# E22 - He Loves His Sister
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East Tokyo Tournament semifinal, game one.
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"Meiji Jingu Stadium"
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Meisei versus Toushu.
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The super high-schooler, left-handed
ace pitcher, Hiroki Mita of Toushu.
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The pro baseball scouts are watching closely.
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And of course, he hasn't
allowed a run in this tournament.
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Together with its powerful lineup,
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this flawless team has their eyes
set on the national championship.
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Each and every one
with their respective thoughts...
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Him, too?
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The fateful game is about to begin!
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Play ball!
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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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*I see a mirage of a faraway summer day*
* *
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*Friends' voices echo*
* *
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*All these people walking*
*around with eyes downcast*
* *
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*Were boys once too--didn't*
*recognize them, did you?*
* *
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*If I close my eyes tight*
*on the field after the rain*
* *
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*I see the same blue sky*
*I lost myself in that day*
* *
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*Maybe today is what I was looking at then*
* *
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*The heavens so cloudless*
* *
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*Versus, let's face each*
*other under the same sky*
* *
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*Guess what, past boy--I'm fighting hard, too*
* *
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Strike!
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One saving grace in this game
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is that everyone in our lineup has
faced that absolute ace once before.
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The batter's mentality changes greatly
between the first and second encounters.
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His fastball...
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...and his wicked breaking balls.
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We all know exactly what to expect from him.
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As expected.
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"He Loves His Sister"
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He's throwing heat from the outset.
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Because their manager has no intention
of having him pitch a complete game.
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To prepare for the final,
they want to build a significant lead
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in the early innings so they can pull him.
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I see.
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He has struck out the side.
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The stands applaud in appreciation
of Hiroki Mita's great pitching!
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"Color commentator: Hyouri (51 years old)"
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"Play-by-play: Mori" "Twelfth Year"
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Oh, excuse me.
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Now, things are starting to get interesting.
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I'm sure that's got pitcher
Tachibana all fired up.
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I'll bet he'll show us
some incredible pitching.
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He's been receiving
all this attention, after all.
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Yes, yes.
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Toushu High School is up to bat.
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Batting first, second baseman Maeba.
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When we get four runs,
you can come out of the game, Mita.
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Which could be as soon as the next inning.
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Have you forgotten?
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Our batting lineup has never
scored a run against that pitcher.
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He's...
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...struck out the side!
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Did he pitch like that before?
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It seems that being different
from a practice game to an official game
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doesn't only apply to our lineup.
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In any case, I'll do my best
until we get four runs.
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Ah, yeah...
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Yay!
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Hey!
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Thanks.
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Thank you.
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He's looking great!
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He's totally inconsistent.
Even more than usual.
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Huh?
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His pitching form and swing of his arm are
consistent, but the velocity on his fastball...
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Inconsistent?
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Which makes it tough to catch,
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but worse for anyone trying to hit it.
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Yeah.
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Strike three! You're out!
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Strike three! You're out!
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Not as much as facing him, though. Right?
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Yeah.
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"Meisei"
"Toushu"
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That's six straight strikeouts.
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It's unusual to see the always cool
Mita going all out from the beginning!
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He's simply overpowering the Meisei batters!
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Not really. He's no different
from the Mita we usually see.
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It looks that way because he's
that much better against their batters.
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It's Tachibana, though,
who needs to watch out.
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Things went a bit too well
for him at the start of the game.
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He mustn't get overconfident.
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Especially since the batter he's facing...
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Tani, batting fourth,
with an aggressive swing.
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This one's headed for the stands!
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I got it.
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Must be the wind.
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No, there's absolutely no wind.
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Fukabori, batting fifth,
hits the third pitch, a ground out to first.
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He avoided the trap.
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I was hoping he'd continue
going for strikeouts,
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but I had forgotten about that catcher.
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That battery, they're both
still in tenth grade, right?
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In any case, I'll do
my best until we get four runs.
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Ah, yeah...
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"Meisei"
"Toushu"
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He pitched like a different person
in the second inning.
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I promised him that he can pitch however
he wants to just for the first inning.
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If he gets provoked into
pitching like that guy,
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he'll be the first to run out of gas.
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The physical strength of
a senior and tenth grader differ,
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not to mention, he's the
unrivaled Hiroki Mita.
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Right, Manager?
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Hm?
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They're expecting today
to be the hottest day all year.
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The challenge from here on is how
to keep Touma's pitch count down,
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so he can pitch more innings.
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Right, Manager?
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Hm? Oh, yes, you're right.
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Huh? Before the game someone said,
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"We have no plan! Go for broke!"
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I wonder where that old man went?
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I don't know what you're talking about.
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Foul!
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Batting eighth, right fielder Koma.
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Foul!
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It looks like he's not too keen
on making the hitter hit into outs.
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Even if he takes something off his fastball
or breaking ball, there's still great movement,
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so even if the pitch hits the bat,
the ball doesn't travel forward.
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On the other hand, my pitches...
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You're saying my balls have no movement?!
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Nobody said such a thing!
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Foul!
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The trick of making the Toushu
lineup hit into outs is only possible
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because of Souichirou's lead
and your great control,
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precisely delivering the
ball where he wants it.
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Well, thank you.
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What I want to know is,
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is your great control when you don't
try to throw too hard a natural talent?
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Yes!
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One meter from the plate. The catcher
picks it up with his bare hand, and...
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Two outs.
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Yay. How'd you like that?
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I put a stop to the run
of consecutive strikeouts.
