years,
    you guys aren't being loud enough!
[11:38] Kanemaru
    Looks like they're suddenly in the mood.
[11:43] (Flashback) Chris
    A pitcher
[11:45] (Flashback) Chris
    must stand on the mound
[11:47] (Flashback) Chris
    with everything on his shoulders,
    including the benched players.
[11:51] (Flashback) Chris
    I would never...
[11:53] (Flashback) Chris
    want to entrust the three years
     we spent here to you.
[11:57] (Flashback) Sawamura
    I'm here to become the ace!
[12:00] (Flashback) Sawamura
    And I'm confident that
    I want it more than anyone here!
[12:06] Sawamura
    Damn it.
[12:07] Sawamura
    I feel ashamed about saying that.
[12:11] Sawamura
    It's not about proving myself.
[12:14] Sawamura
    The one everyone recognizes...
[12:17] Sawamura
    is the ace.
[12:21] Chris
    Sawamura.
[12:23] Chris
    I'm heading out.
[12:25] Chris
    Do scroll B today.
[12:27] Chris
    Do three sets of each exercise.
[12:30] Sawamura
    Yes, sir!
[12:31] Sawamura
    Have a nice day!
[12:33] Chris
    He hasn't pestered me to catch lately...
SIGN    A tad bit lonely...
[12:41] Sawamura
    Hey, that one felt good!
[12:48] Chris
    That drill...
[12:49] Chris
    I don't know if he came up with that,
[12:52] Chris
    but his center is looking more stable.
[12:56] Chris
    Looks like it's the perfect
    exercise for him right now.
SIGN    National Training Center
[13:13] Animal
    Hey, Yu.
[13:15] Animal
    Maybe I shouldn't be
    saying this, as your parent,
[13:19] Animal
    but how about thinking about
    the future and quitting high school?
[13:24] Animal
    Your shoulder is pretty much healed.
[13:27] Animal
    But I really don't want to let you play Japanese high school baseball.
[13:32] Animal
    The Japanese fighting
    spirit principle is ludicrous.
[13:35] Animal
    Letting developing pitchers
    pitch under the sun for so long
[13:41] Animal
    is just unthinkable in America.
[13:43] Animal
    I asked the school to let you quit the team,
[13:48] Animal
    so why did you go back?
[13:49] Animal
    What are you going to accomplish
[13:52] Animal
    by finishing school
    as a second-string player?
[13:59] Animal
    I've already asked my high school
    if you could transfer in.
[14:02] Animal
    We can go to America any time you're ready.
[14:11] Sawamura
    That's my tire!
[14:14] Furuya
    It was on the ground.
[14:15] Sawamura
    Well, I didn't give you
    permission, so give it back!
[14:18] Sawamura
    Also, that's my style!
[14:21] Sawamura
    Oh, were you secretly
    admiring the way I did it?
[14:24] Furuya
    Yeah.
[14:24] Sawamura
    What?!
[14:26] Tanba
    Brings back memories.
[14:28] Chris
    Tanba.
[14:30] Tanba
    We wanted to make the team.
[14:32] Tanba
    That was all we wanted.
[14:34] Tanba
    Looking at them reminds
    me of how we used to be.
[14:41] Tanba
    Chris, can you check my pitching form?
[14:45] Tanba
    My control becomes rough
    after I pitch seventy times.
[14:49] Chris
    Sure.
[14:51] Chris
    Looks like remaining the ace isn't so easy.
[15:01] Tanba
    How's your shoulder feeling?
[15:04] Tanba
    It's gotten a lot better, right?
[15:08] Tanba
    Are you gonna be ready by summer?
[15:11] Tanba
    It's thanks to you noticing my injury
[15:14] Tanba
    that I can still pitch today.
[15:21] Tanba
    The more games I win,
[15:24] Tanba
    the longer our summer will be.
[15:27] Tanba
    You'd better come back to the first-string.
[15:39] Chris
    I know that, deep inside, you already know.
[15:43] Chris
    I haven't played for a year,
[15:45] Chris
    and I finish up practice early.
[15:47] Chris
    Seido isn't forgiving enough
    to give a guy like me a chance.
[15:53] Chris
    But...
[15:55] Chris
    You've sure learned to talk
    when you used to have stage fright.
[15:59] Chris
    I'm more worried that you'll give
    your ace title over to someone else.
[16:04] Tanba
    Shut up!
[16:05] Tanba
    I'm not letting anyone take it from me!
[16:08] Chris
    Yeah, that's the spirit.
[16:15] (Flashback) Animal
    What are you accomplish
[16:18] (Flashback) Animal
    by finishing school
    as a second-string player?
[16:22] Chris
    I'm sure Dad has some sense in his words.
[16:26] Chris
    But...
[16:27] Chris
    I have friends I've been
    fighting alongside with.
[16:31] Chris
    I want to graduate laughing
    with my friends, Dad.
[16:38] Furuya
    I didn't know those two could laugh like that.
[16:42] Sawamura
    Yeah...
SIGN    Seido High School Practice Field
[17:00] Sawamura
    Squeeze the glove hard right here,
[17:05] Sawamura
    and throw like kaboom!
[17:08] Sawamura
    Squeeze and kaboom!
[17:09] Sawamura
    And right-hand wall-pull for short!
[17:11] Sawamura
    Yes!
[17:12] Sawamura
    I finally feel it now!
[17:17] Chris
    Sawamura.
