6 - Multiplier

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SIGN    Multiplier
[01:32] bon
    I, Bonda Natsunosuke,
    have one main hobby.
[01:34] bon
    It's looking through the Pro
    Baseball Player Directory.
[01:38] bon
    As a middle reliever who
    makes 18 million a year,
[01:41] bon
    I get curious about the players
    who make more money than me.
[01:46] bon
    But even among them,
    I'm most interested in...
SIGN    Multiplier
[01:50] bon
    "Multipliers."
[01:53] bon
    It's a bit tragic, but "multipliers" refer to...
[01:57] bon
    For instance, the current pitcher,
    who joined the team when I did,
[02:00] bon
    Shibuya Akira...
[02:01] bon
    He's been having a great season,
[02:06] bon
    and his poor pitching today
    isn't an indication of his ability...
SIGN    1st 2nd 3rd
[02:09] bon
    Anyway, his contract is 36 million.
SIGN    Contract 36 million
[02:14] bon
    In other words,
[02:15] bon
    he alone earns as much as
    two Bonda Natsunosukes.
[02:24] bon
    And as luck would have it, the starter for
    our opponents, the Kawasaki Blue Comets,
[02:28] bon
    is twenty-four-year-old Misato-kun.
SIGN    Misato-kun 24 years old
[02:30] bon
    His contract is exactly 54 million.
SIGN    Contract 54 million
[02:35] bon
    In other words, this!
[02:41] bon
    Then there's one more person we
    just happen to be facing today...
[02:44] bon
    Manda there, the current runner on third.
[02:48] bon
    He's in his third year as
    the Blue Comets' second baseman.
[02:52] bon
    At twenty-eight years old, he's in his prime,
SIGN    Manda 28 years old
[02:56] bon
    making 72 million.
SIGN    Contract 72 million
[03:01] bon
    It's sort of like, you know...
[03:04] bon
    There's something eerie about it
    when it divides up so cleanly like that.
[03:09] bon
    But I know it's a silly thing
    to get worked up about.
[03:12] bon
    And while I was thinking about that,
    Akira got knocked out!
[03:16] bon
    He didn't even last five innings today!
SIGN    Yakiniku Jolina
[03:26] bon
    Naturally, our starter is in a foul mood
    after being hit out of the game.
[03:33] shibu
    Natsunosuke! You're eating too much meat!
[03:36] shibu
    I ordered all these vegetables, too!
[03:38] shibu
    Eat more vegetables!
[03:40] bon
    Eat vegetables? But yakiniku
    is all about the meat!
[03:47] shi
    Protein is important for a pro baller,
[03:50] shi
    but vitamins and minerals
    are even more important.
[03:54] shi
    Throw in two seaweed salads!
[03:58] shi
    Natsunosuke.
[04:00] shi
    I see you gulping down that second beer!
[04:02] shi
    You'd better not be thinking about a third!
[04:06] bon
    What?! I can't?!
[04:07] shi
    Your third drink will be oolong tea!
[04:09] shi
    Drinking too much during
    a season leads to slumps!
[04:13] bon
    Drinking too much? It's only three beers!
[04:21] bon
    But anyway, you know...
[04:22] bon
    When you eat heavy stuff like yakiniku,
    it really gives you that craving, right?
[04:28] bon
    For this.
[04:29] shi
    Hey, Natsunosuke! Are you
    still craving cigarettes?
[04:32] bon
    Well, you know...
[04:35] bon
    I quit smoking because he told me to!
SIGN    If you want to reach the top, you'd better quit smoking!
[04:44] bon
    You're right, of course!
[04:46] bon
    A pro athlete's health is his career!
[04:48] bon
    You're absolutely right!
[04:55] bon
    Hey, Akira...
[05:00] mi
    Hey there.
[05:01] mi
    Hey, great game today!
[05:03] mi
    Hey!
[05:05] bon
    Triple and quadruple are both here!
[05:08] bon
    The Blue Comets' pitcher, Misato.
SIGN    3x
SIGN    Pitcher Misato
[05:11] bon
    Their infielder, Manda.
SIGN    Infielder Manda
SIGN    4x
[05:13] bon
    And two youngsters.
