8 - The Truth About Chris

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[00:00] (Flashback) Chris
    A pitcher
[00:02] (Flashback) Chris
    must stand on the mound
[00:05] (Flashback) Chris
    with everything on his shoulders,
    including the benched players.
[00:08] (Flashback) Chris
    I would never...
[00:10] (Flashback) Chris
    want to entrust the three
    years we spent here to you.
[00:17] (Flashback) Haruno
    Here you go.
[00:19] (Flashback) Haruno
    Chris in third-year asked
    me to give it to you.
[00:22] (Flashback) Haruno
    He said to do it after you
    finish your daily menu.
SIGN    Today's Menu
    10 Hill Sprint, 3x10 Scissor Jump, 2x10 Push Press, 2x10 MB Sit Up Throw, 2x10 Ballistic Lunge, 2x15 Dumbbell Push & Low, 3x10 MB Overhand, 2x15 Lunge & Twist
SIGN    The Truth About Chris
[02:02] Sawamura
    Oh, you've gotta be kidding me!
[02:05] Sawamura
    Is he trying to kill me?
[02:06] Sawamura
    You left early, but you
    leave me with more training?
[02:11] Haruno
    A pitcher shouldn't be so emotional!
[02:15] Haruno
    Aww...
[02:16] Haruno
    But if you look closely,
[02:19] Haruno
    it may have a lot of exercises,
    but number of reps is pretty small.
[02:41] Miyuki
    Hey, let's call it a day here.
[02:44] Miyuki
    You're throwing too much.
[02:46] Miyuki
    If you keep up this pace,
    you won't last until summer.
[02:50] Furuya
    Can we continue a little bit longer?
[02:53] Furuya
    Please.
[02:55] Miyuki
    I can't say no to that
    passion in your eyes.
SIGN    Learn today.
SIGN    Devote every moment.
[02:59] Miyuki
    Just ten more, then!
[03:03] Furuya
    Thank you.
[03:06] Miyuki
    He's like...
[03:08] Miyuki
    a wolf who was starving to throw.
[03:12] Haruno
    I thought he always kept his cool,
[03:14] Haruno
    but I guess even he gets
    pretty hot sometimes.
SIGN    Seido Spirit Dorm
[03:22] Kuramochi
    Hey, you're back just in time, Sawamura!
[03:27] Sawamura
    What are you doing to me?
[03:29] Kuramochi
    I just got a new game, so let's play!
[03:32] Sawamura
    Wait...
[03:33] Sawamura
    I have something I want to ask.
SIGN    Today's Menu
    
    10 Hill Sprints, 3x10 Scissors Jump, 2x10 Push Press, 2x10 MB Sit-up Throw,
    2x10 Ballistic Lunge, 2x15 Dumbbell Push & Low, 3x10 MB Overhand,
    2x10 Lunge & Twist, 2x15 MB One-hand Side, 2x10 Lunge & Twist,
    2x15 MB One-hand Side, 2x10 Dumbbell Backswing, 2x10 MB Pitching Throw
[03:39] Sawamura
    What's an MB Sit-up?
[03:42] Kuramochi
    What the hell?
[03:43] Kuramochi
    What's with this training menu?
[03:45] Kuramochi
    You gonna be a wrestler or something?
[03:48] Sawamura
    W-Wrestling?
[03:50] Sawamura
    Freaking Chris!
[03:52] Sawamura
    I bet he doesn't want
    me training for baseball!
[03:55] Kuramochi
    MB stands for medicine ball.
[03:59] Kuramochi
    You use it for those exercises.
[04:02] Sawamura
    Whoa!
[04:03] Kuramochi
    That's 4 kilos.
[04:04] Kuramochi
    It'll give you a nice workout.
[04:06] Kuramochi
    Though this looks more like
[04:09] Kuramochi
    conditioning for core and inner
    muscles to prevent injuries.
[04:15] Sawamura
    Um...
