# 23 - Contract Renewals, Part One
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***SIGN*** Contract Renewals, Part One
**[01:33] bon**
*The pro baseball world is currently
in the middle of contract negotiations.*
**[01:38] rep**
Did you get to 250, Shiina-san?
**[01:42] shi**
No.
**[01:44] bon**
*The Spiders' ace, Shiina-san,*
**[01:46] bon**
* renewed his contract for 240 million,*
* a 40 million increase.*
**[01:52] aki**
240 million, eh?
**[01:53] aki**
You were right on the money, Natsunosuke.
**[01:56] bon**
I guess so.
**[01:57] aki**
But since we won the pennant,
**[02:00] aki**
I thought he'd at least make it to 250.
**[02:04] bon**
When you're already that highly paid,
huge increases are hard to come by.
**[02:09] bon**
So, when are your negotiations?
**[02:11] aki**
Day after tomorrow.
**[02:12] ono**
Tomorrow for me.
**[02:14] bon**
You're tomorrow, Yukio?
**[02:16] ono**
I set my goal for this season
to appear in every game,
**[02:21] ono**
but in the end, I only made 135 appearances.
**[02:24] aki**
135 out of 143 is really good.
**[02:27] aki**
And you pulled a .279 batting average.
**[02:30] ono**
I only had ten home runs.
**[02:32] ono**
Last year, I hit fourteen in 48 games.
**[02:35] aki**
No, ten is a nice number.
**[02:39] aki**
It makes a better impression than nine.
**[02:41] aki**
Don't worry. Your contract's going up.
**[02:43] aki**
Thirty-six. Maybe thirty-seven.
**[02:46] ono**
Th-Thirty-seven million?
**[02:48] ono**
I make 20 million now...
You think they'd give me that much?
**[02:52] aki**
We won the pennant,
so thirty-eight's on the table.
**[02:56] bon**
No, you're wrong.
**[02:57] bon**
It'll be thirty-nine.
**[03:00] aki**
Thirty-nine...
**[03:01] ono**
...million?
**[03:03] bon**
Under normal circumstances,
you might even get 40 million.
**[03:06] bon**
You did appear in 135 games, after all.
**[03:09] ono**
40 million?
**[03:11] bon**
But 40 million would be
double what you're making now.
**[03:15] bon**
So I think they'll stop you
just short of that.
**[03:19] ono**
Is that how it works?
**[03:22] aki**
* Natsunosuke's predictions*
* tend to be right on the money.*
***SIGN*** Spiders Ball Club Management Building
**[03:28] ono**
Thank you very much!
**[03:30] ono**
I'm going to work even harder next year!
**[03:33] bon**
* Ohno Yukio renewed his contract,*
* going from 20 million to 39 million.*
**[03:39] aki**
You got it right again, Natsunosuke.
**[03:42] bon**
Yukio was so happy.
**[03:45] aki**
Well, he was only making
10 million the year before.
**[03:49] bon**
He's really come a long way.
He's even got me beat now.
**[03:52] bon**
And tomorrow's your big day.
**[03:54] aki**
I... I recorded three wins, four losses.
**[03:57] aki**
ERA 4.45.
**[03:59] aki**
Fifteen appearances as a starter,
one as reliever.
**[04:03] aki**
I was skipped in the rotation
a few times, too.
**[04:05] aki**
If I'd stayed in the entire time,
**[04:08] aki**
I would've gotten 25 or 26 appearances.
**[04:11] aki**
My salary's definitely going down.
**[04:15] bon**
No, it'll stay the same.
**[04:18] bon**
In fact, it might even increase a little.
**[04:22] aki**
A-Are you serious?
**[04:24] bon**
I mean, you still started fifteen games.
**[04:27] bon**
Sure, you personally
didn't record a lot of wins,
**[04:30] bon**
but the team won many of
the games you started.
**[04:34] aki**
Y-Yeah! That's how I feel about it!
**[04:36] bon**
You still contributed to the pennant win.
**[04:39] bon**
And at the start of the season,
**[04:41] bon**
you faced one roster ace after another.
