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[00:01] S1
    Let's go!
[00:02] S2
    Focus on the batter!
[00:12] Mi
    Okay! Nice pitch!
[00:14] Ku
    Nice pitch, Furuya!
[00:16] Ma
    Two outs!
[00:19] YC
    Now's the time to take him out!
[00:21] YC
    He's getting tired!
[00:25] Fu
    No, I'm not.
[00:27] Ka
    Kanemaru.
[00:28] Ka
    Y-Yes, sir?
[00:30] Ka
    Tell Sawamura to ice his shoulder.
[00:34] Ka
    Hey.
[00:36] Ka
    I brought the ice box over.
[00:39] Ka
    Make sure you ice your shoulder.
[00:43] Ka
    He's been like this
    ever since he came back.
[00:48] Ka
    This is the first time I've seen him
    so beat since the tournament.
[00:54] (Flashback) Y1
    It's way wide!
[00:55] (Flashback) Y1
    Yeah! Third run!
[00:57] (Flashback) Y1
    We've taken the lead!
[01:00] (Flashback) Ku
    Hey! Why didn't you cover?
[01:03] (Flashback) Ka
    Miyuki!
[02:37] Ka
    How's Sawamura?
[02:40] Mi
    His pitch has power,
[02:42] Mi
    and he's not getting
    overwhelmed by the batters.
[02:46] Mi
    But in the recent games,
[02:49] Mi
    his inside pitch has often been a little wide.
[02:54] Mi
    I don't know how aware
    he is of the problem,
[02:57] Mi
    but it may be because of
    the hit-by-pitch in the final.
[03:05] Ka
    Furuya!
[03:13] Ka
    Sawamura.
[03:15] Ka
    Switch.
[03:21] Oc
    Well, that was inevitable.
[03:23] Oc
    Things weren't going to get better at that rate.
[03:27] C1
    Furuya's pitching?
[03:29] C2
    Kawakami pitched in the last game,
[03:31] C2
    and Furuya's the most
    consistent pitcher right now.
[03:36] Sa
    Wait a minute.
[03:41] Sa
    I haven't gotten a single out yet.
[03:46] Ha
    Eijun-kun.
[03:49] Sa
    If I...
[03:51] Sa
    If I walk off the mound now...
[04:05] Fu
    Give me the ball.
[04:07] Fu
    We don't need two pitchers on the mound.
[04:13] Fu
    I know it must be frustrating, but—
[04:19] Sa
    Of course!
[04:21] Sa
    I gave up three runs
    without getting a single out.
[04:23] Sa
    I should be switched out!
[04:35] Sa
    S-Sorry that I'm passing the baton like this.
[04:41] Sa
    Take care of the rest.
[04:46] Sa
    No.
[04:48] Sa
    Stop.
[04:50] Sa
    Don't walk off.
[05:02] Sa
    I know this feeling.
[05:06] Sa
    It's the same as that game.
[05:09] Sa
    The mound's getting farther...
[05:12] Sa
    ...and farther away.
[05:16] Sa
    Back then,
[05:18] Sa
    I thought I'd never...
[05:21] Sa
    ...ever get to stand there again.
[05:26] Sa
    It's exactly the same.
[05:29] Sa
    If I walk off here,
[05:31] Sa
    I'll...
SIGN    Seido High School Practice Field
[05:50] Sa
    Yeah!
[05:51] Sa
    Twenty wins in a row!
[05:53] Y1
    We reached our goal!
[05:55] Y2
    We're the best!
[05:57] Y1
    It was all me!
[05:59] Y1
    My pitching at the beginning
    won us the game!
[06:01] Y2
    Nice pitching, Sanada!
[06:03] Y4
    Sanada, great job!
[06:04] Y1
    What about me?
[06:08] Ka
    Thank you for today's game.
[06:10] Ka
    We were able to discover some problems,
[06:12] Ka
    and it was a productive game.
[06:15] YC
    Not at all. Thank you.
[06:18] YC
    Productive, huh?
[06:20] YC
    Gonna write it off as a practice game, huh?
[06:24] YC
    I have to say,
[06:25] YC
    that Furuya boy smells like a lot of cash.
[06:29] YC
    I'm sure there are many pro teams
    that have their eyes on him.