SIGN    Youngsters
[05:18] misa
    We'll start with four draft beers.
[05:20] misa
    Then we'll have tongue, ribs,
    loin, and skirt steak.
[05:23] misa
    Five servings of each, your best cuts.
[05:25] misa
    Five servings of each?
[05:28] misa
    Great game today!
[05:30] misa
    Great game!
[05:38] man
    Okay, chow down, guys!
[05:40] man
    Pack in that meat!
[05:42] man
    Right!
[06:00] misa
    We're running out of meat.
[06:02] misa
    Excuse me! Another five
    helpings of each, please!
[06:06] misa
    No, make it ten helpings!
[06:10] bon
    Ten helpings of each?!
[06:13] man
    Yes, sir!
[06:16] shi
    They're not eating any vegetables?
[06:18] shi
    Eating all that meat will mess up your diet.
[06:23] man
    More beer!
[06:26] man
    Help yourselves, guys!
[06:27] man
    Okay, I'll have another!
[06:30] man
    Same here!
[06:54] man
    Another ten helpings of each!
[07:02] shi
    They eat, they drink...
[07:05] shi
    They smoke...
[07:06] shi
    More meat! Another ten helpings!
[07:11] shi
    Is this really the meal...
[07:13] bon
    ...of a pro athlete?
[07:16] man
    Man, I'm stuffed! Great meal, guys!
[07:19] misa
    See you later!
[07:21] misa
    Excuse us!
[07:25] shi
    That was fast!
[07:27] woman
    That will be 158,000 yen.
[07:30] misa
    Put it on my card.
[07:32] all
    Thank you, Senpai!
[07:34] misa
    I could probably have eaten more!
[07:39] bon
    It makes us feel a little... herbivorous...
[07:43] bon
    Like we're too obsessed with vegetables...
[07:46] bon
    I guess people worth three and
    four times me do just eat meat...
[08:02] ko
    Well, you know how it is.
[08:04] ko
    I don't intend to tell my players
    how to spend their private time,
[08:07] ko
    but we're seeing more
    herbivore types these days.
[08:11] ko
    It's a whole new age.
[08:14] ko
    Personality-wise, we have too
    many players who are totally docile.
[08:18] ko
    They're much too polite.
[08:22] ko
    In the pro baseball world,
    talent may be the most important thing,
[08:26] ko
    but matters of personality
    carry a lot of weight, too.
[08:30] ko
    In terms of my experience,
[08:31] ko
    carnivore types tend to go
    further than herbivore types!
[08:38] bon
    That's right...
[08:40] bon
    We're too passive, aren't we?
[08:43] bon
    We're the quintessential "small fry."
[08:46] bon
    In terms of multipliers, there's
    one number I hate the most.
[08:51] bon
    I'm talking about 180 million.
[08:55] bon
    I know it's really stupid
    to worry about this, but...
[08:58] bon
    I mean, this is what it means.
SIGN    180 million
[09:00] bon
    Exactly ten of Bonda Natsunosuke!
[09:05] bon
    Numbers like 200 million and 300
    million are outside my comprehension.
[09:09] bon
    But this "times ten" number
    feels as real as can be.
[09:15] bon
    The fact is, there's one player who makes
    exactly that much in the Central League.
[09:20] bon
    He's here in Tokyo this week
    on an away series.
[09:28] seki
    Been a while since I've been in Tokyo.
[09:30] seki
    Time to play!
SIGN    Nagoya Wild Ones 1st Baseman Sekiya Masamitsu (27)
[09:32] bon
    First baseman for the Nagoya
    Wild Ones, Sekiya Masamitsu.
SIGN    Contract 180 million
[09:36] bon
    Contract: 180 million.
[09:38] bon
    The man with a contract equal
    to ten Bonda Natsunosukes!
[09:42] bon
    A salary ratio of one to ten!
SIGN    Salary 1 to 10
[09:45] bon
    That was their travel day,
    so we didn't play that night.
[09:49] bon
    Akira and I decided to hit up Ginza
    for the first time in a while.
[09:54] bon
    We're pro baseball players.
