"The 91st Annual Regional High-School Baseball Championships" "You know, Sensei..." "I've been thinking." "Everything since the team was suspended has been a miracle." "Paradise!" "Yeah!" "The guys..." "Don't run from your dreams!" "And everything about  meeting you." "And that's all the more reason for us to work another miracle." "To make our dreams..." "Graduation" "March, 2009" "Futako Tamagawa High School" "Right!" "Right!" "Check out the suit!" "Kawato!" "What are you doing here?" "You haven't been teaching long enough to have graduates!" "Forget this fool and let's go." "You people!" "Do you know what graduates feel on this day of departure?" "Gratitude." "They look back on three years of high school and know they are who they are because of everyone here." "So teachers should respond to that the best way they can." "Courtesy's task is harmony." "Confucius." "Who feels grateful to teachers these days?" "Then I'll give you that kind of high school." "Congratulations on graduation." "Another spring has come, full of hope." "I thank the guests and the parents who have honored us with their presence..." "These kids couldn't care less!" "...at this graduation ceremony." "Stand up!" "Mr Shimano?" "On your feet!" "Thanks for the three years, Sensei." "As you proceed through life take pride in yourselves as graduates." "That is all." "Hey!" "Kawato!" "What do you want?" "Congratulations on your graduation." "Manners are the basis of society because they show respect!" "Do not neglect them, said Yukichi Fukuzawa!" "Don't let us down, man." "You're supposed to be grateful to teachers now." "Why did you do that?" "So... make us grateful to you." "Graduates!" "Light tomorrow with your dreams today!" "Light tomorrow with your dreams today!" "On to the Nationals at Koshien Stadium!" "April 2009 Start of New School Year" "Welcome New Baseball Players" "Time out!" "Forget that!" "Futako Tamagawa" "No new players?" "!" "We've still got a bad image." "What about that Akahoshi guy?" "He was a huge star in his middle school." "He's got to play!" "Yeah!" "Don't give up yet." "Guess what!" "We've got ourselves two new players!" "Akahoshi!" "So he did join!" "Who's the other guy?" "I don't know." "Who?" "Hiratsuka?" "Hiracchi?" "You're a wreck!" "As usual." "Hiratsuka-san!" "Where did he go?" "Who are you?" "Hey!" "Are you Akahoshi?" "!" "You play baseball!" "Hiratsuka-san!" "No!" "This is the 3rd floor!" "What's that for?" "!" "Akahoshi!" "No!" "Akahoshi!" "He's not Akahoshi." "His name's Taiyo Hamanaka." "Move!" "Hiratsuka-san!" "Hiratsuka-san!" "Hiratsuka's his hero?" "They tried to mug an old guy who could fight." "Hiratsuka saved him." "It wasn't me!" "Hiracchi!" "Let's go!" "With a can of juice?" "No, hot corn soup." "Whatever." "No, that's why Hamanaka got it wrong." "It was cold that day." "There's nothing like hot corn soup on a cold day!" "This is cold!" "Hiracchi!" "Hiracchi?" "Wow!" "I knew it had to be something!" "Hippie Hiratsuka, a hero?" "!" "Then Hiracchi started telling him all kinds of things." "Futako Tamagawa calls me the savior of their baseball team." "I bat clean-up, and throw a 150kph fastball." "Hiracchi!" "Forget shakedowns and try baseball." "Light tomorrow with your dreams today!" "I said that!" "Hamanaka believed him." "What was Hiratsuka thinking?" "You're lying!" "I know all about it." "He's your best player." "The savior of your team." "Yeah, well..." "We had ten guys." "He's the one who sat on the bench." "Liar!" "Hiratsuka said that Hiyama's the spare." "Hiratsuka!" "Hiratsuka-san!" "See?" "He's got the star's number." "That's..." "It's mine!" "Hiratsuka..." "So I'm the spare?" "Pitch to me." "If I swing and miss, you win." "Let's see." "Yeah!" "Show him your 150kph fastball!" "Why are you even getting into with him?" "I'll kick his butt for him." "Here I come!" "Hey!" "What are you guys doing?" "What are you doing in my uniform?" "Wait, Aniya..." "Why aren't you practicing?" "It's a duel." "To crack the line-up?" "You were lying!" "And