**[04:43] bon**
No way the team won't recognize that
those losses were no fault of your own.
**[04:48] aki**
You think?
**[04:50] bon**
You're such a worrywart.
**[04:52] bon**
We won the pennant, you know.
**[04:55] aki**
Well, if you say so.
**[04:59] aki**
36 and a half million?
**[05:02] aki**
Not only did my salary not go down,
you're tacking on 500 grand?
**[05:05] aki**
*N-Natsunosuke's prediction was a bullseye!*
**[05:08] man**
We can't low-ball a pitcher
who started fifteen games.
**[05:12] man**
Obviously.
**[05:13] man**
We don't just base these things
on whether you get wins or not.
**[05:18] man**
Out of games you started,
we won nine and lost six.
**[05:21] man**
That's a win percentage of sixty.
**[05:23] aki**
What's the 500,000 for, then?
**[05:26] man**
We won the pennant, you know.
**[05:28] man**
We couldn't just keep it the same,
so we tacked on the extra 500 grand.
**[05:32] aki**
* Natsunosuke...*
* Everything you said is coming true!*
**[05:36] man**
But, GM,
**[05:37] man**
don't you think we're being a bit
stingy with Shibuya-kun here?
**[05:41] man**
We could make it a nice, round number.
**[05:43] man**
That's a good point.
**[05:46] man**
I'm making the call to turn
the 500,000 into an even million.
**[05:51] man**
We'll make it 37 million!
**[05:57] bon**
You know what that's about, right?
**[05:59] bon**
They were going to make
it 37 million from the start.
**[06:02] bon**
They just put on that little ceremonial
drama to make you happy.
**[06:06] bon**
You think so?
**[06:07] bon**
Anyway, I'm definitely happy!
**[06:10] bon**
And man, you really are sharp
when it comes to stuff like this!
**[06:15] bon**
Kawasaki-san...
**[06:16] kawa**
Hey, there.
**[06:18] kawa**
Hi, Natsunosuke, Akira.
**[06:20] kawa**
You guys went through it today, too?
**[06:23] aki**
Just me.
**[06:24] kawa**
How'd it go?
**[06:25] aki**
Awesome.
**[06:26] kawa**
Glad to hear it.
**[06:29] kawa**
Mine starts at 4 PM.
I've got a bit of time to kill.
**[06:32] bon**
Please, join us.
**[06:35] kawa**
Thanks.
**[06:36] kawa**
Who was after you?
**[06:38] aki**
No one went in after me.
**[06:41] kawa**
I see.
**[06:43] kawa**
Then I bet those sly old foxes are
formulating a strategy to deal with me.
**[06:48] bon**
* This season, in Kawasaki-san's*
* twentieth in the pros,*
**[06:52] bon**
*the veteran pitcher finally hit 150 wins.*
***SIGN*** "I need a multi-year!"
***SIGN*** Doyo Sports Kawasaki Maruo 150-win pitcher for the Spiders
**[06:57] bon**
* On this day, he and the team failed to*
* reach an agreement, prolonging the talks.*
**[07:02] aki**
Looks like Kawasaki-san is fighting them.
**[07:05] bon**
Yeah.
**[07:06] aki**
It says he wants a multi-year contract.
**[07:09] aki**
Two years, you think? Three years?
**[07:12] bon**
Three years, apparently.
**[07:13] aki**
He's 39 next year...
**[07:17] aki**
So at the end of the deal,
he'll be 40, 41...
**[07:20] aki**
There's no way that's happening.
**[07:21] bon**
Kawasaki-san must have confidence
in his longevity.
**[07:25] aki**
But this year, he went
three and four like me.
**[07:29] aki**
The paper says he was offered an
extension on his 60 million contract.
**[07:33] bon**
You know, I would've expected
Kawasaki-san's contract to go down,
**[07:38] bon**
so I guess that's also part
of the pennant effect.
**[07:42] bon**
*Kawasaki-san once made 230 million a year,*
**[07:45] bon**
*but he was down to 60 million this year.*
**[07:48] aki**
How much could you even get paid in total
for three years at age 39?
**[07:54] aki**
100 million?