[04:16] Sawamura
    Can I borrow this?
[04:17] Kuramochi
    Sure.
SIGN    Unyielding Mind Strengthened Through Strenuous Training
[04:32] Kanemaru
    What do you want?
[04:34] Kanemaru
    Do you know what time it—
[04:44] Kanemaru
    Were you...
[04:45] Kanemaru
    training this late?
[04:47] Sawamura
    Chris.
[04:49] Sawamura
    Can you catch my pitches right now?
[04:53] Kanemaru
    What are you saying?
[04:55] Kanemaru
    It's 10:00 at night!
[04:56] Kanemaru
    Are you crazy?
[04:58] Sawamura
    I... did everything here.
[05:07] Sawamura
    You will catch my pitch, right?
[05:14] Chris
    You think that puts you on our level?
[05:19] Chris
    364 more days.
[05:23] Chris
    You do that menu for a year,
[05:27] Chris
    and then I'll acknowledge you.
[05:36] Sawamura
    A year?
[05:37] Sawamura
    A freaking year?
[05:39] Sawamura
    In a year, you'll already be gone!
[05:43] Sawamura
    Do you really hate me that much?
[05:49] Player1
    Good day.
[05:52] Player2
    Hello.
[05:52] Player3
    Hello.
[05:55] Player4
    Good day.
[05:58] Sawamura
    Hey, wait a minute...
[06:00] Sawamura
    Unbelievable.
[06:02] Sawamura
    He's leaving early again today!
[06:12] Haruichi
    Hey, Eijun!
[06:17] Haruichi
    Hey!
[06:19] Haruichi
    Chris in third-year
    asked me for a favor.
[06:23] Haruichi
    Here.
[06:24] Haruichi
    It's a new menu.
[06:32] Sawamura
    He'd better be kidding me!
[06:35] Sawamura
    Like hell I'll actually do this!
[06:40] Sawamura
    This tire is all I need!
[06:43] Sawamura
    Let's go, buddy!
[06:49] Haruichi
    Hey, what are you gonna do
    for the Kanto tournament in two days?
[06:53] Haruichi
    Everyone's required to go.
SIGN    I'm
SIGN    Not
SIGN    Going!
[06:59] Haruichi
    I see.
[07:01] Haruichi
    So you don't want to go.
[07:04] Haruichi
    For now, we can only
    watch from the bleachers.
[07:08] Haruichi
    It doesn't make me feel good either.
[07:12] Haruichi
    But they're teams we'll be
    playing against in the future.
[07:17] Haruichi
    Might as well get to know them.
SIGN     Kanto Tournament, First Match
    Seido (Tokyo) ー Yokohama Academy (Kanagawa)
[07:43] Guy1
    Whoa, Seido's losing!
[07:46] Guy2
    They're four runs down.
[07:48] Guy3
    Tanba was pitching well
     until the sixth inning.
[07:53] Guy2
    But the Yokohama Academy batters
    had figured him out by the seventh.
[07:57] Guy3
    If they lose the pitching battle,
    they'll lose the game.
[08:01] Announcer
    Top of the eighth,
[08:03] Announcer
    Seido High School has called
    for a change in players.
[08:06] Guy1
    Whoa! A pitcher change!
[08:09] Guy2
    But does Seido have
    a pitcher other than Tanba
[08:13] Guy2
    who can fare well against
    Yokohama Academy?
[08:15] Announcer
    Switching out Tanba for the pitcher, Furuya.
[08:21] Guy1
    Furuya?
[08:23] Guy2
    Hey, he's a first-year!
[08:25] Guy3
    Seriously?
[08:27] Guy2
    They're putting in a first-year in this situation?
[08:30] Guy2
    Is Seido giving up the game?
[08:33] Haruichi
    Wow!
[08:35] Haruichi
    He really came out.
[08:39] YA Coach
    Do they take us for idiots?
