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The coach is over at the school.

Maybe the alumni are giving us

a barbecue before the final!

We're going to kill Tokorozawa

tomol1'ow!

Damn right!

We've waited three years for this.

Right?

Let's stop standing around

and swing some bats!

Assemble!

I want you all to stay calm

and listen.

Something':
happened.

A 3rd-year team member has been

al1'ested in a personal-injury case.

The school has had to contact

the High School Baseball Association.

This is not your fault.

As head coach, I am responsible.

As for tomol1'ow's final...

we have withdrawn.

I am truly sony.

Who was it?!

It was my father?

He kept you out of the nationals

at Koshien Stadium?

It was a long time ago. We still

hadn't won the Prefectural final.

Why did my father do it?

That...

I don't know.

I'll bet all of you hated him.

I'd like to help you...

but you see how it is.

I can't apologize for it, but...

That's right.

You can't.

This may sound harsh,

but it doesn't concern you.

I kept quiet so you wouldn't get

worked up over it.

That makes me want to see you

at Koshien all the more.

No.

I'll be back.

Forget it.

I can't forget it now.

Nice hit.

I'm glad we came to Grandpa's.

Here I can practice with you

every day.

I can't do it everyday.

It's too far from work.

Here goes.

Get ready...

Good.

Victory

Good!

Captain, have you seen Nori?

No.

He's not going to leave

without saying a thing, is he?

Like what, Takahashi?

I've got things to say!

He can't just run out on us.

He's from up north, isn't he?

Find out his address.

Forget it.

You want to play pro.

Concentrate on baseball.

Didn't you hear about Yuko?

What about her?

When it happened...

she was there.

He did it...

to Yuko.

Nori wrote those every year

and put them away unsent.

Every year for 27 years without fail.

I'm not asking you to forgive

what my father did.

I just wanted to deliver them.

Fine.

Here, Natsuko.

You know the story, don't you?

This is more like encouragement

than an apology.

That's what Nori was like.

He was a fun guy.

He set the mood for the team.

A clown, in a word.

He wasn't a clown!

That's all right.

It's a relief to hear that.

You all knew him

better than I did.

I'm getting all choked up.

Mr. Takahashi, would you like

to try for Koshien again?

Do you know the Masters Koshien?

She volunteers for the organizers.

'Masters Koshien'?

A national tournament

for fonner high-school players.

The regional winners

play at Koshien Stadium.

That's wonderful!

Your dream could come true.

Don't be silly!

You don't want to?

Are you going to play?

Me? No way for that.

Me neither.

Not interested.

That's all we need to hear.

She just wanted to ask you in person.

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