**[07:56] bon**
Nah, 60 million for three years, I bet.
**[07:59] aki**
Three years for 60 million?
**[08:01] aki**
So he'd be splitting his one-year
salary up over three years?
**[08:06] bon**
Sounds like it.
**[08:07] aki**
20 million a year for three years...
**[08:10] aki**
That's awfully low.
**[08:12] aki**
But there'll be performance-related bonuses,
**[08:15] aki**
so it'll add up to a lot more overall,
or at least that's what I think.
**[08:19] aki**
Still, it's an impossible demand.
**[08:22] aki**
Although I admire his determination
to stay in the game.
**[08:26] bon**
He's been doing it twenty years, after all.
**[08:28] bon**
He's working at a level we can't even imagine.
**[08:32] bon**
Speak of the devil.
**[08:34] bon**
It's Kawasaki-san!
**[08:36] ---**
Huh?
**[08:37] aki**
Hey!
**[08:38] aki**
'Sup!
**[08:39] kawa**
Hey, there.
**[08:40] kawa**
Want to run together?
**[08:42] both**
Yeah!
**[08:44] aki**
*This guy's got real stamina for his age.*
**[08:48] aki**
*His physical abilities haven't dropped at all.*
**[08:54] aki**
*And he's genuinely just strong.*
**[08:57] aki**
*I'm no match for this old guy.*
**[09:04] aki**
*And his body is unbelievably limber.*
**[09:07] aki**
*He's got me and Natsunosuke outclassed.*
**[09:10] aki**
* I guess that's how you win 150 games.*
* Truly amazing.*
**[09:15] kaw**
Listen... I want to win 200 games.
**[09:19] aki**
*I didn't know he had that goal.*
**[09:23] kawa**
If I play to age 45, I can make it to 200.
**[09:25] aki**
*So he wants to play seven more years?*
**[09:29] kawa**
You read the newspaper, too, right?
**[09:32] kawa**
I bet you saw my demand for a multi-year
contract and thought I'd gone crazy.
**[09:37] aki**
No, not at all!
**[09:40] aki**
Knowing you're aiming for 200 explains it.
**[09:43] kawa**
Anyway, I need a guaranteed
three more years in the pros,
**[09:47] kawa**
and then I'll take it one year at a time.
**[09:50] aki**
* Even if that three-year contract goes*
* through, to get those last 50 wins,*
**[09:55] aki**
* he'll have a quota of seven*
* or eight wins per year.*
**[09:57] bon**
*That's going to be a tall order at his age...*
**[10:01] bon**
Looking at your body,
I feel like you might just do it.
**[10:06] aki**
Natsunosuke...
**[10:08] bon**
I bet by the time you retire at 45,
**[10:11] bon**
you'll be back up to a 100 million contract.
**[10:15] kawa**
Natsunosuke, this old man will
take that as his future motivation.
**[10:23] bon**
* And then, during Kawasaki-san's*
* second round of negotiations...*
**[10:29] man**
You can keep insisting, but a
multi-year contract is a no-go.
**[10:33] man**
Take this one-year deal and do well,
and there'll be another one waiting.
**[10:37] kawa**
I have a dream.
**[10:40] kawa**
I'll go through this dance
as many times as it takes.
**[10:44] man**
All right.
**[10:46] man**
Then here's what we'll do.
**[10:48] man**
We'll add 10 million to our offer.
**[10:51] man**
That's 60 plus 10, 70 million.
**[10:54] man**
You'll accept that, won't you?
**[10:56] man**
The multi-year is impossible.
**[10:58] man**
GM!
**[10:59] man**
Look, it's all right.
**[11:00] man**
I'm making this call.
***SIGN*** He Caved! Single-year contract signed
***SIGN*** Doyo Sports Kawasaki re-signs for 70 mil
**[11:04] aki**
Kawasaki-san was so adamant,
but in the end, he folded.
**[11:08] bon**
Actually, I wonder if this
was his plan from the start.
**[11:13] bon**
He hasn't stayed in the pros
twenty years for nothing.
**[11:16] bon**
His record was the same as yours:
three wins, four losses.