[08:42] YA Coach
    They're bringing out
    a first-year to the mound?
[08:47] YA Coach
    Guys!
[08:48] YA Coach
    Show that rookie what
    high school baseball is about!
[08:52] YA players
    Sir!
[08:56] YA1
    He's thin.
[08:59] YA1
    He's not even built yet.
[09:02] YA1
    You guys have it tough every year.
[09:06] Miyuki
    Go easy on us.
[09:13] Miyuki
    Don't be surprised.
[09:16] Miyuki
    From this day forward, you guys...
[09:19] Miyuki
    won't forget his name.
[09:51] YA Coach
    What are you doing?
[09:52] YA Coach
    He's a first-year!
[09:55] YA Coach
    Don't swing at those
    high fastballs!
[10:09] Crowd1
    Five strikeouts in a row!
[10:12] Crowd2
    Unbelievable!
[10:13] Crowd2
    Seido's got themselves a monster player!
[10:16] Crowd1
    What junior high is he from?
[10:19] Crowd1
    I've never heard of a Furuya!
[10:21] Crowd2
    Finished off the last guy with a strikeout, too!
[10:24] Crowds
    One more out!
[10:26] Crowds
    One more out!
[10:29] YA Coach
    Impossible.
[10:30] YA Coach
    We're the ones winning the game!
[10:33] YA Coach
    These guys hit from a pitching
    machine every day...
[10:38] YA Coach
    but they're still
    swinging at balls!
[10:41] YA Coach
    How much pressure...
[10:44] YA Coach
    does his pitch have?
[10:49] Haruichi
    It's hard to believe he's
    a first-year like us.
[10:51] Chris
    One of his pitches can
     crush a batter's heart.
[10:56] Chris
    This is the difference between
    Furuya's talents and yours.
[11:10] Sawamura
    You...
[11:11] Chris
    I told you.
[11:12] Chris
    You'll never be the ace on this team.
[11:17] Chris
    As long as he's in your grade.
[11:24] Miyuki
    His throws are disgusting.
[11:27] Miyuki
    Gotta say we're lucky
    his control is a little off.
[11:30] Miyuki
    The batters can't figure
    out where he's throwing.
[11:40] Miyuki
    One last guy.
[11:41] Miyuki
    Just throw the way you want.
[11:47] Ota
    Furuya's pitching very freely today.
[11:50] Ota
    Those two will make a good battery.
[11:55] Chris
    At this rate, for three years,
[11:58] Chris
    you'll just be his relief pitcher.
[12:00] Chris
    Or you can quit here,
[12:02] Chris
    and try to be an ace elsewhere.
[12:07] Sawamura
    What about you?
[12:09] Sawamura
    You're a second-string like me.
[12:12] Sawamura
    Aren't you frustrated that
    you lost to a second-year?
[12:16] Sawamura
    You finish practice so early.
[12:20] Sawamura
    If you want to go up, don't you have
    to practice harder than anyone else?
[12:27] Sawamura
    You've just given up on getting better!
[12:31] Sawamura
    I don't want you talking
     like you know anything!
[12:39] Sawamura
    No matter how high the obstacle...
[12:41] Sawamura
    I never want to be like you!
[12:44] Sawamura
    I'll never give up on aiming higher!
[12:52] Crowd1
    There he goes!
[12:53] Crowd2
    Six strikeouts in a row!
[12:55] Crowd3
    He's a real beast!
[12:58] Crowd1
    Seido's got themselves a strong pitcher!
[13:01] ---
    Seido's gonna be strong this year!
[13:05] Ryosuke
    Nice pitching!
[13:08] Kuramochi
    Nice going, kiddo!
[13:10] Kuramochi
    We can't end the game
    like this after your pitching!
[13:17] Yuki
    Leave the rest to us.
[13:20] Yuki
    Let's turn this game around!
[13:22] Yuki
    Yeah!
[13:30] Chris
    Give up on aiming higher?