[06:32] Oc
    True.
[06:33] Oc
    He should be training to play professionally.
[06:38] Oc
    But I could say the same about your cleanup.
[06:42] YC
    Oh?
[06:42] YC
    Do you really think so?
[06:44] YC
    He's my son. Thanks.
[06:47] Ka
    What's important is how
    they grow as individuals.
[06:51] Ka
    It's really difficult to find
    the balance as the head coach.
[06:57] Ka
    After all, Furuya isn't our only player.
[07:01] YC
    Yes, you're absolutely right.
[07:03] YC
    Spoken like a true mentor.
[07:07] YC
    Though you're boring.
[07:10] YC
    I'm just a coach for hire.
[07:13] YC
    If I don't produce results, I'm fired.
[07:17] Oc
    I'm sure he's in the same shoes.
[07:20] YC
    Well, then. Maybe it'll be spring or summer,
[07:23] YC
    or even fall.
[07:25] YC
    When we face each other in the tournament,
[07:27] YC
    let's go all out.
[07:32] YC
    Let's go home!
[07:33] YY
    Yes, sir!
[07:35] Ra
    Are we done already?
[07:36] Sa
    Yes, we are.
[07:39] Oc
    Their team is centered
    around the ace and the cleanup.
[07:44] Oc
    I wouldn't want to face an energetic
    team like this in the tournament.
[07:51] C1
    In the end,
[07:52] C1
    Kawakami couldn't hold Yakushi's
    batters down, either.
[07:55] C2
    Kind of sad,
    since Furuya was doing really well.
[07:59] C3
    Not to mention our batters
    got shut down by Sanada.
SIGN    Seido Yakushi
[08:04] C2
    What happened to last year's Seido?
[08:07] C1
    The group stage is in two weeks,
[08:10] C1
    and the tournament's in a month.
[08:12] C1
    Are we gonna be ready?
[08:25] Ka
    You didn't stand a chance.
SIGN    Seido Yakushi
[08:27] Ka
    This is where you are right now.
[08:30] Ka
    This is the current team.
[08:33] Ot
    This atmosphere is bad.
[08:36] Ot
    We shouldn't have accepted the game.
[08:39] Ka
    Batters! Especially the second-years!
[08:42] Ka
    You lack assertiveness in the box!
[08:45] Ka
    Perhaps you're putting the focus
    on batting for the team.
[08:48] Ka
    But if you can't stick to your own style
    of batting, what's the point?
[08:52] Ka
    I haven't been giving you any
    instructions in the practice games
[08:56] Ka
    because I knew you would do well
[08:58] Ka
    if you swung like you do in practice.
[09:01] Ka
    You've lost my faith in your batting skills.
[09:07] Ka
    The starting roster is going to be flexible.
[09:10] Ka
    I'll let whoever's doing well play,
    regardless of your grade.
[09:14] Ka
    So keep that in mind.
[09:17] Ka
    Stretch, then be done for the day.
[09:19] SS
    Yes, sir!
[09:20] Ka
    Miyuki, Kawakami,
[09:23] Ka
    Sawamura.
[09:26] Ka
    You guys stay.
[09:31] Ka
    What do you think about
    your pitching today, Sawamura?
[09:37] Sa
    Sir.
[09:38] Sa
    I couldn't pitch to where
    Miyuki-senpai requested.
[09:44] Ka
    Are you aware?
[09:47] Ka
    You're unable to pitch to the inside.
[09:55] Sa
    I am.
[09:58] Mi
    In the final, you walked off
    after throwing a hit-by-pitch.
[10:02] Mi
    Your body might be unconsciously
    avoiding the inside pitch.
[10:09] Oc
    He has the yips.
[10:17] Oc
    Due to an error or a hit-by-pitch
    at a crucial moment,
[10:20] Oc
    what used to be an easy task
    can become impossible.
[10:25] Oc
    Since it's a mental problem,
[10:28] Oc
    and he has the yips,
[10:30] Oc
    he's going to be useless in the fall tournament.
[10:39] Ka
    Sawamura.
[10:41] Ka
    Practice on your own starting tomorrow.
[10:43] Ka
    Avoid any contact with a ball.
[10:45] Ka
    Your practice will mainly consist of
    running to strengthen your lower body.