I fell for it, hook, line, and sinker." "The star, huh?" "Yeah, right!" "You loudmouth!" "Hiratsuka!" "Throw it!" "Like you mean it!" "You're not what he says." "Go, Hiratsuka!" "Go for it!" "Damn it!" "Was that deliberate?" "They're not just blowing wind." "They're raising their game." "See that?" "That's the real me!" "Hamanaka!" "Hey!" "Hey, you!" "Who are you?" "!" "Would you be Akahoshi?" "That's right." "Shoji Akahoshi, Grade 10C?" "Great!" "Come and practice." "Huh?" "Practice?" "I don't do that." "That's for guys who can't play." "I don't need it." "Isn't that why you're here?" "I'm on my way home." "This is a short-cut." "You think you can get away with that?" "!" "Leave him!" "We don't have time for fools." "Let's practice." "None of the new guys are any good." "Right!" "You brought one of them!" "Who are you talking to, fuzz-lip?" "!" "Look who's talking!" "Mine's got class." "It's OK." "We'll make it to Koshien ourselves." "Class, huh?" "Koshien won't be that easy." "Hey, hey, hey!" "It's too soon to pick the winners yet!" "Sasazaki High's in our region." "Not just them." "Everyone aims at Koshien." "That pitcher Kawakami..." "He struck you out three times in middle school didn't he?" "Passed ball!" "Aniya!" "Run!" "Run!" "Hiratsuka!" "Here it comes!" "Come on!" "Get it!" "One more!" "Here it comes, Hiratsuka!" "There's Akahoshi." "Kawato!" "Come on!" "Mikoshiba!" "We're practicing!" "I'll play in the games." "Not without practice!" "I figured you for a team that never practiced." "Is that why you came here?" "Well, yeah!" "I was scouted by lots of good baseball schools." "But I live near here." "But you want to go to Koshien..." "Koshien?" "I'm going to the States." "The majors?" "And I'm going to the Yankees!" "Like Matsui!" "Don't make fun of a dream!" "But..." "You wouldn't like it if he laughed at yours." "What's so great about Koshien?" "It's not the pros." "It's just a yearbook memory." "Watch it, dude!" "Hey, big-mouth..." "Call me when there's a game." "I wear Number 1." "Tama Sports Ground, 6:30" "Tama Sports Ground" "He's fast!" "I'm going to the States." "Akahoshi..." "So you do practice..." "Smoking won't help you get to the majors." "As if you believed me." "Akahoshi..." "Ow!" "What are you doing?" "!" "Hands off!" "You little punk!" "Akahoshi!" "On your feet!" "Why, you...!" "Run!" "Run!" "Let go!" "Quick!" "You can't play baseball if you get hurt!" "I don't need to be on your team." "And we don't need you!" "You want to play in the majors, don't you?" "Huh?" "You've got a dream!" "Get going!" "Nobody believes me..." "A broken shin?" "!" "The doctor says his left fibula is broken." "So two months in a cast and at least a month of rehabilitation." "So the preliminaries this summer..." "I'll be fine!" "I'll be ready for the semi-finals." "Confidence and courage forge the path." "Right, Sensei?" "Yeah." "Is Akahoshi OK?" "Don't worry." "He just had a couple of bruises." "Yeah?" "Good." "Why were you with him?" "He's practicing with a university team to go to the majors." "He puts on an act, but he's working real hard." "In his own way, he's trying." "When he plays, he's got his eye on his dream." "But he's a jerk!" "He tries." "You can't hate that." "You can't hate someone who tries." "You know, I've been thinking..." "What happens when a dream comes true?" "What's out there on the other side of a dream, at the end of one?" "Fool!" "Worry about that when your dream comes true." "That's right." "So let's go to Koshien." "Snap out of it!" "You can't give up, for his sake and yours." "He'll be fine." "Three months..." "Short!" "Stay awake!" "Right!" "Hustle!" "Come on!" "Put some life into it!" "Mikoshiba's laughing!" "Akahoshi!" "Leave him." "You know if you were really serious you'd be in the States already." "I can't speak English." "Yeah, laugh it off." "You just don't have the confidence or the courage." "Hey!" "You're too young to smoke!" "No!" "Don't do it!" "Come on!" "All your players smoke." "They quit when they started