**[11:19] aki**
Yet I got a million yen added,
while he got 10 million...
**[11:24] bon**
Is he really chasing 200 wins?
**[11:28] bon**
Did he really want a multi-year contract?
**[11:34] bon**
*Who's the real sly old fox?*
**[11:38] bon**
*Only Kawasaki-san knows the truth.*
**[11:43] aki**
By the way, you've got your
talks tomorrow, right?
**[11:46] aki**
Try to guess your own contract!
**[11:50] bon**
That's the hardest of all.
**[11:53] bon**
* Though I can guess what the club*
* will offer me from past experience...*
**[12:08] yuki**
Here you go!
***SIGN*** Kitchen Ajihei
**[12:10] yuki**
Thank you for coming!
**[12:12] yuki**
Check for table two, please!
**[12:16] bon**
*Yuki-chan...*
**[12:17] bon**
*She's as radiant as ever!*
**[12:19] yuki**
Here you go!
**[12:20] yuki**
Fried chicken 'n' rice!
**[12:23] bon**
*Here we go!*
**[12:26] bon**
Delicious!
**[12:28] bon**
*My season at twenty-six.*
**[12:31] bon**
*18 million yen per year.*
**[12:33] bon**
*Heading toward contract negotiations,*
**[12:35] bon**
* a player analyzes his own*
* accomplishments and contributions,*
**[12:37] man**
Hey, isn't that Bonda of the Spiders?
**[12:38] bon**
*and presents the number he's hoping for.*
**[12:40] man**
Bonda?
**[12:41] bon**
* Of course, the player and club may value*
* those contributions very differently.*
**[12:47] man**
Hey.
**[12:49] man**
Are you Bonda-san, from the Spiders?
**[12:52] man**
I knew it.
**[12:53] man**
I'm a huge fan of the Spiders.
**[12:56] man**
I'm sorry to interrupt your meal,
but I'd love to shake your hand.
**[13:00] bon**
S-Sure...
**[13:02] bon**
I hope you get us to the Japan Series
and make us best in Japan next year.
**[13:07] bon**
Can I have one, too?
**[13:10] bon**
Sure.
**[13:11] man**
Um, excuse us.
**[13:14] man**
Can we also...?
**[13:19] man**
Excuse me, Bonda-san.
**[13:21] man**
Sorry, I only have a work
notepad on me right now, but...
**[13:24] man**
Could I have your autograph?
**[13:25] bon**
Sure.
***SIGN*** Jingu Spiders 39 Bonda Natsunosuke
**[13:31] bon**
Here.
**[13:32] man**
Thank you very much.
**[13:34] man**
I'd love one, too.
Sorry it's just a notepad again.
**[13:37] man**
He's giving out autographs.
**[13:39] oka**
Who is that?
**[13:40] man**
Bonda of the Spiders.
**[13:42] man**
Oh, the southpaw middle reliever.
**[13:45] bon**
*Contributing to the league pennant*
**[13:47] bon**
* must have increased my name*
* recognition a little bit.*
**[13:50] bon**
*Even though somewhere in my heart,*
**[13:52] bon**
* I was sure that this was one*
* place I'd never been recognized.*
**[13:56] oka**
They say he's a pro baseball player!
**[13:58] yu**
A pro baseball player?
**[13:59] oka**
Let's see, an autograph card...
**[14:01] yuki**
*He is?*
**[14:05] oka**
Yuki-chan, could you get us his autograph?
**[14:09] yuki**
Who is he again?
**[14:11] oka**
Um, B-Bonda?
**[14:14] oka**
Bonda from the Spiders.
**[14:16] yuki**
Sure thing.
**[14:19] yuki**
* Bonda-san? I feel like I've*
* heard that name before...*
**[14:25] yuki**
Excuse me.
**[14:28] yuki**
Sorry. Could we get your
autograph for the shop?
**[14:32] yuki**
You can make it out to Kitchen Ajihei...
**[14:37] bon**
R-Right...
**[14:56] bon**
*I remember!*
**[14:58] (Flashback) fb**
I'm sorry.
**[15:00] (Flashback) fb**
I'm such a huge Tempters fan!
