22 - Sudden Turnaround!

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SIGN    Sudden Turnaround!
[01:36] ake
    Toku-chan... Guam was the right choice!
[01:40] toku
    Yeah, this is awesome.
[01:42] toku
    Maybe we'll come back for our honeymoon.
[01:45] ake
    Oh, I'd love that!
[01:47] toku
    Yeah! I'll have to work hard!
[01:50] toku
    Unaware that he'd been fired
    from his color commentary job,
[01:52] toku
    Toku-san was enjoying sweet
    bliss in Guam with Akemi-san.
[02:01] hagi
    Toku-chan had a fiancée?
[02:04] mat
    Yes. Which means he's going
    to marry while unemployed.
[02:08] hagi
    Marrying while unemployed?
    Tough luck for him.
[02:12] mat
    Ogiwara-chan, don't act like
    it's not your problem.
[02:16] mat
    Couldn't you find some way
    of keeping him on staff?
[02:19] hagi
    Of course I couldn't! I'm just an underling!
[02:23] hagi
    Besides, they've already
    officially signed Jinno-san...
[02:28] hagi
    But, and this is just between us,
[02:31] hagi
    Jinno-san's name wasn't on the list
    of potential color comms targets.
[02:36] hagi
    But then apparently someone
    higher up told the chief,
[02:39] hagi
    "Just shut up and hire Jinno-san!"
[02:41] mat
    It came from above?
[02:43] hagi
    Jinno-san's such a big name commentator,
    and he commands big paychecks.
[02:47] hagi
    I feel bad for Toku-chan, but someone
    had to be cut to free up the funds.
[02:54] hagi
    Anyway, it can't be changed now.
[02:58] hagi
    So let Toku-chan know
    once he gets back, okay?
[03:01] hagi
    Be sure to tell him quick!
    He'll need to get back on the job hunt.
[03:04] mat
    H-H-Hey!
[03:05] hagi
    See you later!
[03:07] mat
    Darn it. Pushing all this on me...
[03:14] mat
    Bonda-kun?
[03:16] bon
    Hey, Matsumoto-san. This is Bonda.
[03:19] bon
    I'm in the neighborhood.
    Would you like to meet up?
[03:24] bon
    If nothing changes, Toku-san will
    get back from his pre-wedding trip
[03:30] bon
    and go straight from heaven
    to the depths of hell.
[03:33] mat
    Yeah...
[03:36] bon
    So, I have a favor to ask.
[03:39] mat
    What is it?
[03:40] bon
    Couldn't you get Toku-san a job somewhere?
[03:45] mat
    There's no way!
[03:46] mat
    If it were that easy,
    we wouldn't be in this mess.
[03:50] bon
    You need to try!
[03:51] mat
    I'm not sure what to do...
[03:53] mat
    Can't you introduce him
    to someone, Bonda-kun?
[03:56] bon
    There's no way!
[03:58] bon
    I'm still just a player, and I'm still young...
[04:01] bon
    You know I don't have
    any connections like that!
[04:05] bon
    It could be anything.
[04:06] bon
    What about assistant director
    at your station?
[04:09] mat
    Come on, it's Toku-chan. He was a
    color commentator until this year.
[04:13] mat
    Offering him an AD job would be an insult!
[04:16] bon
    I see...
[04:17] bon
    Now that you mention it, I guess
    it couldn't be anything...
[04:22] mat
    Besides, he was a major league pitcher
    with forty-nine wins to his name.
[04:28] mat
    You can't ask him to
    take some nondescript role.
[04:32] bon
    Are there really no color man jobs anywhere?
[04:36] mat
    Everything's filled already.
[04:38] bon
    What about local stations?
[04:40] mat
    Not likely.
[04:42] mat
    Local stations prefer to hire only
    players from their home clubs.
[04:48] bon
    I guess that makes sense...
[04:50] mat
    But Bonda-kun, you really
    care about Toku-chan, huh?
[04:54] mat
    Of course. We're from the same area,
[04:56] mat
    and he looked after me
    in my early pro career.
[04:59] mat
    I want to help him if I can.
[05:08] mat
    Nothing here, I don't think.
[05:11] mat
    A sports magazine?
[05:13] mat
    But I doubt Toku-chan can write articles...
[05:17] mat
    Independent leagues?
[05:22] bon
    An independent league?
[05:23] mat
    Yes.
