# E13 - Because We're Brothers
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY8D07DGY/because-were-brothers)
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"Kenjo High School"
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Are those guys really
still in their first year?
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Will their student card be required?
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No, no.
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In any case, this lineup is a real threat.
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Hard to say how well we'll do.
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We won't know until we play some games.
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After all, I'm also in
my first year as a manager.
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About your first opponent,
Meisei High School...
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This will be the team's first game
against them in some time.
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By the way, we're having
difficulty getting data on them.
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Would you have any information
concerning Meisei High School?
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Let's see. I did hear
they have a new manager.
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The team hasn't been
too strong lately, after all.
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That's no different from our team.
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I wouldn't say that.
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Kenjo is in fact in the
spotlight this summer.
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I hear you raised the
right fence because of Akai.
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Yes. Because he was losing too many balls.
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It has been 30 years since
the glory of that summer.
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The Meisei baseball team
that became champions
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on their first tournament is returning.
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Not your ordinary battery in the same grade,
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these brothers and their
younger sister have adventures
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in this story of love and youthful days.
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Their goal is the same:
Get to the Koshien Tournament!
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How many hours is it taking you
to deliver something simple like that?
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Then why don't you come and get it yourself?
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I'm in training camp preparing for
the tournament. I haven't got the time.
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The game is at 10 a.m. on the ninth.
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Will you come to cheer for us?
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I can't. I've got classes.
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Even if I could, I wouldn't
be cheering for you.
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Of course. I had forgotten
that our first opponent is Meisei.
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Then it would be for your
own good not to watch the game.
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I wonder about that.
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I suggest you do the proper research
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on Meisei's baseball team.
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"Because We're Brothers"
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Nangou!
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--Hey!
--Hey! Shirou!
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Huh?
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What are you doing?!
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Lower your hip! Bring the
glove up to the ball!
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Batting alone won't get
you a spot in the starting order!
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Balls hit by Kenjo batters are
nothing like those hit by that old man!
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Hey, cool it.
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Especially their third,
fifth, and seventh batters!
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Third baseman, you also need
to watch out for soft hit balls
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of the fast-running first and second hitters!
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She's heckling in great detail.
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Yeah. I had her go to observe
a Kenjo practice game the other day.
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She's quite accurate with her observations.
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As for their left-handed Akai hitting fourth,
do not throw him any easy pitches!
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What are you doing, Miss Ooyama?!
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You're skipping practice
to spend time out here?
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Oh, hello.
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This is always the case with you!
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Do you have any intention of
seriously doing rhythmic gymnastics?!
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Huh? Wait. There's no need to think it over.
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Because you are our rhythmic
gymnastic club's ray of hope.
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Now, please come with me.
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So? What did her observation tell us?
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A team with a powerful lineup
and great mobility, as rumored.
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As rumored, he says.
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I see.
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Which tells us, they're
not better than rumored.
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That's true.
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That's good.
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That's good? Huh?
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Next year, the Kenjo High
School baseball team
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celebrates 60 years, including
the years they used to be Sumi Tech.
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Since a few years ago,
the school's gone all out
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to have the team return
to its prestigious status.
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Shinpei Komiyama, the manager, used to coach
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a prestigious ball club
in Shikoku until three years ago.
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He faced problems for his devilish style
of coaching and the guidance he gave.
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He had an argument and quit the school,
which was when Kenjo gave him an offer.
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For the first two years,
he was the assistant manager.
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He personally visited junior high schools across
Tokyo and made a list of promising players.
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He spent the next year persuading
five of his top choices to enter Kenjo,
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and he was officially promoted
to Manager this spring.
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Oh. Sorry.
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Mind if I punch him?
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Don't!
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And this.
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"Confidential"
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It's a report on the
Kenjo lineup that I observed.
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My father asked me to show this to you.
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I'll pass on that. I'm too sleepy.
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The other Tachibana is
in charge of such things.
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Talk to... him...
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Mind if I punch him?
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Is our ace pitcher all right, the way he is?
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He does nothing but
sleep during his lunch break.
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The fact he's sleepy before a game just proves
that his body's making the proper adjustments.
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But still! Kenjo High School's
lineup is really powerful!
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Hmm...
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Hm?
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Is something missing?
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There's nothing here on Haruka Ooyama,
the data I wanted the most.
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Fine! So my observations
are of no use to you!
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Is our battery all right, the way they are?
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No need to worry.
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I guarantee the weirdness of those brothers.
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Weirdness?
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Your entire report, Haruka,
is now in his head.
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You're kidding, right?
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I'm not kidding.
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It seems it wasn't the entire report.
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Yeah...
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"Meiji Jingu Stadium"
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The National High School Baseball
Championship, East Tokyo Tournament...
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...has begun!
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"Meiji Jingu Second Stadium"
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"Game 1 | 10:00 | Estimated Start Time
Third Base Dugout | First Base Dugout
Meisei High School | Kenjo"
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The game is about to begin.
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Darn.
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This is no time to be doing that.
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It'll be all right. They won't lose.
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Not your brothers.
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Come on. Your brother is
the one receiving all the attention.
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Are you sure you want to cheer for Meisei?
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Of course.
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I'm rooting for Meisei, 100 percent.
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I'm guessing you don't
get along with your brother.
