# 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!