[05:25] mat
    Five or six years ago, I was
    introduced to the GM
[05:28] mat
    for an independent league's Fukui Dynamites.
[05:31] mat
    I just found his business card!
[05:33] bon
    Fukui, huh?
[05:35] mat
    Yeah. And I called to ask if they
    have any open coaching slots.
[05:40] mat
    Apparently, he's in Tokyo
    on a business trip right now!
[05:45] mat
    He said we could meet up late tonight.
[05:48] mat
    Bonda-kun, you'll come along, right?
[05:50] bon
    Yes, of course!
[05:54] gm
    Perfect timing!
[05:56] gm
    We'd be happy to take on the former
    Spiders player, Tokunaga-san!
[06:00] mat
    That was fast!
[06:03] bon
    But what's the salary of a coach
    in an independent league?
[06:06] gm
    If he'd be willing to take 300,000 a month...
[06:09] gm
    No bonuses, of course.
[06:11] bon
    300 grand times 12...
    That's 3.6 million a year.
SIGN    300k x 12
    Yearly salary
    3.6 million
[06:16] gm
    If he'll agree to that, we'd gladly take him on.
[06:22] bon
    Given his current situation, it's not
    a bad offer for Toku-san at all.
[06:27] bon
    But he's getting married, too...
[06:30] mat
    Okay. We'll talk to him about your offer.
[06:34] gm
    Oh, will you?
[06:36] mat
    An independent league is a place
    where he can chase his dream.
[06:40] mat
    Coaching will add to Toku-chan's skill set,
[06:43] mat
    and he could get called back
    to center stage someday.
[06:49] mat
    That's my hope, anyway.
[06:51] mat
    But doing radio commentary is
    already a center stage position.
[06:55] mat
    An independent league is
    moving pretty far into the wings.
[06:59] mat
    Will Toku accept that?
[07:02] shi
    Fukui, eh? That's pretty far...
[07:05] ono
    But coaching is a good job.
[07:08] bon
    Better than being unemployed, anyway.
[07:10] ono
    The guys in the minors play
    independent league teams a lot.
[07:13] ono
    If things go well, some pro club
    might pick him up as coach.
[07:18] bon
    Wasn't Takai-san,
    our minor league pitching coach,
[07:22] bon
    a coach in an independent league once?
[07:26] shi
    But that guy was a star player
    with 130 wins to his name.
[07:30] shi
    He went there with a guarantee that
    he'd be back in our club someday,
[07:35] shi
    so his case is different from Toku-san's.
[07:38] bon
    You think?
[07:39] ono
    I guess even the indies won't help
    unless you're a big-time star.
[07:44] bon
    The real question is whether
    or not Toku-san will accept it.
[07:48] bon
    It all comes down to how he feels.
[07:50] bon
    And whether Akemi-san is willing
    to follow him to Fukui or not.
[07:54] shi
    So, when's Toku-san getting back?
[07:57] bon
    Tomorrow.
[08:00] bon
    And so, Toku-san returned.
[08:04] toku
    Make sure you quit your job in Roppongi
    once we're married, okay?
[08:08] ake
    I hear you, Toku-chan.
[08:11] bon
    As I thought, Akemi-san works in Roppongi.
[08:16] bon
    I think this is the right flight...
[08:21] toku
    Huh? Natsunosuke?
[08:23] toku
    And Matsumoto-san?
[08:25] toku
    What's going on?
[08:26] both
    Toku-chan!
[08:26] both
    Toku-san!
[08:51] toku
    S-So, what you're saying is...
[08:53] toku
    I'm... fired?
[08:57] mat
    I hear you're getting married?
[08:59] toku
    Yeah. To her.
[09:03] toku
    Wait... I'm marrying while unemployed?
[09:07] toku
    After I worked so hard!
[09:11] bon
    Toku-san!
[09:13] mat
    Toku-chan! Toku-chan!
[09:15] mat
    I know it's a shock.
[09:17] mat
    But there's more to it.
[09:19] mat
    I got you a job as a coach
    in an independent league.
[09:23] toku
    Huh?
[09:30] mat
    I'm just a play-by-play man.
[09:33] mat
    What I did was the best I could do.
[09:36] bon
    Still, thank you.
[09:38] bon
    I'm sure he appreciates
    having the option, at least.
[09:47] toku
    An independent league? The Fukui Dynamites?
