003; ここのみんなは良い人だ！

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I read back over everything from yesterday. I can't believe I said so much!! Once I got started, I was even able to speak my mind in text messages, but it's all because everyone made me feel at ease.

Thanks, guys! （‐＾▽＾‐）

Comments

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And I think I saw in one comment you made that you're sharing the mound with other pitchers on your team? That's amazing. You really are comfortable there, aren't you?

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Oh, it's not that I wasn't comfortable with you! It was that, if I gave up the mound even once at Mihoshi I knew the rest of the team would never let me have it back.

Though two of the players here, Hanai-kun and Oki-kun, have pitched before, neither of them are pitchers.

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I know; I was the only one you were comfortable with. That was the problem, and I don't blame you for not getting off the mound. I admire you for it, actually.

Ah, so you're still the only actual pitcher on the team? That's got to feel pretty good. Are you teaching them all you know?

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Of course I'm not teaching them everything! If I taught them what I knew, then they could replace me, because they both have better attitudes than I do. I am working with them on stamina and focus, though, because I have a lot of experience in mentally challenging games. It might be selfish not to share all of the pitches I know with them, but I'm learning how to be a better pitcher alongside them, instead.

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You really think they'd replace you? I don't think they would do that. It'd take a lot more than just practice for any new pitcher to get as good as you are anyway.

I'm kind of selfish too; I'm gald you're not teaching them how to pitch like you do... your team would be even harder to beat.

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Shuu-chan, even if there were other pitchers here, I wouldn't let them play in a game against you! You're my rival, and I won't look down on your or your pitching by thinking that I could rely on someone else.

Let's both work hard and keep the mound for as long as we can!

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YES. Your words just make me want to go out and throw some pitches RIGHT NOW, but it's really late and everyone's asleep. And I can't wait to pitch against you again. This time I'll do better.

See, THIS is what baseball is supposed to be like!