[09:56] bon
    We need to head out to Ginza
    every now and then.
[09:59] bon
    It's pathetic to hold back all the time.
[10:03] bon
    Has Akira changed his way
    of thinking a bit lately?
[10:11] shi
    Hey, Natsunosuke.
[10:12] shi
    Don't forget, we're going Dutch.
[10:14] bon
    Yeah, I know.
[10:16] hos
    What are you talking about?
[10:17] shi
    Oh, nothing.
[10:21] bon
    Just then, we noticed him...
[10:25] bon
    I'm in the mood for more drinks.
[10:27] bon
    I want some champagne!
[10:30] seki
    Go on, drink up! Bring a whole bottle!
[10:34] shi
    It's Sekiya-san of the Wild Ones.
[10:36] hos
    He's a regular here.
[10:38] hos
    He never fails to stop by when
    he has an away game in Tokyo.
[10:42] shi
    Look at all those expensive-looking bottles.
[10:48] hos
    He always drops at least
    a million when he's here.
[10:52] hos
    A million?!
[10:54] hos
    Mama says you don't see big spenders
    like him very often these days.
[11:00] seki
    Is that Shibuya and Bonda?
[11:02] seki
    You guys come here, too?
[11:04] bon
    This is our first time, actually...
[11:07] ski
    No problem! Drink up, you guys!
[11:10] ski
    I'll cover the whole tab!
[11:13] shi
    No thanks. We're on
    different teams, after all...
[11:16] bon
    Yeah, we'd better not.
[11:19] seki
    Come on! Don't be shy!
[11:25] bon
    Then, the next day...
[11:27] bon
    I woke up early and did some
    running around Jingu Park.
[11:32] bon
    It was 8:00 AM.
[11:40] seki
    Is this the place?
[11:41] hos
    Yeah!
[11:42] seki
    You're amazing, Maki-chan.
[11:44] seki
    You really have an apartment in Aoyama?
[11:47] seki
    I'm dying for some breakfast.
[11:48] bon
    H-He's with those three Ginza
    hostesses from last night!
[11:51] bon
    Has he been drinking all this time?!
[11:54] seki
    What are you gonna cook for me, huh?
[11:57] seki
    I can't wait to see!
[11:59] bon
    I forgot to mention one thing.
[12:02] bon
    This guy bats left-handed!
[12:05] bon
    There's a good chance I might
    have to face him tonight!
SIGN    Showdown tonight?!
[12:14] bon
    We called it a night at 10:00,
[12:16] bon
    but this guy's still drinking!
[12:20] bon
    And would you believe it,
    it's a one-run game.
SIGN    1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
[12:25] sign
    Given the way things are going,
    neither team's likely to run away with it.
[12:30] sign
    Things will probably stay
    tense all the way to the end.
[12:32] sign
    Which means they may need
    a left-hander against Sekiya-san!
[12:39] seki
    So sleepy... I'm not even fully sober yet.
[12:43] bon
    After what I saw, I can't afford to lose!
[12:47] bon
    Even though I only make
    one tenth of what he does!
SIGN    1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
[13:15] bon
    Sekiya-san is the only
    person in the Central League
[13:19] bon
    who makes exactly ten times what I do.
SIGN    18 million
SIGN    180 million
SIGN    1 to 10
[13:27] bon
    I know it's a bit silly,
[13:29] bon
    but I'm extra conscious about this guy.
[13:33] bon
    On an away trip, he spends
    the whole night drinking
[13:36] bon
    before playing the next day.
[13:39] bon
    I've heard the sport used to be
    full of nogoodniks like him,
[13:42] bon
    but you don't hear much about them
    in baseball these days.
[13:47] bon
    Anyway, given that I know
    how he spent his last 24 hours,
[13:50] bon
    I can't afford to lose to him now!
[13:55] bon
    Even if people call me an herbivore,
[13:58] bon
    a man still has his pride!
[14:02] bon
    Look at him! He's clearly sleepy!
[14:07] man
    Sekiya-san, you'd better be careful.
[14:10] man
    You reek of alcohol!
[14:15] seki
    Yeah, I guess I do.
[14:17] seki
    I'm in trouble...