[09:54] (Flashback) mat
    They said they'll guarantee
    a salary of 300,000 a month.
[09:58] toku
    300,000 a month. That's 3.6 million a year.
[10:02] toku
    It's actually a bit better than
    what I made at Otowa Radio.
[10:08] toku
    But I was hoping to marry her next year...
[10:12] toku
    Fukui's so far away. Would she follow me there?
[10:17] toku
    A woman who's been belle
    of the ball in Roppongi, Tokyo...
[10:21] toku
    Would she move to Fukui?
[10:23] toku
    But...
[10:24] toku
    What other work can I do in Tokyo?
[10:28] toku
    Absolutely nothing.
[10:30] toku
    No. Even if there were something,
[10:32] toku
    I don't want a job that
    takes me out of baseball!
[10:35] toku
    That said, the indies?
[10:37] toku
    Being a baseball commentator at Otowa Radio
    was keeping me in the pro baseball world.
[10:42] toku
    I was hoping to become a coach for
    the Spiders or some other team someday.
[10:48] toku
    But as an ex-player with
    no accomplishments to his name,
[10:52] toku
    if I leave the pros, there's no guarantee
    I'll ever make it back in.
[10:57] toku
    Anyway, I can't tell her about this yet.
[11:02] toku
    But this independent league coaching offer...
[11:06] toku
    He made it sound like it fell into his lap,
[11:08] toku
    but is it possible that Matsumoto-san
    went out and found the job for me?
[11:25] bon
    The day after Toku-san got back from Guam,
[11:28] bon
    Jinno Jiro, the big-name commentator
    who was the cause of his firing...
[11:33] jin
    Nice shot, Mr. Head.
[11:36] kug
    Stop it. That's not me.
[11:40] jin
    The new head coach of the great
    Bunkyo Mops, Kugutsu Akihiko-sama.
[11:48] jin
    For over ten years after
    we joined the Blue Comets,
[11:51] jin
    you and I were fixtures
    at second and shortstop.
[11:55] kug
    Then, after we hung up our jerseys,
[11:57] kug
    we ended up as coaches and commentators,
[11:59] kug
    following similar paths.
[12:03] jin
    That's why, when I heard you
    got named the Mops' head coach,
[12:06] jin
    I was as happy as if had been me.
[12:10] kug
    And I heard you ended up
    back at Otowa Radio, right?
[12:14] jin
    Yeah, I managed to sneak my way in.
[12:17] kug
    I hope you'll take today to share
    some of your experiences
[12:20] kug
    as head coach of two ball clubs with me.
[12:23] jin
    Well, I was just head coach of the
    Setouchi Carnabeats and the Kobe Oxen.
[12:31] jin
    I doubt it'll be much help.
[12:34] kug
    I suppose not.
[12:36] kug
    Frankly, being head coach of the Bunkyo Mops
[12:40] kug
    comes with much greater pressure than
    being manager of a rinky-dink club.
[12:46] kug
    I know it's harsh, but it's true.
[12:53] jin
    Kugutsu.
[12:54] jin
    I guess my stories of being head coach
    won't be much use to you after all.
[13:00] kug
    I'm sure that's not true.
[13:02] kug
    But when I was younger,
[13:05] kug
    I was a base coach for the Mops,
    if only for a year.
[13:10] kug
    Some stories from that time
    might be more useful to you.
[13:14] kug
    Base coach?
[13:15] kug
    I'll be head coach, though.
[13:20] jin
    The point is they run a tighter ship
    over there than you might imagine.
[13:24] jin
    In all respects.
[13:28] kug
    Yeah, but that can be a good thing.
[13:32] kug
    You don't get that kind of atmosphere
    in just any old ball club.
[13:34] kug
    Good luck with your commentary.
[13:37] jin
    What's with this guy?
[13:39] jin
    I think that head coaching job
    has really gone to his head.
[13:44] jin
    Also, Kugutsu. I might be worrying
    too much here, but...
[13:49] kug
    What's this?
[13:50] jin
    Well, you're joining a very
    popular club, you know.
[13:54] jin
    You never know when someone might get
    jealous and try to dig up some dirt on you.
[13:58] kug
    And you think that's a concern?
[14:03] kug
    I doubt it's anything to worry about.
[14:06] kug
    I'm totally clean.
[14:08] kug
    There's no dirt for anyone to dig up.