playing." "They found the courage to take that first step." "Hamanaka you want to do the same, right?" "On a team with that star?" "Hiratsuka is a star." "And not just him." "To me, everyone on that team without exception is a star." "I'm proud of them." "Here goes!" "Again!" "I'm not finished!" "The guy's lousy!" "Hamanaka... can't forget baseball, huh?" "Those guys are the worst delinquents around." "Would delinquents play till the ball fell to pieces?" "Come on!" "We're going to Koshien!" "Shout it out!" "Timing!" "Timing!" "I've got to get back!" "Don't rush it." "I want to be with the team no matter what!" "I don't care if I limp for the rest of my life!" "Please!" "Please!" "Did the guys on your team beat you up?" "No." "It's nothing." "They started that riot, didn't they?" "I can see why you practice with us  instead of those punks." "Did you play at Koshien?" "No." "If you didn't don't make fun of guys who are going to." "I want to join the team." "I want to be a star like you guys." "Come on, let's practice!" "Listen to him!" "Come on, guys, I mean it!" "Hiratsuka-san!" "I remember that fastball." "You'll always be my hero." "OK, let's go!" "Akahoshi Gate" "That jerk!" "What are you doing?" "!" "Leave that here." "It's where I make my entrance." "Your entrance?" "!" "What about the majors?" "I'm still going." "But not from a no-name Japanese school." "I thought I'd go via Koshien." "Hey!" "Who said you were on this team?" "!" "Don't you ignore me!" "I'll play here till the man comes back." "Akahoshi!" "Just don't make waves." "I can pitch a bit, too." "Work your butts off till Mikoshiba gets back and after that, too!" "Go, Futako Tamagawa!" "Get going!" "Akahoshi and Hamanaka?" "Yeah." "And Akahoshi's playing second till you get back." "Yeah?" "We're all waiting." "Let's go!" "Center!" "First!" "They're white!" "Center!" "Futako Tamagawa" "Ryogoku lndustrial" "Second!" "Out!" "Way to go!" "Good game, guys!" "Get in here!" "Akahoshi..." "The qualifiers are coming up!" "Go go go go go!" "I'm back." "Like you said we're going to find out what's at the end of that dream." "Right." "So we're all here?" "Light tomorrow with your dreams today." "Onward to Koshien." "Game 1 :" "Kiyosumi" "Lead-off, Sekikawa!" "Next, Okada!" "Akahoshi bats third." "Clean-up, Aniya." "Fifth, Shinjo." "Sixth, Wakana." "Seventh, Hiyama." "Eighth, Yufune." "Ninth, lmaoka." "You other three are subs." "Confidence and courage forge the path." "You know what it means to work hard for a dream." "And I'm sure you feel the weight of those efforts." "You have hope." "Damn right!" "No one beats us." "Your last summer..." "Nonstop to Koshien!" "It's your last summer." "You have to win, huh?" "I'll take you to Koshien." "Then you'll want me to sleep with you, right?" "I've heard it before." "I promised." "Back in middle school, remember?" "I'll keep that promise." "I owe Kawakami, anyway." "Futako Kiyosumi Tamagawa Academy" "Go for it!" "You're out!" "One down..." "Strike!" "Right!" "Safe!" "Right!" "Are those clowns trying to work a miracle?" "2 more wins to Koshien!" "So Sasazaki won again, huh?" "They're the team to beat." "We've got to win the semi-final first." "Damn right!" "Tokyo Region Semi-Finals" "Futako Okusawa Tamagawa Academy" "Safe!" "Strike 3!" "You're out!" "Yes!" "We're in the final!" "Next comes the final!" "Hey, isn't that..." "Hey!" "Futako Tamagawa's coming through!" "Kawakami..." "Howdy." "Sasazaki Morimatsu" "Strike!" "Strike 3!" "You're out!" "So Sasazaki in the final..." "Kawakami's fork ball is the problem." "Is Kawato taping this?" "Kawato!" "Are you getting this?" "Sorry!" "You told us to study his fork ball!" "Smarten up, caveman!" "As far as I can see, he uses the fork as a closer." "You can read him." "His first pitch won't be a fork ball." "With a runner on he'll worry about passed balls." "And the more he throws, the less it'll fork." "All right?" "Yes, Kawakami's got a great fork ball." "But he can be gotten to." "You'd think you actually played baseball." "Anyway  