[10:52] Sa
    I'm on a separate regimen
    right before the season?
[10:55] Sa
    Does that mean...
[10:56] Ka
    Kawakami, you gave up some hits,
[10:59] Ka
    but you did well keeping your pitches low.
[11:02] Ka
    Make sure you fine-tune your technique
    before the season starts.
[11:05] Ka
    Yes, sir.
[11:06] Sa
    Of course.
[11:09] Sa
    With how I pitched today,
[11:12] Sa
    I'm...
[11:15] Sa
    ...useless.
[11:18] Ka
    At the moment,
[11:19] Ka
    our batting lineup is much
    weaker than last year's.
[11:22] Ka
    So we have to shift our focus to defense.
[11:25] Ka
    We'll have many close games
    that'll put pressure on defense.
[11:29] Ka
    No matter how well Furuya's feeling,
[11:31] Ka
    he still doesn't have
    the stamina to pitch a full game.
[11:35] Ka
    In order to take the fall tournament,
[11:38] Ka
    we'll need to rely on both of you.
[11:44] ---
    Huh?
[11:45] S1
    Did you see Sawamura today?
[11:47] S2
    He was running all day in Field B.
[11:50] S1
    Why?
[11:51] S1
    Because of yesterday's game?
[11:53] S2
    Well...
[11:55] S1
    What? He has the yips?
[11:58] S2
    One of my junior high teammates
    couldn't pitch to first.
[12:04] S3
    Tojo might have a chance at pitching now.
[12:07] Ka
    Are you dumb?
[12:08] Ka
    He gave it a lot of thought
    before making the switch.
[12:12] Ch
    Mind elaborating on that, Kanemaru?
[12:18] Ka
    Chris-senpai.
[12:21] R1
    Yakushi and Seido had a practice game?
[12:24] R2
    Yeah.
[12:25] R2
    The game went 7-2,
[12:27] R2
    with Yakushi making a comeback.
[12:29] R1
    Those two played right before the fall season?
[12:33] R1
    I wish I'd been there.
[12:35] R2
    Me, too.
[12:36] R1
    So Yakushi won.
[12:39] R2
    Without the third-years,
[12:41] R2
    the teams can change drastically.
[12:45] R2
    I'm sure the scores of the game
    represent the current state of both teams.
[12:49] R1
    True.
[12:50] R1
    Yakushi's still has their core players
     from last year.
[12:53] R1
    It really comes down to how much
[12:57] R1
    team building each school
    can do over the break.
[13:00] R2
    Yeah.
[13:05] R1
    Wow! What a huge crowd!
[13:08] R2
    And that goes for every team,
SIGN    Inashiro Vocational School
[13:11] R2
    regardless of how well
    they performed in the summer.
[13:19] R1
    Summer break's about to end,
[13:22] R1
    but the third-years are still practicing.
[13:25] R2
    Some of them are playing
    in the USA-Japan game,
[13:29] R2
    and there's the National
    Sports Festival in September.
[13:33] R1
    So the more you play at nationals,
[13:35] R1
    the longer you get to play as third-years.
[13:38] R1
    The crowd is crazy, too,
[13:40] R1
    since they were the runner-up at nationals.
[13:43] R2
    It's been ten days since the national final,
    and the crowd hasn't died down.
[13:46] R2
    They spent most of their
    summer break at nationals,
[13:49] R2
    and got a sense of accomplishment
[13:53] R2
    from making it big there.
[13:55] R2
    However,
[13:56] R2
    the team building for the fall
    is inevitably delayed.
[14:00] R1
    Harada-kun, do you have a second?
[14:02] Ha
    Sure.
SIGN    Inashiro Vocational School
[14:04] R1
    Good job at nationals.
[14:06] R1
    Have things calmed down on your end?
[14:08] Ha
    I'd say so.
[14:10] R1
    I'm sure there's a lot of pressure
    on whoever's replacing you.
[14:13] R1
    Have you already found a new captain?
[14:16] Ha
    Yes.
[14:17] Ha
    All the players and coaches
    picked Fuku-chan as the new captain.
[14:21] R1
    Fuku-chan?
[14:23] R1
    Who's that?