[17:20] Chris
    We have the pitcher
    line-up for the next game.
[17:22] Sawamura
    What?
[17:23] Rei
    This will be your last
    chance in the second-string,
[17:26] Rei
    so make sure you throw your heart out.
[17:29] Sawamura
    Last?
[17:30] Sawamura
    Already?
[17:31] Rei
    We'll pick two people to join
    the first-string after the game,
[17:34] Rei
    and we'll train until summer, having the camp focused on those twenty people.
[17:41] Sawamura
    Last...
[17:43] Chris
    Well, don't feel rushed.
[17:45] Chris
    Lately, you've acknowledged your weakness, and you've been doing well.
[17:50] Chris
    Just try to pitch to learn.
[17:53] Sawamura
    Chris-senpai,
[17:55] Sawamura
    are you not playing in any games?
[18:00] Sawamura
    It's only been several days,
    and I probably haven't improved much,
[18:05] Sawamura
    but in the next game,
[18:07] Sawamura
    please catch my pitches.
[18:10] Sawamura
    I want
[18:13] Sawamura
    to form a battery with you!
[18:23] Guy1
    It sure is big.
[18:25] Guy2
    I wonder if that hard-throwing
    Furuya is playing today.
[18:32] Zaizen
    So we're playing Seido...
[18:40] Zaizen
    Looks like he's doing well.
[18:43] Guy1
    Zaizen, here's your bag.
[18:46] Zaizen
    Huh?
[18:47] Zaizen
    Thanks, can you carry it out?
[18:50] Guy1
    S-Sure.
SIGN    Kokudokan Seido
[19:03] Umpire
    Both teams, line up!
[19:08] Crowd1
    They're putting the second-string
    up against Kokudokan?
[19:11] Crowd1
    Coach Kataoka's being pretty bold.
[19:14] Crowd1
    It's the last time the second-string
    team is playing, right?
[19:17] Crowd2
    Look at all the Seido players.
[19:18] Crowd2
    They look fierce while shooting for
    the remaining spots on the first-string.
[19:24] Umpire
    Bow!
[19:25] Players
    Let's have a good game!
[19:28] Crowd1
    But they're bringing him
    out for this important game?
[19:32] Crowd1
    Didn't he get clobbered by Komashiro?
[19:34] Crowd2
    Is he gonna stand a chance
    against the Kokudokan batters?
[19:37] Kokudokan1
    What? That's not Furuya.
[19:40] Kokudokan2
    Man, I was looking forward to the battle
    with the infamous, hard-throwing pitcher.
[19:46] Ono
    Hey, Sawamura.
[19:48] Sawamura
    Yes, Ono-senpai?
[19:50] Ono
    Uh, yeah.
[19:52] Ono
    They're going to let you
     throw for three innings.
[19:55] Ono
    If you throw like you did the last time,
[19:57] Ono
    I'm having you switched out.
[20:00] Sawamura
    Yeah!
[20:01] Sawamura
    It's great to be playing with you, sir!
[20:03] Sawamura
    I will throw like my life depends on it!
[20:05] Ono
    It's good that you have energy.
[20:06] Ono
    Make sure it's not the only thing you have.
[20:10] Furuya
    I want to play a game, too...
[20:13] Kuramochi
    I wonder what comical thing
    he's going to do today!
[20:16] Kuramochi
    Depending on how he plays, he's not gonna
    get a chance for another year.
[20:20] Miyuki
    I wanted to see how
    Chris-senpai would lead Sawamura,
[20:25] Miyuki
    but I guess his shoulder
    isn't feeling very well yet.
[20:34] (Flashback) Sawamura
    I want
[20:35] (Flashback) Sawamura
    to form a battery with you!
[20:42] Chris
    I'm not the one choosing
    who plays in the game.
[20:48] Chris
    In any case,
[20:49] Chris
    you've been given the chance.
[20:53] Chris
    Don't throw in a way you'll regret, Sawamura.
[21:06] Sawamura
    All right!
[21:07] Sawamura
    I'll send these balls flying,
    so the rest is up to you!
[21:10] Maezono
    Wh-What?
[21:12] Nakata
    There's a difference between letting
    them hit and giving away hits.
[21:17] Umpire
    Play ball!
[21:22] Ono
    Sawamura only has fastballs.
[21:25] Ono
    I just gotta collect them low
    to prevent any long hits.
[21:32] Sawamura
    I don't have speed or breaking balls.
[21:35] Sawamura
    Just like Chris-senpai told me,
[21:37] Sawamura
    all I can do is throw the best I currently can.
[21:44] Sawamura
    The right-hand wall.
[21:50] Sawamura
    Store all my energy for as long as I can,
[21:55] Sawamura
    and release it at once!
[21:58] Sawamura
    Go!
[23:36] Sawamura
    I need to show Chris-senpai
    the fruit of my training.
[23:39] Sawamura
    But I can't throw any strikes!
[23:41] Sawamura
    No outs and bases loaded right off the bat?
[23:43] Miyuki
    There's only one person I know
[23:46] Miyuki
    who can get him out of this pinch.
[23:47] Chris
    I have a plan.
[23:49] Chris
    We're gonna change...
[23:50] Chris
    this pinch into our momentum.
[23:53] Miyuki
    Next time on Ace of the Diamond:
    Chris to the Field!
SIGN    Chris to the Field!
[23:56] Miyuki
    Let's win the national title!