[13:34] Chris
    For the idiot that you are, you're sharp.
[13:44] Chris
    Don't end up like me... Sawamura.
SIGN    Seido Spirit Dorm
[13:58] Player1
    Today's game was amazing.
[14:01] Player2
    I had goose bumps
    at the bottom of the ninth!
[14:05] Player2
    We lost, but we were a step away
    from taking down Yokohama Academy.
[14:10] Player1
    I bet we can really go
    to nationals this year.
[14:13] Player2
    Yeah, we'd better train hard, too.
[14:14] Player1
    Yeah!
[14:17] (Flashback) Chris
    Don't end up like me... Sawamura.
[14:22] Sawamura
    He admitted it just like that.
[14:24] Sawamura
    What's his problem?
[14:29] Muto
    Hey, Sawamura!
[14:31] Muto
    What are you doing?
[14:32] Muto
    You gotta cover the base!
[14:36] Muto
    What kind of baseball were
    you playing in junior high?
[14:40] Muto
    Baseball's not that easy!
[14:42] Sawamura
    Sorry.
[14:47] Muto
    Not there!
[14:48] Muto
    You gotta cover home plate in this situation!
[14:52] Player1
    How was he able to join our team?
[14:56] Kanemaru
    How is an idiot like him in second-string
    while we're stuck running?
[15:05] Muto
    Stop being so lost!
[15:14] Player1
    Good day.
[15:17] Rei
    How was it?
[15:18] Rei
    You said you don't even
    watch professional baseball,
[15:21] Rei
    but have you figured out that
    watching is a good way to learn?
[15:25] Rei
    Baseball is a sport played by nine people.
[15:28] Rei
    It's not just hitting, running, and defending.
[15:31] Rei
    There are lots of things to do.
[15:34] Rei
    I teamed you up with Chris so you
     could figure that out sooner.
[15:39] Rei
    Is he teaching you well?
[15:43] Rei
    In the next scrimmage,
    I want to let you play,
[15:47] Rei
    but from what I'm seeing,
     that might not be possible.
[15:51] Miyuki
    Rei-chan, I'd like to see the score book
    from yesterday's game...
[15:57] Sawamura
    Look away!
[15:58] Sawamura
    Don't look at me! I'm ashamed!
[16:02] Miyuki
    You're awesome!
[16:06] Rei
    Did I pick the wrong partner?
[16:08] Rei
    He's not doing very well with Chris.
[16:13] Miyuki
    Well, there aren't many people
    who can get along with him now.
[16:18] Rei
    Sawamura-kun, you may not know,
[16:21] Rei
    but he's the most knowledgeable
    about baseball on our team.
[16:25] Rei
    He also has the knack for
    discovering players' potentials.
[16:29] Sawamura
    Even if you tell me that,
    he hardly has motivation!
[16:33] Sawamura
    He left practice early today, too.
[16:36] Miyuki
    Whoa! You're saying too—
[16:37] Sawamura
    I!
[16:40] Sawamura
    I want to pair up with you!
[16:42] Sawamura
    I still can't forget that sound.
[16:45] Sawamura
    That sound I heard the first
    time I came to this school.
[16:49] Sawamura
    In that last game,
[16:51] Sawamura
    I was trying to throw as close
    to that moment as I could.
[16:55] Miyuki
    So that's why he was only
    throwing his best pitch.
[17:00] Miyuki
    Well, don't be so impatient.
[17:03] Miyuki
    If you do as he says,
    you'll definitely be able to improve.
[17:07] Sawamura
    No way!
[17:08] Sawamura
    I don't want to pair up with
    someone so unmotivated!
[17:11] Sawamura
    Why is he still on the team?
[17:14] Sawamura
    If he doesn't like to practice,
    he should just quit.
[17:24] Miyuki
    Everyone understands that
    you want to get better.
[17:30] Miyuki
    Especially after the trials.