[14:24] Ha
    He wasn't on the roster for nationals,
[14:27] Ha
    and I doubt he'll make
    the starting lineup this year, either.
[14:30] Ha
    But he's the most responsible
    person on the team,
[14:35] Ha
    and he takes great care of the field.
[14:39] Ha
    Even Narumiya acknowledges him.
[14:41] R1
    That's interesting.
[14:44] R1
    Whoa!
[14:45] Ca
    Man, it's hot.
[14:46] S1
    Hey, Carlos!
[14:47] S1
    Don't take your shirt off here!
[14:49] S2
    There was one ball on the field yesterday.
[14:52] S2
    And two the day before that.
[14:53] S2
    If you can't even properly
    clean up after practice,
[14:55] S2
    just go kill yourself.
[15:00] S3
    Hey! Don't drink straight from the bottle!
[15:02] S3
    Think of the others!
[15:05] Ha
    None of the starters could possibly
    be a captain, so there's that, too.
[15:10] R1
    I see.
[15:12] R1
    Oh, where's Narumiya-kun?
[15:15] R1
    He seems like the biggest lone wolf.
[15:18] Ha
    He's probably in the bullpen.
[15:20] R1
    Oh?
[15:21] R1
    Is he already preparing for the fall?
[15:24] Ha
    Not at all.
[15:25] Ha
    He hasn't pitched at all
     since he came back.
[15:29] Ha
    The coach plans to use the third-years
    for the sports festival, too.
[15:33] Ha
    He's pretty fatigued from nationals,
[15:37] Ha
    and he still has a long road ahead of him.
[15:42] Ha
    But you know how he is.
[15:45] Ha
    I'm sure he's being sour in the bullpen.
[15:52] I1
    Okay. Nice pitch.
[15:53] Na
    Ball! That was a ball!
[15:56] Na
    Just a bit too low! Too bad!
[15:58] I1
    Please don't interfere
    just because you're not pitching.
[16:02] Na
    Why not? I do whatever I want!
[16:05] I1
    You can't.
[16:06] I1
    You're an upperclassman.
    Please don't be so selfish.
[16:09] Na
    What's that?
[16:10] Na
    An upperclassman can't be selfish?
[16:12] Na
    How do you define an upperclassman, then?
[16:13] I2
    Wow! He's not holding back.
[16:16] I2
    Now that Masa-san's not
    holding the reins anymore,
[16:20] I2
    no one's stopping him.
[16:22] I1
    I'm actually a little rattled.
[16:25] I1
    I feel like I should practice
    catching your pitches more.
[16:28] Na
    Don't worry about that.
[16:30] Na
    I'll throw wherever you hold the mitt.
[16:36] I1
    Then how am I different from a wall?
[16:39] Na
    You don't look happy.
[16:41] Na
    You think I don't understand anything?
[16:43] I1
    I didn't say that much.
[16:46] I1
    He's sharp.
[16:48] Na
    Don't worry.
[16:49] Na
    I don't expect you to replace
    Masa-san right off the bat.
[16:56] I1
    Well, I suppose if you put it that way...
[17:00] Na
    But I don't plan to lose, either.
[17:05] Na
    Not until we take the top.
[17:15] Na
    Just FYI, I'm pretty selfish.
[17:17] I1
    Yes, sir.
[17:18] Na
    I'll say no to your request on the mound.
[17:20] I1
    I know.
[17:21] Na
    I get a ton of fan letters, too.
[17:25] I1
    Oh, okay...
[17:26] Na
    And this is just between you and me, but
[17:29] Na
    a first-year in the brass band
    asked me out yesterday.
[17:34] I1
    No one cares!
[17:38] R1
    The group stages for the fall start soon.
[17:40] R1
    After the sports festival in September,
    the third-years will retire,
[17:44] R1
    and the fall tournament
    will start in October.
[17:47] R1
    They have to do team building
    on top of all of that?
[17:52] R1
    The winning teams don't exactly
    have it easy, do they?
[17:57] R2
    But this is an experience
    unique to teams that've won,
[18:01] R2
    and it's all part of experiencing nationals.
SIGN    Ambition
[18:07] R2
    From the teams that lost in the first round
[18:11] R2
    to the teams that made it
    to the national final,
[18:15] R2
    every team is spending
    their summer getting ready
[18:17] R2
    to line up at the same starting line again.