[14:19] seki
    Wonder if I can hit the ball today.
[14:26] bon
    Sekiya-san, the three-hole hitter,
    is 0-for-2 today.
[14:33] bon
    A fly out to right.
[14:34] bon
    0-for-3.
[14:36] bon
    Is it the booze?
[14:41] bon
    No.
[14:42] bon
    For a first-rate hitter like him,
[14:44] bon
    a little leftover drunkenness
    shouldn't make a difference!
[14:48] bon
    As evidence, he's made two
    great plays on defense today!
[14:52] bon
    He's only 0-for-3 because he's been unlucky.
[14:56] bon
    What's more, the bases have been empty
    for each of his at bats.
[15:01] bon
    There's a type of batter
    who gets pointless hits,
[15:03] bon
    and a type of batter who gets clutch ones.
[15:06] bon
    Sekiya-san is definitely the latter.
[15:09] bon
    That's why he earns 180 million a year!
SIGN    1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
[15:14] man
    It's the top of the 8th, two outs, bases loaded.
[15:17] man
    Sekiya comes to the plate!
[15:20] man
    If he smashes one out of the park,
    the Wild Ones will take the lead!
[15:23] cc
    This is the part of the game
    when Sekiya gets to work.
[15:26] cc
    It doesn't matter that he has no hits today.
[15:30] cc
    He's actually far scarier
    when he's had a quiet game!
[15:32] cc
    The more runners you have
    on later in the game,
[15:35] cc
    the more he shows his stuff!
[15:40] cc
    That means they could send in Bonda
    the southpaw to pitch to him.
[15:45] ---
    Hey, Sakota!
[15:46] cc
    Indeed, they are making a move!
[15:49] cc
    Pitcher: Bonda!
[15:51] bon
    I knew it!
[16:00] man
    I mean, sure, it's a
    lefty-against-lefty matchup...
[16:03] man
    But Bonda's totally out of his league here.
[16:05] man
    Yeah, this is trouble...
[16:07] man
    Are we gonna lose today?
[16:09] bon
    Yeah, if this were a baseball movie,
    I'd definitely get smashed here!
[16:17] bon
    That's the presence of a man
    who makes ten times my salary...
[16:30] ump
    Play ball!
[16:37] bon
    Look at those eyes...
[16:39] bon
    He's like a carnivorous beast
    focused on his prey.
[16:45] bon
    An herbivore who retired
    at 10:00 last night
[16:48] bon
    can't beat a carnivore
    who pulled an all-nighter!
[16:52] bon
    Sekiya-san's concentration...
    It's far greater than my own right now!
[16:58] bon
    We're in completely different leagues!
[17:01] bon
    B-But I don't want to lose.
[17:03] bon
    I may only make 18 million yen, but I
    don't want to lose to a 180 million-maker.
[17:07] bon
    What will I do, then? How do I attack?
SIGN    Natsunosuke.
SIGN    When you're in trouble, how do you attack?
SIGN    I think your best bet is zigzagging the corners.
SIGN    Pitch one, low and away.
SIGN    Pitch two, high and in.
SIGN    Pitch three, high and away.
SIGN    And pitch four, low and in.
SIGN    In other words,
SIGN    don't pitch anywhere near the middle of the strike zone!
SIGN    You want the corners! Aim right for the corners!
[17:30] bon
    Even if he hits me anyway,
    I'll have fewer regrets that way.
[17:38] bon
    Ball!
[17:43] bon
    Second pitch!
[17:48] bon
    Strike!
[17:51] bon
    I can throw strikes away,
    but I have to avoid the center.
[17:55] shi
    Those two pitches were a textbook zigzag.
[17:58] shi
    For a southpaw, Natsunosuke
    has really good control.
[18:03] bon
    We typically think lefties have
    slightly worse control than righties.
[18:08] bon
    But Natsunosuke's USP is being
    a lefty who also has control.
[18:12] bon
    The third pitch!
[18:17] bon
    Ball!
[18:18] bon
    Hey, pitcher, watch where you're throwing!
[18:20] bon
    You trying to hit him?
[18:23] shi
    Yeah, he has to avoid inside strikes.