[14:12] jin
    This guy... Even the way he talks has changed.
[14:16] jin
    Why do people have to be like this?
[14:24] ake
    Coach for an independent
    league team in Fukui?
[14:28] toku
    They're setting up their team for next season,
[14:31] toku
    so they want an answer within the week.
[14:34] ake
    You can't do commentator work
    for Otowa Radio anymore, then?
[14:38] toku
    Yeah... At least not next season.
[14:44] ake
    So, what are you thinking?
[14:47] toku
    Well, I don't know.
[14:49] toku
    How do you feel?
[14:51] ake
    What does it matter how I feel?
[14:55] toku
    R-Realistically speaking,
    I think it's the only choice.
[15:01] ake
    That's right. Of course it is.
[15:04] ake
    You can't work in any field
    other than baseball, right?
[15:07] ake
    Because if you leave baseball,
    you might never make it back in, right?
[15:11] ake
    Then I suppose you have
    to go to Fukui, don't you?
[15:15] toku
    Wh-What about you?
[15:17] ake
    I...
[15:20] bon
    While Toku-san was talking
    to Akemi-san about that,
[15:23] bon
    another situation was progressing.
[15:27] jin
    What's the matter, Kugutsu?
[15:29] jin
    Why'd you call me out like this?
[15:31] kug
    L-Look at this, would you?
[15:34] jin
    What's this? A copy of a picture?
[15:36] jin
    A golf course?
[15:37] kug
    Y-You know Weekly Buncho, right?
[15:41] jin
    Weekly Buncho? Yeah, what about it?
[15:44] kug
    One of their reporters came by with that.
[15:46] jin
    And?
[15:48] kug
    That's from ten years ago,
[15:49] kug
    when I went golfing with executives
    from a certain real estate company.
[15:55] kug
    At the time, I was on their
    payroll as a spokesman.
[16:00] kug
    But since then,
[16:02] kug
    it's come out that that company
    had secret ties to a mob syndicate!
[16:09] jin
    What?!
[16:11] kug
    He came to me asking
    for an interview about it,
[16:14] kug
    but obviously, I don't know anything about it!
[16:17] kug
    The guy on the far right was in the mob!
[16:21] kug
    D-Do you think this will affect
    my position with the Bunkyo Mops?
[16:25] jin
    Of course it will! This is terrible!
[16:28] jin
    And not just the Mops! There's no
    ball club that would ever let this slide!
[16:36] ake
    Listen, Toku-chan...
[16:38] ake
    I...
[16:40] ake
    I...
[16:41] toku
    Oh, my marriage is over!
[16:44] ake
    I'd go with you, of course!
[16:48] toku
    What?
[16:49] toku
    Really?
[16:51] ake
    Toku-chan?
[16:52] toku
    Yes?
[16:54] ake
    You weren't thinking,
    "My marriage is over," were you?
[16:58] toku
    No...
[16:58] ake
    I can't believe you thought that!
    What an insult.
[17:02] toku
    But are you sure it's okay?
[17:07] ake
    It's fine.
[17:08] ake
    To be honest, if we'd stayed in Tokyo,
[17:14] ake
    I might not have been able
    to quit my job in Roppongi.
[17:18] ake
    I think we'd have a rough time
    living on just your salary.
[17:24] ake
    I've made up my mind!
[17:26] ake
    Now I can graduate from that risqué stuff!
[17:30] ake
    If we live in Fukui, we can probably
    get by just on your salary.
[17:35] ake
    It'll be fine.
[17:37] ake
    I'm going to be your wife, Toku-chan.
[17:42] toku
    I... I...
[17:45] mat
    I'm so glad I didn't get married
    when I was a player!
[17:48] mat
    I'm so glad that I waited!
[17:51] mat
    She was totally the right choice!
[17:55] ake
    Oh, don't cry, now!
SIGN    Bunkyo Mops' New Head Coach Kugutsu's Underworld Connections
[18:00] bon
    The Weekly Buncho scoop
    resulted in a media firestorm.
[18:06] kug
    I-I don't know anything! I'm not involved!
[18:09] kug
    That was ten years ago!
[18:11] [SONG] sign
    Bunkyo Mops' Head Coach Kugutsu Scrapped
[18:11] mat
    Boy, this is the kind of scandal
    the Mops hate the most.
[18:18] jin
    Poor Kugutsu...
