One Outs 3

One Outs, Volume 1, Chapter 3 (pp. 69~91)


<69>
[x2]*rabble rabble*
Chapter 3: Praise

OHHHHH

=Hey Ja—ck
=Better watch your ass today

=Hey
=Can you switch with me
=Ah?
=Save it for later—Bitch


<70>
=Switch
Chapter 3: Praise


<71>
=Heh
=Heh-heh
=Sure thing
=Go right ahead

[x3]*rabble*

=And?
=What do I do?

=Yo-yo
=You don't know baseball?


<72>
=It's ve—ry simple
=All you gotta do is hit this ball with that stick
HAHAHAHA

=20 on Jack
=15 on Jack!!
=30 on Jack

=Well, I'll put 5 on the Jap who's never heard of baseball
=Hah-hah-hah

BIP

=How rude


<73>
GRUCK


<74>
WHIIIIR—
=HUH

GRACK


<75>
=Did I
=Win that time?

=Yo
=I got the next one

OHHHH
=200 straight up

OHHH
=Hey yo it's Pedroza!!
=Pedroza's throwin'!!


<76>
=50 on Pedroza!!
=20 on the Jap!!
=30 on the Jap!!
=50 on Pedroza!!
=50 on the Jap!!

=Hey!
=He's not gonna go easy like that last dude

=He was in the majors for a year before he joined the army
=He still packs a 93mph fastball


<77>
=There's not a fella here who can actually hit that guy
=So

=Try lookin' at a pitch or two before you swing

ZWUSH

BWWW
WUSH

GRIP..


<78>
CRII—NK

=...Whoa
=Crap pitch?
=Nah... Didn't look like it
=It was way over 90mph


<79>
=Who the hell is this guy
[x4]*rabble*

=Hey!!//I've seen him on TV before

=It's Kojima!
=The clean-up hitter for the Lycaons//Hiromi Kojima

=I see
=No wonder

=I lost
=Fair'n square


<80>
WHAP

=Don't fuck with baseball
=Shithead


<81>
*rabble*

[x2]*rabble*

=Hey hey—
=You lookin' pretty hot over there

=Toua!!


<82>
=Huh
=So you're Toua, huh?
CHUK...

=You
=Wanted me right?

=Two Japanese guys came here the other day, right?
=Those were my pals

=Just so you know
=I didn't threaten or swindle them

=Those two were the ones that came up with that bet
=That's fine with me
=Then


<83>
=Play a game with me

=I'll forget about the money you took from them//But the rest...

=Wipe it clean if I win

=That sounds pretty fucked up

=You guys are the ones fucking people

=Wouldn't be worth it with any old bet
=If I win


<84>
=10 times the amount
=How about 400,000 dollars?

=Not that big a deal
=For a guy like you, right?

=Fine


<85>
=No matter how you want to think about it//The chances of me losing to you
=Are zero to none

=I'm a professional
=Baseball is my life

=I've stretched my body to its limits
=I've driven myself insane...//And if that's still not enough

=The world denounces you


<86>
=That's being a professional
=We bet a hell of a lot more than any of you playing in this shithole

=Baseball
=Is something sacred to me//So


<87>
=It pisses me off seeing you bastards fuck with baseball!!

=Even in a place like this//One guy throws a little better than all the others
=And they talk about him like he's hot shit

=Seeing an ass like you

=Makes me wanna puke!!


<88>
=Praise isn't meant to be given to someone like you

=I'll prove it to you in this next game


<89>
[x3]*rabble*

=All right peanut gallery
=Bet to your heart's content
=I know you think this is just another show

=Or are you all so certain of the outcome that you don't even feel like betting


<90>
=Okay, 40 on Toua
OHHHHH
=100 on Toua!
=Me too
=30 on Toua//50 on Toua
=150 on Toua!!

=Toua
=Wha...
=Toua

=What?
OHHH
TO—A!
=What's going on

=Th...They're all betting on this guy!?

=Hey mister... You talk all cool and shit, but...
PHE—W


<91>
=You've got zero conviction