be confident tomorrow." "This game decides it all." "You guys can do it!" "We're lucky, you know." "We're a bunch of friends chasing a dream." "Practice is hard work  but will we ever have so much fun again?" "Sekikawa..." "Thanks." "I might not get the chance later, so I'll say it now." "I've really had fun." "It'll be more fun if we win." "We're going to win this." "So Kawakami struck you out." "Big deal." "What was that howdy about?" "He doesn't remember me." "I remember him every day." "I visualize  hitting his fork ball into the left-field stands." "I'll hit it." "Tomorrow we make Koshien." "We'll be stars!" "Next spring those kids will be your first graduating class." "Yes." "Light tomorrow with your dreams today #" "And so tomorrow I'll see them doing that for all they're worth, right?" "Yes." "Hm?" "I'm gonna hit a home run!" "We're going to Koshien!" "Let's go...to Koshien!" "We're here!" "The game between Sasazaki High School and Futako Tamagawa High School is about to begin." "They're Koshien regulars." "They're used to the cheers." "But I know better than anyone you won't let that faze you!" "Go grab that dream with your own hands!" "Assemble!" "Let's go!" "Go!" "Principal Murayama..." "The final between Futako Tamagawa High School and Sasazaki High School will now begin." "Bow!" "Here we go." "Right!" "Play ball!" "Strike!" "Look at that ball drop!" "And on the first pitch." "Never on the first pitch, huh?" "Well..." "Well what?" "!" "Strike 3!" "You're out!" "Strike 3!" "You're out!" "Huh?" "He just caught the strike zone!" "He even fooled Okada!" "Come on, Akahoshi!" "So it's the fork first, right?" "Spare me the fastball." "No fraternizing." "No answer." "Must be the fork." "Close in!" "Safe!" "Way to go, Akahoshi!" "Nice hit!" "No problem." "OK!" "Go, Aniya!" "Go for it!" "Payback time!" "Shut up!" "Payback?" "Oh, Aniya... from middle school." "Play ball!" "Safe!" "Right!" "We strike first." "Now their pitcher's got to be careful." "Go for it, Aniya!" "Foul ball!" "Damn!" "I know what's coming now." "Passed ball!" "Run!" "Aniya!" "Run!" "Out!" "Change sides!" "Hey!" "Why didn't you run?" "!" "Aniya!" "Get over here!" "Why didn't he run?" "Is he too proud to go on a passed ball?" "If so, they lose." "High-school baseball's no place for stupid pride." "It's the run you squeeze in that decides it." "And the out you dive in the dirt for." "Dis the game and it disses you." "Why didn't you run?" "!" "Aniya..." "Kawato..." "Hit me one." "Aniya!" "I got carried away." "I know I was playing games." "I was out of it." "Then swallow some teeth!" "Whoa!" "Not here!" "Sometimes it's good that you shut everything else out." "That means you focus." "I was playing games." "You want Kawakami?" "I want  us all to go to Koshien." "Right." "When a man leaves his home..." "While he learns he will roam..." "His bones will not lack room..." "He will always find a tomb." "He hit him twice?" "Listen!" "We're going to win this game!" "Tell us about it!" "Mess up and you're off!" "Go!" "Let's go!" "Sensei..." "Why you?" "I was there." "Shut 'em down!" "Strike!" "Strike!" "Strike 3!" "You're out!" "Way to come back!" "They're just looking at them." "Sasazaki's old tricks?" "They're analyzing Aniya's pitching." "What he throws, and when..." "Then they'll see how the fielders move on a bunt." "OK." "Let's get going." "He starts with a fastball right up the middle." "Analyzed?" "!" "Probably." "Damn!" "A few tricks help." "Put the first ball up the middle and of course they'll read you." "Why didn't you say so!" "He's helping out Aniya?" "No." "He just likes to be a jerk." "Strike!" "Strike!" "You're out!" "Change sides!" "Strike 3!" "You're out!" "Strike 3!" "You're out!" "You're out!" "Damn!" "To win, they've got to solve that fork ball." "You're out!" "Change sides!" "Yufune!" "Safe!" "Change sides!" "Out!" "Strike 3!" "You're out!" "You're out!" "Change sides!" "Okada!" "A fly ball!" "Nope." "Three innings to go!" "We can still catch 'em!" "Do whatever you