[18:21] jin
    Phone for you, dear.
[18:22] jin
    From whom?
[18:24] jin
    Someone with the Bunkyo Mops.
SIGN    Otowa Radio Z
[18:29] man
    What? Head coach of the Mops?
[18:32] jin
    They chose me to replace Kugutsu.
[18:35] man
    J-Jinno-san?
[18:37] jin
    I-I'm sorry. I'll have to drop
    the commentator deal.
[18:41] man
    I understand, Jinno-san.
[18:43] man
    It's natural that a man of your caliber
    would receive an offer like that.
[18:46] jin
    I'm sorry!
[18:47] man
    We'll withdraw our offer.
[18:49] man
    I hope you'll join us some other time.
[18:52] jin
    I see. I'm so glad to hear that.
[18:55] man
    We'll find a replacement for you, Jinno-san.
[18:58] jin
    I'm really, really, really...
[19:01] jin
    ...grateful!
[19:04] man
    Jinno-san looks so happy!
[19:07] jin
    Kugutsu, someone got dirt on you.
[19:10] jin
    Don't say I didn't warn you!
[19:13] hagi
    That's the story.
[19:15] hagi
    So now we have to ask Toku-chan to
    come back for commentary next season...
[19:20] mat
    Well, it's great news, but...
[19:23] hagi
    Right?! You'll tell him yourself, won't you?
[19:28] hagi
    Please!
[19:30] mat
    Fine.
[19:32] hagi
    I'm so glad!
[19:34] hagi
    I made you break
    the news of his firing to him,
[19:38] hagi
    so I can't really poke my nose in now, can I?
[19:42] mat
    Very true.
[19:43] mat
    But afterward, you need
    to apologize to Toku-chan,
[19:47] mat
    and officially ask him to work
    with us again, okay?
[19:50] hagi
    Leave it to me!
[19:52] hagi
    I'll talk to the manager, have
    him for dinner, and get it done.
[19:58] mat
    And that's that.
[19:59] mat
    You'll take it, won't you?
[20:02] toku
    Oh... Well, I guess...
[20:05] mat
    Apparently, the Fukui Dynamites were
    kind of straining to hire you anyway.
[20:11] mat
    Their budget was really tight.
[20:14] toku
    I was starting to look forward to it, though...
[20:18] toku
    But if they withdrew that quickly
    when they heard the new situation,
[20:24] toku
    I guess they didn't actually
    need me that badly?
[20:29] mat
    So, can we count on seeing you next year?
[20:32] toku
    Yeah... Though I'm still a little dazed.
[20:38] bon
    Boy, Toku-san, you've really
    been through the ringer,
[20:41] bon
    but I'm glad to hear you'll
    be a commentator again!
[20:44] toku
    I guess.
[20:46] toku
    Now you can get married without any worries.
[20:50] toku
    And now it's you guys' time
    to have contract negotiations.
[20:53] toku
    They've started, right?
[20:55] bon
    Ours are next week.
[20:57] bon
    Y-Yeah...
[20:58] bon
    Y-Yes.
[20:59] bon
    I'm gonna do my best!
[21:01] bon
    It's our once-a-year battle with the ball club!
[21:04] bon
    Cheers!
[21:06] toku
    But, man, I really am glad I chose her.
[21:14] toku
    But wait, does that mean...?
[21:17] ake
    Well, I guess I'll stick with
    my Roppongi job after all!
[21:21] toku
    Is that what she'll say?
[21:24] bon
    That was the only thing
    Toku-san had left to worry about.
[21:28] bon
    Money Pitch!
[23:01] bon
    Natsunosuke here.
[23:02] bon
    The baseball world is in the
    middle of contract negotiations.
[23:05] bon
    Shibuya Akira and Ohno Yukio
    get great news on their first try.
[23:08] bon
    And now, at last, it's my turn.
[23:10] bon
    But I'm also identified at the
    place where Yuki-works,
[23:13] bon
    and Yuki-chan finally recognizes me,
[23:16] bon
    and I head towards negotiations
    with a spring in my step!
[23:18] bon
    But the club's assessment
    process is really harsh, you know?
[23:22] bon
    Next time: "Contract Renewals, Part One."
[23:24] bon
    Seize tomorrow's success and today's money!
SIGN    Contract Renewals, Part One
[23:26] bon
    Money Pitch!