[18:27] ump
    Two-one!
[18:28] bon
    The fourth pitch!
[18:31] ump
    Strike!
[18:33] ump
    Two-two!
[18:34] ann
    Sekiya has been cornered.
[18:35] ann
    He's taking a minute to readjust his footing.
[18:39] cc
    Actually, he's trying to throw
    off his opponent's rhythm.
[18:43] ann
    Now, Sekiya gets in position again!
[18:51] bon
    The fifth pitch!
[18:55] ump
    Ball!
[18:56] ump
    Three-two!
[18:58] shi
    The count's full now.
[18:59] shi
    His control so far has been perfect!
[19:02] shi
    That fifth pitch will have
    straightened him up,
[19:05] shi
    so the next pitch, low and away,
    will look really far away to him!
[19:10] bon
    My control's been on point,
    if I do say so myself.
[19:13] bon
    I'm pretty confident that I can land
    this final low-and-away slider, too.
[19:18] bon
    But of course, he knows
    that's what I'm aiming for.
[19:20] bon
    I'll be pitching to him despite
    knowing that he knows.
[19:23] bon
    All batters keeps an afterimage
    of the last pitch in their minds.
[19:28] bon
    Even if he knows I'm going
    for the outside corner,
[19:30] bon
    it's still a hard pitch to hit!
[19:34] bon
    But a clutch hitter like him
[19:36] bon
    might just hit my low-and-away slider easily.
SIGN    No problem! Drink up, you guys!
SIGN    No thanks. We're on different teams, after all...
SIGN    Yeah, we'd better not.
[19:49] bon
    I'm glad I didn't let you treat me last night.
[19:52] bon
    Change of plans!
[19:54] bon
    I can't throw to the low outside corner!
[19:56] bon
    I'm going for his chest one more time!
[19:58] bon
    If I go even a little easy
    on him, he'll hit it!
[20:01] bon
    Will it hit him or not...
[20:04] bon
    He mustn't know until the end!
[20:07] seki
    What?
[20:08] seki
    Inside?
[20:10] seki
    It'll hit me!
[20:19] ump
    Strike!
[20:21] ump
    He's out!
[20:26] shi
    He did it! A slider on the inside!
[20:28] shi
    Natsunosuke outsmarted him!
[20:32] ann
    Bonda Natsunosuke has done it!
[20:34] cc
    Sekiya must have been taken by surprise.
[20:37] cc
    He couldn't even swing.
[20:39] seki
    Well, I could've swung if the pitch
    had been slightly easier to read.
[20:45] seki
    Bonda, if you had accepted
    my hospitality last night,
[20:49] seki
    that pitch wouldn't have been so far inside.
[20:52] seki
    But because you refused, you threw it
    where I was sure it'd hit me.
[20:57] seki
    And I guess that made all the difference.
[21:01] seki
    It was a nice inside pitch.
[21:05] seki
    Next time we meet in town,
    I'm totally treating you!
[21:08] shi
    Well, well, look at you, Natsunosuke.
[21:11] shi
    So the herbivore ate the carnivore.
[21:14] shi
    I guess that happens from time to time.
[21:17] bon
    18 million yen beat 180 million yen!
SIGN    180 million yen
SIGN    18 million yen
SIGN    1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
[21:22] bon
    The Spiders won today
    because I put in a real shift!
[21:26] bon
    Money Pitch!
[23:01] bon
    Natsunosuke here!
[23:02] bon
    Minor league catcher, Tohko-san,
    has been called up to the majors.
[23:06] bon
    A 5 million yen salary, thirty-two years old.
[23:08] bon
    He doesn't have much potential as a player.
[23:11] bon
    But even when his best friend from college
    told him to retire and get another job,
[23:15] bon
    he turned him down flat.
[23:16] bon
    He's determined to have a successful career!
[23:19] bon
    And for the first time in a while,
    Tohko-san wears the mask in a game.
[23:23] ---
    Next time: "A Minor-League Player
    in the Majors"!
[23:25] bon
    Seize tomorrow's success and today's money!
SIGN    A Minor League Player in the Majors
[23:27] bon
    Money Pitch!