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Is your carefree attitude
also a natural talent?
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Yes?
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Three outs and Toushu is up next.
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"Meisei"
"Toushu"
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"Meisei"
"Toushu"
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This heat from early morning is abnormal.
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It's even hotter on the mound, isn't it?
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Yeah.
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But no matter how hot it is,
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I would've loved to take the mound just once.
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Wearing Meisei's number 1 uniform.
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Sorry about that. It's all my dad's fault.
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Is that guy really my son?
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Sou has hardly had to
move his catcher's mitt.
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I did not have the confidence to
maintain control of my pitches to the end.
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Maybe it's because he had Sou
to play catch with since he was little.
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I wonder about that.
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When they played catch,
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it was like fighting, throwing the ball as
hard as they could against each other.
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In fact, it would often
turn into a real fight.
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When that happened,
they'd stop playing for weeks.
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And then every time...
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Every time?
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Want to rest a bit, Otomi?!
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I'm all right!
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Come on! Throw it!
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Strike!
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He can pitch like this too, can he?
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He's just like you, Mita.
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He loves his sister. Always has.
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But with me...
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We used to always fight.
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Where are you throwing it?!
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Shut up!
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What do you wish to do?
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Please go.
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Oh? Wait a moment.
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Quietly... Quietly...
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What a terrible parent.
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Her sons are battling it out in a game
with a trip to the finals on the line.
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Yet she won't even go
to the stadium to cheer them on.
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I came in here assured
that there would be no one home.
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Darn it! Then a change of plans!
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Were you planning to rob from an empty home?
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You are a burglar, aren't you?
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What if I am?!
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Oh, hello, ma'am.
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He says he's a burglar.
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"Nagisa Tsukikage"
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You were a great help. I am truly grateful.
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It was nothing.
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Oh, by the way...
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Does the baseball team here
have a day off from practice today?
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Huh?
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"Punch"
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Three outs!
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Touma Tachibana posts
another scoreless inning.
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"Meisei"
"Toushu"
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East Tokyo Tournament semifinal, game one.
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Meisei High School versus Toushu High School.
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After five innings,
the game is tied at zero-zero.
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Huh?
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This is a semifinal game, right?
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They did say so.
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Of the East Tokyo Tournament where
well over one hundred high schools compete.
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It appears that way.
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Why are they still playing?
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I wonder.
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To this point, each team
has been limited to only one hit.
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Yes?
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They may each have one hit,
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but Toushu's hit was
cleanly hit into center field.
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Meisei's was weakly hit, but just
happened to drift over the infielder.
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I wonder about grouping
them together simply as hits.
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A cleanly hit ball...
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...breaks through to center field.
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Yes!
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What just happened?
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Without looking at the ball, he relied
solely on timing his swing to the fastball.
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The ball just happened to meet his swing.
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Of course, if it wasn't for his quick swing,
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it would've been a different result.
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An all-important runner on base
with no outs. So naturally...
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...no matter what it takes...
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...get the runner in scoring position!
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But that's easier said than done.
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Of course it's not easy.
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Mita's not a pitcher who you can
easily lay a sacrifice bunt against.
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Also, even if they did get
the ball on the ground,
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the players covering first
and third will be quick to dash in.
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I must say, these two players
are excellent at handling the ball!
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Hitting second, second baseman Murotani.
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The infielders are back
to their regular positions.
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Because it's two outs.
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Who bunts the best on our team?
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I'd say that would be Murotani.
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I agree.
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But there are two outs.
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So what?
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He bunts here!
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Not expecting it, third baseman
Kaga reacts a little late.
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But he makes up for it with his quick play.
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He grabs it with his bare hand
and throws an arrow to first base.
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That's the excellent ball handling
I'm talking about.
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But he throws off the mark,
pulling the first baseman's foot off the bag!
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Safe!
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And who is the most
reliable batter on our team?
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Me, I guess. Being the cleanup batter.
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"Ha ha"
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Hitting third, catcher Souichirou Tachibana.
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But in his two at-bats so far,
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he has struck out swinging both times.
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That's exactly why we can count on him here.
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This boy looks like he'd
be popular among the girls.
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He's my son, after all.
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Oh?
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Foul!
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The crowd is stunned.
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He got all of that ball, but it barely
drifted to the right of the right foul pole.
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The Meisei dugout express their frustration.
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Among them is the gorgeous
scorekeeper Haruka Ooyama,
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who is the talk of the internet.
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She's cuter than a pop idol.
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She's my daughter, after all.
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Huh?! Which would mean...
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He's my husband.
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Oh, my...
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You've been swinging and
missing the pitches thrown to that spot,
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all so you'd have a chance here, I see.
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Huh? What might you be talking about?
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What an annoying tenth grader.
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I agree.
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Three outs and to the bottom of the inning.
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He finally showed me one
of his seriously thrown pitches.
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And that wore off some
of the enemy's physical strength.
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This boy's pretty handsome, too.
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Yes. He's my son.
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Would you cut that out?!
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Huh?
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Next time, on *MIX*.
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We're now in the middle innings of the game!
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It'll be a difficult task to get
a run off of that monster.
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You're right.
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This tense pitchers' duel.
We can't let them score first.
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You're right.
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Still, what is it with this heat?
I'm getting dizzy.
**[23:38] ---**
You're right.
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Wait! Before you know it,
one out with runners on first and third?!
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"It's a Matter of Time"
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Y-You're right!
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Next time, "It's a Matter of Time."
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That comical figure will also be there.
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"To be continued"
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