[18:30] S1
    Hey, baseball team!
[18:31] S1
    How was your summer "break"?
[18:34] Ka
    Shut up.
[18:35] S2
    Man, you guys were so close.
[18:38] S1
    People were crying on the bleachers.
[18:40] S1
    One of my friends said it was more
    intense than a game at nationals.
[18:45] Ka
    You're still talking about that?
[18:47] Ka
    That's ancient history for us, man.
[18:50] S1
    And I have to say, I've gotta
    give Sawamura some credit.
[18:54] S1
    He was pitching so confidently
    on the Jingu mound.
[18:57] S1
    So loudly, too.
[18:59] S2
    He's nothing like that in class.
[19:02] S1
    Remember what he said in class
    at the beginning of the year?
[19:06] (Flashback) Sa
    I'll be the ace of the team,
    and my name is Eijun Sawamura!
[19:10] (Flashback) Sa
    And you'd better remember my name!
[19:12] S1
    Everyone laughed at him when he said that,
[19:15] S1
    but maybe he'll really be the ace one day.
[19:21] S1
    Did I say something weird?
[19:25] Ka
    No.
[19:27] S1
    Hey, Haruno!
[19:29] S2
    Did something happen
    to Sawamura over the break?
[19:33] S2
    He looks like a different person!
[19:38] S2
    He looks so gloomy now!
[19:41] S1
    He's reading a book, too!
[19:44] Ha
    That's The Book of Five Rings.
[19:45] Ha
    It's the book Miyamoto Musashi
    wrote before his death
[19:47] Ha
    about his upbringing
    and his way of the sword.
[19:50] S2
    Musashi?
[19:52] S2
    Is he trying to be a samurai now?
[19:55] S1
    Well, I kind of like the gloomy Sawamura.
[19:59] Ha
    Is he trying to learn something
    from a man who never lost?
[20:05] Ka
    The second trimester started,
[20:07] Ka
    and the group selection for the fall closed in,
[20:10] Ka
    but Sawamura was still on a separate regimen.
[20:21] Ha
    Now he's reading a book on Rickson Gracie.
[20:25] (Flashback) Ch
    I see.
[20:27] (Flashback) Ch
    The inside pitch.
[20:29] (Flashback) Ka
    Fearlessly throwing close to
    the pitcher was his style of pitching.
[20:35] (Flashback) Ka
    It's like he lost his biggest weapon.
[20:40] (Flashback) Ch
    True.
[20:42] (Flashback) Ch
    If he has the yips, it could be bad.
[20:46] (Flashback) Ch
    But he was throwing fine
    in other practice games, right?
[20:50] (Flashback) Ka
    Y-Yes, sir.
[20:52] (Flashback) Ch
    Then perhaps it's best not
    to make a big deal out of this.
[20:58] (Flashback) Ka
    Aren't you gonna say something to him?
[21:00] (Flashback) Ch
    I believe he'll turn this around and
    come out even stronger in the end.
[21:06] (Flashback) Ch
    That's the kind of guy he is.
[21:09] (Flashback) Ch
    Isn't he?
[21:15] Ka
    I don't have time to worry
    about someone else.
[21:18] Ka
    Having a flexible roster
    means I have a chance, too!
[21:37] Sa
    The season's closing in,
[21:40] Sa
    yet what am I doing?
[21:44] Sa
    How can I start, much less be the ace...
[21:51] Sa
    ...if I can't get any outs?
[21:55] Sa
    Damn it.
[22:01] Sa
    I'm so weak.
[23:35] Mi
    We go into the group stages
    with a lot of worries
[23:39] Mi
    and a lot of work to do.
[23:41] Sa
    I can't play outfield,
[23:43] Sa
    and I haven't even been
    in the bullpen recently.
[23:45] Sa
    What does the coach want from me?
[23:47] Ku
    What are we gonna do, Miyuki?
[23:48] Ku
    Don't we need Sawamura
    in order to win this season?
[23:52] Mi
    Next time on Ace of the Diamond:
    September Sky.
SIGN    September Sky
[23:54] Oc
    Why doesn't Coach Kataoka
    just give up on him?