have to do!" "Get that winning spirit back!" "We aren't giving up!" "What do you think we are!" "That's right!" "Push your way forward and you can do it!" "For sure!" "Safe!" "Shinjo got on with a bunt." "That'll set 'em back." "OK!" "He's opened up a crack!" "Go, Wakana!" "It's now or never!" "Now batting:" "Wakana, catcher, wearing number 2." "Right!" "Now let's see some speed!" "Steal!" "Go!" "Slide!" "Out!" "Safe!" "First time we've made third!" "Way to go!" "Now batting:" "Hiyama, shortstop, wearing number 6." "Hiyama!" "Keep it going!" "Right!" "Strike 3!" "You're out!" "Now batting:" "Yufune, first base, wearing number 3." "Yufune..." "Leave it to me." "Do it." "Center!" "Go!" "Safe!" "We're on the board!" "You did it, Shinjo!" "Watch." "I'm coming in, too." "Out!" "Sorry!" "It's not funny!" "I was trying to hold in a crap." "A crap?" "!" "Here it comes!" "Gotta run!" "Hamanaka!" "You got that when you hit it?" "Grab whatever looks useful from the infirmary." "And don't tell anyone!" "Look, I can go in..." "That finger's broken!" "You've never even been in a game!" "Keep your damn mouth shut!" "Be right back!" "Get serious!" "It's not broken!" "Why is it always me?" "Why?" "!" "Damn it!" "This isn't any good!" "Ow!" "Steal!" "Safe!" "Throw it, will you!" "Sorry." "My finger slipped." "Get out of there!" "Switch off with me!" "Shut up!" "Can you play catcher?" "It's nothing." "I just skinned it." "I'll take the band-aids off and it'll be fine." "We've come this far." "I can't quit now!" "I won't ever have sex." "I'll only jerk off once a week." "I'll shave my head." "So just this once, do something for me!" "I want to go to Koshien with these guys!" "That's all." "Steal!" "Out!" "Time." "Time!" "Now what?" "Show me your hand." "Why?" "Get back there!" "From that hit?" "Keep quiet." "Please!" "You saw me." "I'm fine!" "Please!" "I don't want to be the one pulled out now." "Can't do it." "Shinjo!" "The guy's hurt." "Wakana-san..." "I can play!" "It doesn't hurt!" "It's not just you!" "We're all hurt now." "It's an injury to the whole team." "Don't worry." "We won't leave you behind." "We're all going to Koshien." "Wakana..." "I'll go with him." "I will!" "Who'll take his place?" "Hiratsuka, take second." "Right!" "Akahoshi!" "Play catcher, will you?" "I can play anywhere..." "Sensei..." "Let me." "Mikoshiba!" "With their hitters, we need Akahoshi at second." "I've caught Aniya before." "I can do it." "I'm saying I can do it!" "Hiratsuka!" "Come back." "Keep that dream of yours alive for me." "Akahoshi..." "I'm counting on you, Mikoshiba." "What's going on?" "!" "Hiratsuka warm up." "Let's shut 'em down!" "It's broken." "Get yourself to a hospital." "Yeah, right!" "What?" "I'm about to see my dream come true." "Strike 3!" "You're out!" "Don't worry about it!" "We'll show 'em!" "Wakana?" "!" "Wakana..." "Shouldn't you be going to a hospital?" "What?" "For a sprained finger?" "Time!" "A sprained finger?" "He's lying." "It's broken." "But he said he's about to see his dream come true." "Sekikawa!" "Get on base, you hear!" "Understand?" "!" "Persevere!" "He's telling you he wants us all to go to Koshien." "Make his dream come true!" "Fork ball?" "So what?" "Home run?" "So what?" "Does that bother Wakana?" "No one stops our dream!" "Safe!" "Out!" "Safe!" "Sekikawa!" "Let's all go...to Koshien." "Right!" "Safe!" "Foul ball!" "Damn!" "He just hit the fork ball!" "He can do it." "I know he can." "Did you see that?" "!" "What are you doing?" "!" "Shinjo..." "I'll hit with this." "Get a hit!" "That's Wakana's bat." "He wants Wakana's spirit." "And his guts." "Do it for me, Shinjo." "Run!" "Run!" "Out!" "Change sides!" "It's OK." "One inning, five runs..." "Can you punks still work a miracle?" "You've done great." "It's the last inning." "OK, everyone here is desperate for that narrow margin that means victory." "You are, and so's Sasazaki." "The last one to quit wins!" "Who's going to quit when we've come this far?" "We're one step away from our dream." "Everyone