[17:34] Miyuki
    But what you said just now...
[17:37] Miyuki
    I can't let it slide.
[17:41] Rei
    Miyuki-kun...
[17:44] Miyuki
    Ruined my good mood.
[17:49] Miyuki
    Rei-chan.
[17:50] Miyuki
    I'm borrowing this.
[17:51] Rei
    Sure.
[18:10] Rei
    You can't blame him for getting mad.
[18:13] Rei
    He's the person who respects
    Chris as a catcher the most.
[18:20] Rei
    In junior high, Miyuki could
    never win against one team,
[18:23] Rei
    and that was the team Chris was on.
[18:28] Rei
    Chris has a father who was
    a star player in the NPB,
[18:31] Rei
    and his plays that made full use
    of everything about baseball
[18:34] Rei
    promised him a bright future on our team.
[18:39] Rei
    However, maybe everyone's high hopes were too much pressure for him.
[18:45] Rei
    He kept playing with an injured
    shoulder without anyone noticing.
[18:55] Rei
    How were we so careless
    to miss something so big?
SIGN    National Training Center
[19:21] Rei
    We're here.
[19:23] Animal
    Next, one-hand rowing.
[19:25] Animal
    Ten reps.
[19:30] Animal
    Don't rush. Go slowly.
[19:32] Animal
    Be conscious of what muscles you're using.
[19:35] Animal
    Go slow.
[19:38] Rei
    He ruptured his subscapularis
    and pronator teres muscles.
[19:45] Rei
    On our team, with so many players,
[19:47] Rei
    being away from the team for a year
[19:49] Rei
    is the same as quitting the team.
[19:52] Rei
    Even Coach Kataoka asked him
    to support the team as a manager.
[20:01] Rei
    However, he clung to a small chance,
[20:04] Rei
    and he never gave up
    on finishing as a player.
[20:10] Sawamura
    You're kidding.
[20:17] Sawamura
    Are you...
[20:19] Sawamura
    kidding me?
[20:23] Chris
    You think that puts you on our level?
[20:27] Sawamura
    You've just given up on getting better!
[20:31] Sawamura
    I don't want you talking
     like you know anything!
[20:36] Sawamura
    I didn't know anything,
    and told him something so...
[20:42] Sawamura
    But what the hell?
[20:45] Chris
    Don't end up like me... Sawamura.
[20:49] Rei
    Hey, Sawamura-kun!
[20:55] Sawamura
    Why?
[20:56] Sawamura
    Why did you let a stupid first-year like me
     mouth off to you and not say anything?
[21:01] Sawamura
    Damn it! Are you kidding me?
[21:04] Sawamura
    Damn it...
[21:07] Sawamura
    I look like
[21:10] Sawamura
    a stupid moron now!
[21:16] Sawamura
    Maybe I haven't done enough
[21:20] Sawamura
    compared to what
    the third-years have built up,
[21:23] Sawamura
    but I'm an idiot!
[21:25] Sawamura
    Words alone aren't gonna
    make me understand!
[21:37] Sawamura
    Maybe it's a waste of time for you
    to practice with someone like me.
[21:43] Sawamura
    But I have an impossible request.
[21:48] Sawamura
    Please...
[21:49] Sawamura
    Please...
[21:51] Sawamura
    Please teach me baseball.
[23:35] Chris
    Sawamura, you're not like Furuya.
[23:39] Chris
    You have your own distinctive qualities.
[23:41] Chris
    Those are what you need to hone.
[23:43] Sawamura
    What qualities do I have?
[23:46] Miyuki
    Hey, you've got the wrong idea!
[23:48] Miyuki
    You need to—
[23:49] Miyuki
    I can't just stand by and watch!
[23:51] Sawamura
    Next time on Ace of the Diamond:
    With Chagrin In His Heart.
SIGN    With Chagrin In His Heart
[23:56] Sawamura
    Let's win the national title!