Rookies 198

ROOKIES #198

tl by molokidan

47)
1: Ohhhhh!
2: Ahhh...
3: Mori...
4: Yeaaaaaah!
Vol. 198 - Ideas and Realities
5: Yaaaay, Aniya! Yaaay!
6: Ahhh, M...Mori missed...!
7: D...did you see that pitch just now...

48)
1: Owww...good thing I was wearing a mitt...
2: Goddammit!
3: S...seriously...?!
4: Mori missed a hit...
5: It...it's the first time I've ever seen such a thing...
6: clamor clamor
7: How could he throw a pitch like that in the ninth...
8: It hopped right out of his hands!
9: H...hey!
10: Eh...?!

49)
1: Woahhh, Aniya pitched 150km too?!
2: To think there'd be too 150km-ers in a measly local preliminary game...
3: This is a rarity even among pros!
4: Nikogaku's Aniya! Aniya Keiichi!
5: He's a good batter too!
6: I just came here to watch Kawakami, but ended up seeing a completely different marvel
altogether!
7: He should have been all tuckered out! Amazing...
8: What a guy...
9: Haha...
10: Yeaaaaaah, Aniyaaaaaaa!!

50)
1: Wow...
2: That guy is really something...
3: Aniya...
4: That bastard...
5: Pitcher #9, Kawakami-kun!
6: Pitcher Kawakami-kun!
7: Kawakamiiiiii!
8: This is your last chance!
9: Hit it! Hit it this time!
10: Kawakami.

51)
1: Two outs, with first and second loaded.
2: Yeah, nothing has changed about Sasazaki's chance.
3: Kawakami's gotta get a hit in this time.
4: Nah, he won't do it.
5: You still saying that?
6: Sasazaki's chance for attack ended when their trump card Mori was defeated.
7: I doubt Chiba has any other plans left over.
8: I know Kawakami doesn't have that great of an average, and he barely hits anything
other than bunts...but c'mon, think of this situation...
9: Chiba should be thinking like so:
10: The opponent is a low-ranked batter, but Kawakami will try to at least score one more
point no matter what. Which means there is no reason to risk any more danger at this
point.
11: Danger...?
12: What do you mean?
13: Chiba knows through his own experience.
14: The danger of a pitcher gripping the fate of the team standing in the batter box.

52)
1: We must go to Koushien.
2: That is our mission, and everything.

53)
1: Alright, let's goooo!
2-3: Kawakamiiiii!
4: Anything's fine, just hit SOMETHING!
5: Play!
6: Wha...
7: clamor

54)
1: A concussion from a dead ball?!
2: Oh yeah, now I remember.
3: It was in his third year...
4: Chiba's third year with Sasazaki, during their summer at Koushien, at the height of
their career.
5: A showdown at the top of the ninth inning.
6: The ace's wound damaged the entire team's morale.
7: And it led to them saying their goodbyes at the bottom of the ninth.
8: After that, however, Chiba stood on the bases himself.
9: He overcame the resistance from the bench and climbed onto the back mound.
10: Ehhhhh?!

55)
1: He was beaten, though.
2: And then he probably figured that baseball wasn't all about spirit and guts.
3: It's probably even correct to say that Chiba's true idea of baseball was born from that
moment.
4: Winning is everything.
5: If you're winning by even one point, don't let the ace hit. In order to protect that
single point, don't take any extreme risks.
6: And so he told Kawakami not to hit...
7: On the other hand, though, that turned Kawakami's sense of trust inside out.
8: Chiba believed that Kawakami would protect things no matter what in this bottom half.
9: But...
10: But...?

56)
1: Wha...what are you thinking?!
2: There's still a chance isn't there?! Go and get another point! C'mon!
3: Don't run away, Kawakamiiii!
4: Kawakamiiii!
5: So lame.
6: Strike!

57)
1-2: Why...?
3: Aren't you in pain, Kawakami...?
4: Didn't Aniya's play just now make you feel anything...? Don't you feel like going up
against him?!
5: Are we just going to become your sacrifices...?
6: Hey, Nagashima...
7: Is this what we have to do in order to make it to Koushien...?
8: At the least, this isn't what I wanted to say to him.
9: This wasn't it at all...

58)
1: Kawakami...
2: Strike!
3: Kawakami...

59)
1: Kawakamiiiii! C'mon!
2: Enough already!
3: Learn from Nikogaku!
4: Kawakamiiiii! Don't run away!
5: Will this really satisfy you?!

60)
1: I...it's Saitou-san's voice...
2: Is it really gonna satisfy you to win like this?!
3: Can you smile and go off to Koushien like this?!
4: That won't make us the least bit happy!
5: We wanna see you charge on ahead with an attack like Sasazaki should!
6(2b): Show the crowd some real Sasazaki style baseball in our places! That's what it
means to be a Sasazaki player!

61)
1: This is your last chance, isn't it? So take a swing!
2: Saitou-san...
3: clamor clamor
4: Hey, no lookin' around.
5: Yoshi-san...
6: It's just...
7: Ideas and realities aren't always the same thing.

62)
1: Deep down, he's a competitor.
2: Chiba's probably the one who wants to shout out "Hit it!" the most.

65)
1: Striiiiike!
2: Batter out!