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Sawamura put an epic exclamation mark on his performance and turned around the match. Well done!
On the other hand we sei Mei totally crush the opponent team more or less on his own. Ouch.
The upcoming final is definitely promising, I'm especially looking forward to the battle between the catchers.

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I'm back so you don't feel all alone in this thread brian.

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Everything you guys said. The flashback was great and had some really strong scenes. Also dat tiny fist pump after the homerun was hilarious xD.

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Catch up time!!

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Written as I go...

- Can't say I agree with the coaches decision to sacrifice bunt the runner over to third when they already have one out. It does happen from time to time, but it is an extremely conservative move. In my opinion, it is never worth the out unless the pitcher is wild and you can maybe score on a passed ball/wild pitch. This clearly isn't the case in this situation. Unless the batter was extremely fast and tries to bunt for a hit. This seemed to be a straight sacrifice though.

- Its Tanba time!

- Uh-oh a hanging breaking ball is just a batting practice fastball. He launched it and made him pay. A hanger, meatball, etc is when you throw a breaking ball that doesn't break. Most of the time it happens due to an issue with the pitchers mechanics (not snapping/whipping the arm down precisely, over-striding, under-striding, etc) or if their grip on the ball slips.

- Ah, the 'ol stiff upper body, eh? Figured it was a mechanics issue.

- A double play would be nice right here...

- They went for the sacrifice to move both runners in scoring position, good choice, but bad execution. If you bunt it too soft, it is an easy play for the catcher and he took out the lead runner. Now a double play gets them out of the inning.

- Hmm, maybe that earlier homerun pitch wasn't a hanger, but a fastball out over the eart of the plate. Unless you throw in the very high 90s to 100+ (mph), you never want to throw a fastball in the "meat" of the plate. They are also considered, meatballs.

- "That was some pitching..." Umm...lol, three walks and a 2-run homer is a terrible inning. Hopefully, getting out of that jam with a strikeout will help his confidence though. He struck him out on a check swing. A batter can stop his swing as long as the head of the bat doesn't completely cross the front of home plate. The home plate umpire either calls it a strike or says nothing (calls it a ball open for appeal). The catcher can then appeal to the 1st or 3rd base umpire (depending on the handedness of the batter).

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Figured I'd let you guys and gals know that the final game of the World Series for Major League Baseball (MLB) is being played tonight, Wednesday, at 8:00pm EST. The championship is a best of 7 series and the series is currently tied at 3 wins a piece. It should make for an exciting Game 7, so figured I'd let everyone know so they could watch it if they choose. One of the teams, the Royals, play a ton of "small ball" bunts, steals, sacrifices, etc. Seidou's style from this series reminds me a lot of how the Royals play.

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Tanba s definitely getting himself in some tough situations but I'm also very worried about Ryu's injury. It already really impacted the game on multiple occasions in both offense and defensive and without it the score might look entirely different. I'm not sure he should still be out there considering that, even when he's a precious team member.

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We're pretty bad at this regularity thing, huh? No discipline. Seido would be ashamed.

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Poor Eijun. It must be tough seeing Furuya shine like that even under pressure and when he's getting tired, especially since he's also growing to be an excellent batter. I love to see the small struggles/moments of brilliance of all the secondary cast members in the new team though. Build-up wise this is definitely looking to be aiming to be very long-running, I just hope it doesn't stay limited to the manga after the confirmed 75 episodes.

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If you guys plan to continue on, I'll join you for the 2nd season. Feels awkward jumping in now.

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If you guys plan to continue on, I'll join you for the 2nd season. Feels awkward jumping in now.

I'd be glad to not be the only one posting anymore xD. Feel free to join even now, it'll motivate me to not stop posting my thoughts when I catch up with it the next time.

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Guess I will then.
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I also hope this issue gets resolved soon, since this whole batch of episodes dealt with basically nothing else. But it's worth it for the return of Chris alone :>.
And I'm optimistic about some of the other new characters being fleshed out as well in the future.

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Yeah, I fell way behind. Its a shame too. I really liked commenting on this one. I'm going to try my damnedest to get caught up before the next season starts.

Plus, baseball season is rolling around again and I'm getting back into the mood.

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Anyone else noticing a large quality drop in terms of animation, these last episodes look like trash. Maybe it's just the files I'm downloading.

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No? I mean, Daiya's never had any high-end animation to begin with, but it's an overall consistent production.

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No? I mean, Daiya's never had any high-end animation to begin with, but it's an overall consistent production.

Fair enough, it's probable that I just tricked myself into remembering it having better animation than it did, because of the large break I had.

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Season finished.
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Yep, this was a very nice episode. The idea of the 'early retirement game' is pretty neat and so far the game has been great. Looking forward to how it will impact the new team.

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Agreed, it was a nice way to send off the third years and I'll definitely miss them too. I hope we get at least the occasional glimpse into what they're up to after high school.
Fall tournament is looking to be pretty great, I'm glad there's barely any break before the next season starts.
This gets 8/10 from me for being consistently enjoyable and for being one of the more realistic sports anime out there. Good stuff.

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Finally it's time for Sawamura to outshine Furuya again. I'm really happy for him. Not that I dislike Furuya, I just find it easier to like the emotional/outgoing characters in shows like this. And since I recently watched School Rumble Furuya unpleasantly reminds me of Karasuma who I genuinely hated :>.
In any case, you gotta love Sawamura's new 'relaxed face' pitching form xD. Can't wait for next episode!

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