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You guessed right.
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Even though you're brothers?
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Because we're brothers.
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You can't get your mind off of it.
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Of course not. If they lose once,
there is no next game.
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"Self-study"
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Aww, I should've faked being sick
or something and gone to the game.
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By the way, where's Natsuno?
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He's not coming today.
He said he caught a cold and...
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Hm? Hm?
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"Meiji Jingu Second Stadium"
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"Kenjo"
"Meisei"
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The first step for the
new Meisei baseball team!
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Go!
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Touma Tachibana!
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Ball!
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Ugh...
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Ball!
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"No. 1, Center Fielder: Teramoto"
"Grade Ten"
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Strike!
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Is he a breaking ball pitcher?
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Or maybe they found out
that Teramoto prefers the fastball.
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Strike!
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It's true that he's not
too good with breaking balls.
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But if he just needs to hit it,
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he can do that any time.
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And if the ball rolls...
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Safe!
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...things will work out.
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You're in a pinch, Tachibana.
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Teramoto's infield single...
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...is as good as getting an extra base hit.
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Out!
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That was quick.
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Oh. That catcher has a good arm.
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Not that.
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The ball the pitcher just threw.
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Oh?
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One out!
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"No. 2, Second Baseman: Yamaji"
"Grade Ten"
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Out!
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Don't get deceived by
a breaking ball of that level.
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"No. 3, Right Fielder: Todoroki"
"Grade Twelve"
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He's only in tenth grade, after all.
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What's with that pitcher?
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Strike!
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Three outs! Change sides!
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Yes!
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It's him.
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We were just passing by.
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"Kenjo"
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Strike!
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Irregular pitches from the left, huh?
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"Starting Pitcher: Kita"
"Grade Ten"
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Out!
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What a pain it must be.
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To face Kita's irregular pitching
form and off-speed pitches.
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Facing him only two or three times won't...
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...be enough to...
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"No. 3, Catcher: Tachibana (Sou)"
"Grade Ten"
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Me too!
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...time your swing against
his pitches. Right?
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Three outs! Change sides!
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His pitches can be hit.
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By you, anyway.
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"Kenjo"
"Meisei"
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That's Akai.
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Wow!
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--It's Akai!
--It's Akai!
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Top of the second inning.
Batting fourth for Kenjo High School
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is first baseman Akai.
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Akai?
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Then hurry and pass by, would you?
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For humans,
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first impressions
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are important!
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Strike!
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It's fast. But...
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...the first pitch, a fastball right
down the middle against Akai?
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He's either just fearless,
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or...
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...is it...
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...confidence?
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Clean up after yourself.
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You've got to be...
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...nicer to girls!
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Fair ball!
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Did my pitching form tip him
that I was pitching him a change-up?
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No, you succeeded in throwing off his timing.
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And yet he gets a double.
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That's why he only got a double.
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During today's game, you're prohibited
from putting anyone on base before he bats.
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Big brother Akai, huh?
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Did you catch a cold, Natsuno?
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N-Nikaidou?!
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Because there's a cold going around now.
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You're right.
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Don't just stand here.
Let's get a seat and watch.
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We're sick with a cold.
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You're right.
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Strike! You're out!
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"Kenjo"
"Meisei"
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In this inning, both teams
will start with their second batter.
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To this point,
it's been an equal pitcher's duel.
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Not equal.
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Huh?
**[19:06] ---**
Not at all equal. Compare
the lineup the pitcher is facing.
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Between Kita
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and that pitcher.
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Strike! You're out!
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Which junior high school did
that first year pitcher go to?
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It appears he was with
Meisei's Junior High School.
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That's funny.
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I went to check out Meisei's
junior high team two years ago,
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but they had no pitcher worth mentioning.
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Actually, I remember hearing
a rumor around that time.
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A rumor?
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That at Meisei, the baseball team's
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talented pitchers weren't allowed to pitch,
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because of a father who wanted
his own son to pitch as the team's ace.
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An ace pitcher favored by his father...
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Oh, now that you mention it,
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there was a ninth grade pitcher
who acted big but had little talent.
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Huh? Do you really have a cold?
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No. Something got caught in my throat.
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I got all of that one!
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Wh-What?
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I thought I told you that's prohibited.
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Is there a punishment for that?
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Yeah.
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You now must get a strikeout.
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Batting fourth, first baseman, Akai.
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I must get a strikeout, he says.
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I wouldn't
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call that a punishiment...
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...at all!
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As for their left-handed Akai hitting fourth,
do not throw him any easy pitches!
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Oops.
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Huh?
**[21:09] ---**
Yes?
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Out!
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Double play.
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An ace who won't keep a promise,
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a Kenjo lineup as rumored,
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and a better-than-rumored number four batter.
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This should be a great game!
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Next time, on *MIX*.
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The East Tokyo Tournament has finally begun!
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Yeah.
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They're facing a strong team,
right from the first game!
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A lefty with an irregular form
and an iron wall infield!
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Not to mention that great lineup!
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Yeah.
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Will our first year battery be OK?
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Yeah!
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Are you positively, positively sure?!
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Shut up!! Be quiet and watch the game.
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"We're Losing"
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Next time, "We're Losing"!
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What? We're losing?
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"To be continued"
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