**[15:03] (Flashback) fb**
Bonda-san is the one that
sent us to the Japan Series,
**[15:07] (Flashback) fb**
so I just got so happy!
**[15:12] yuki**
Mr. Tutankhamen?
**[15:15] bon**
Yes...
**[15:17] bon**
I was Tutankhamen.
**[15:19] yu**
I-I was at the Spiders' fan appreciation day,
**[15:23] yu**
and I said something really awful to you...
**[15:26] yu**
I-I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
**[15:28] yuki**
I'm sorry!
**[15:28] oka**
Yuki-chan?
**[15:30] yuki**
Y-You remember me?
**[15:33] bon**
O-Of course I do!
**[15:37] bon**
Really, don't worry about it!
**[15:39] bon**
Here you are...
***SIGN*** To Kitchen Ajihei Bonda Natsunosuke Jingu Spiders 39
**[15:42] yuki**
Thank you very much.
**[15:45] oka**
Did our Yuki-chan do something to offend you?
**[15:49] bon**
No, no, not at all.
**[15:51] oka**
Yuki-chan, what's the matter?
**[15:54] yuki**
Actually... You see...
**[15:57] oka**
You did that?
**[15:59] ---**
Then...
**[16:00] oka**
Here, an apology for
our Yuki-chan's rudeness.
**[16:05] oka**
Go on, Yuki-chan. Pour for him.
**[16:09] yuki**
R-Right.
**[16:10] yuki**
H-Here you are.
**[16:12] bon**
Y-Yeah... Thank you.
**[16:22] oka**
Yuki-chan!
**[16:24] oka**
Give him this to eat with it!
**[16:26] yuki**
S-Sure!
**[16:28] yuki**
Th-This is on the house, too!
**[16:31] oka**
Hey, Yuki-chan!
**[16:33] oka**
You sit there and pour for him a while.
**[16:37] yuki**
Ma'am...
**[16:38] oka**
Forget work. Come on, please do this.
**[16:42] yuki**
Here.
**[16:44] bon**
* I wasn't mentally prepared*
* for this sudden encounter.*
**[16:47] bon**
*I can't seem to say anything!*
**[16:50] oka**
Pro baseball players make
a lot of money, right?
**[16:54] oka**
How much do you think Bonda-san makes?
**[16:56] chef**
Don't know.
**[16:58] man**
I don't think he made it
to 20 million this year.
**[17:01] man**
Oh, really?
**[17:03] man**
Says 18 million here.
**[17:05] man**
What? 18 million?
**[17:07] man**
18 million, huh?
**[17:09] oka**
18 million?!
**[17:10] oka**
He's rich!
**[17:14] man**
But for a pro baseball player,
that's not much.
**[17:16] oka**
What? At 18 million?
**[17:19] oka**
Then how much do pro baseball
players usually make?
**[17:23] man**
Depends on the player.
**[17:24] man**
Some make hundreds of millions,
and some just make a few.
**[17:27] oka**
Then is a player making
18 million in the baseball world...
**[17:30] oka**
High? Middling? Low?
**[17:33] man**
Can't say, but for the majors,
it's on the lower side.
**[17:37] oka**
Low?!
**[17:38] bon**
*Sure, I might be low right now.*
**[17:42] bon**
*I only make 18 million.*
**[17:44] bon**
*But one day, I'll be on the high end!*
**[17:47] bon**
*And my first step to see that day come...*
**[17:49] yuki**
Bonda-san.
**[17:51] yuki**
Here.
**[17:52] bon**
R-Right.
**[17:55] yuki**
Please do your best.
**[17:59] bon**
Right!
**[18:00] bon**
I'll do my best tomorrow!
**[18:03] bon**
Nothing, just a personal matter.
**[18:14] bon**
* This season was my best one*
* since joining the pros.*
**[18:20] bon**
* I feel like I contributed to us*
* winning the league pennant, too.*
**[18:24] bon**
* I'd wager they'll offer me*
* a 7 million yen increase.*
**[18:28] bon**
*That's 25 million yen.*
**[18:32] man**
Bonda-kun,
**[18:33] man**
through May, you served us
well as a middle reliever.
**[18:38] man**
You had twenty appearances by then,
**[18:40] man**
which was as many as you'd had
all the previous season.
**[18:45] man**
If you'd kept that up, you might've had
over sixty mound appearances.
**[18:49] man**
Sadly, you got hurt just
before interleague play,
**[18:52] man**
and you were out of the game for four months.
**[18:56] man**
You returned in September, in the
middle of a dead heat pennant race
**[18:59] man**
between us, the Tempters, and the Mops.
**[19:03] man**
Then you appeared in eleven games
and got seven hold points.
**[19:07] man**
Those seven holds definitely
contributed to our league pennant win.
**[19:12] man**
In that stretch, you made eleven appearances
**[19:14] man**
and racked up four wins, four losses,
and two saves at a 3.01 ERA.
**[19:18] man**
You also totaled twenty
hold points for the season.
**[19:21] man**
We plugged this data into
our club's assessment program,
**[19:25] man**
and it gave us your next year's contract.
**[19:27] bon**
*It's definitely going up.*
**[19:29] bon**
* I have eleven appearances and*
* ten holds more than last year.*
**[19:33] bon**
* And as the club acknowledges,*
* I contributed to the late pennant race*
**[19:39] bon**
*and helped us win it.*
**[19:42] bon**
*24.5 million.*
**[19:46] bon**
Bonda-kun.
**[19:47] bon**
We fully appreciate how hard you worked
in our late-season pennant race.
**[19:54] bon**
The management really trusts you, too.
**[19:57] bon**
But that injury was unfortunate.
**[20:00] bon**
Of course, you were injured during
a game, so we won't detract for that,
**[20:05] bon**
but as you spent four months
out of the majors,
**[20:07] bon**
there's a limit to how much
we can add on for you.
**[20:11] bon**
If you hadn't been injured,
you might have reached 40 million.
**[20:17] bon**
Well, we're counting on you next season, too.
**[20:19] bon**
Do your best.
**[20:21] man**
No, wait a minute.
**[20:24] man**
That 500 grand is too awkward.
**[20:26] man**
I'm making the call to add on another 500.
**[20:31] man**
Let's go with 25 million.
**[20:33] man**
G-GM!
**[20:34] man**
Are you sure?
**[20:35] man**
Yeah, I am.
**[20:37] man**
Bonda-kun clearly contributed to our win.
**[20:40] man**
Bonda-kun, please do your
best at 25 million next year.
**[20:45] bon**
* As I thought, they added*
* on that extra 500,000.*
**[20:47] bon**
* As I predicted, they were planning*
* to offer me 25 million all along.*
**[20:51] bon**
*But if I compromise here, I lose.*
**[20:54] bon**
Excuse me. Could I make an appeal?
**[20:59] man**
You're appealing the offer?
**[21:00] man**
You're not satisfied with 25 million? Then...
**[21:04] man**
How much do you want?
**[21:06] bon**
I want another million.
**[21:09] bon**
26 million!
**[21:10] both**
26 million?!
**[21:13] both**
There's no way. Don't be ridiculous.
**[21:15] both**
This is the best we can offer!
**[21:17] both**
We won't go one yen higher!
**[21:20] bon**
But...
**[21:21] bon**
After you hear my argument,
**[21:23] bon**
I think you'll be obliged to
give me that extra million.
**[21:27] man**
Bonda-kun?!
**[23:01] man**
Natsunosuke here.
**[23:02] man**
It's a meager yet precious one million.
**[23:05] man**
I really am desperate over this!
**[23:07] man**
But the club refuses to accept my appeal.
**[23:11] man**
Things are getting cut really close here...
**[23:14] man**
That's when some very interesting
information reaches my ears.
**[23:18] man**
Yes, I'll hang in there a little longer!
**[23:20] man**
I'm going to get myself an extra million!
**[23:23] bon**
Next time: "Contract Renewals, Part Two."
**[23:25] bon**
Seize tomorrow's success and today's money!
***SIGN*** Contract Renewals, Part Two
**[23:27] bon**
Money Pitch!