has the right to a dream." "Your dreams belong to only you." "Only you can make them come true." "Only you can light up tomorrow." "All right?" "Light tomorrow with your dreams today!" "I believe in you." "And your futures will be glorious." "Your last attack." "Go for it!" "Circle!" "To Koshien!" "We fight to the bitter end!" "Let's go!" "Go Futako Tamagawa!" "I'm ready!" "Strike!" "Right!" "Leg!" "Go, Mikoshiba!" "Out!" "He was safe!" "Akahoshi!" "Damn!" "Now batting:" "Hiyama, shortstop, wearing number 6." "Hiyama!" "If you're a man, hit a homer!" "Hiyama!" "He never hits it with the bat." "Yufune!" "Now's your chance!" "Now batting:" "Yufune, first base, wearing number 3." "Strike!" "You're swinging late!" "Swing faster!" "Faster..." "Imaoka..." "Swing faster...faster..." "Faster!" "Wait till he throws it!" "No way!" "Run!" "Safe!" "Is this a miracle, too?" "I've been thinking." "Everything since the team was suspended has been a miracle." "The guys, and everything about meeting you." "Mikoshiba..." "And that's all the more reason for us to work another miracle." "To make our dreams come true." "A miracle born of pure guts." "Miracles come linked, like a chain." "Pinch-hitting for Futako Tamagawa..." "Go, Hiratsuka!" "...substituting for lmaoka..." "You think he'll be OK?" "If he gets hit by a pitch, he'll start a fight." "But getting hit is his best chance to get on..." "That's not the plan." "If the breaks don't come, you make them." "Hiratsuka!" "Your miracle depends on one swing!" "Right!" "I'm on it!" "Hold up!" "Out!" "Hiratsuka..." "I said to keep back." "Don't crowd the plate like that!" "But you're really something." "Still, we've got two out and no one on base." "OK, Sekikawa." "Show them what Tamagawa's made of!" "Safe!" "Okada, show us your stuff!" "Keep it going!" "Yes!" "Here we go...two out, bases loaded!" "What a game!" "Remember how great these guys are." "Memorize this scene." "Now batting:" "Aniya, pitcher, wearing number 1." "I'll keep that promise." "Keiichi..." "Victory" "That wind-up..." "It's a duel." "Foul ball!" "He'll be fine." "Strike!" "Aren't you visualizing hitting it into the left-field stands?" "I am." "It's in there!" "Aniya!" "Way to go!" "I'm glad  I came to Futako Tamagawa." "A bunch of punks lit up by a wild-man teacher..." "Shinjo!" "Yufune!" "Akahoshi!" "Aniya..." "I'll remember you wearing that Number 1." "You do that." "Bottom of the ninth!" "Let's shut 'em down!" "Strike!" "Strike!" "Strike 3!" "You're out!" "Damn!" "Two more..." "Out!" "I'm on it!" "One more!" "Strike!" "Strike!" "One more pitch..." "One more pitch..." "One more pitch." "We're on our way to Koshien!" "Aniya..." "Aniya..." "You're carrying all our dreams." "Shut him down, Aniya!" "A dreams  has made us all stronger." "Here goes!" "Strike 3!" "You're out!" "The game is over!" "High-school baseball... ain't it great?" "This is our field of dreams." "You have nothing to fear." "Go out there and fight." "Live your dreams with all you've got." "Make tomorrow shine." "Right to the end." "Who says the dream has an end?" "Get going!" "Go Futako Tamagawa!" "March, 2010" "Reverence and respect..." "The debt we owe our teachers..." "In this school where we have learned..." "The years have passed so quickly..." "Looking back, how dear are all those months and years..." "Now, at the time of parting farewell." "You're a part of the team." "Thank you!" "Thank you." "Thank you!" "Sensei..." "Right!" "Shut up, OK?" "What?" "!" "Hey, where are you going?" "Looks like it's just the two of us now." "Then get practicing." "What's going on?" "Center-field, Shuta Sekikawa!" "Going full-tilt at Koshien felt great." "But the best thing of all was these two years with you." "Thank you!" "Sekikawa..." "Left-field, Yuya Okada!" "Of all the teachers I've met you're the first one I liked." "I love you!" "Thank you!" "Okada..." "Right-field, Shinobu lmaoka!" "I've..." "I've got something I'll always remember." "Sensei for these two years thank you!" "Imaoka..." "First base, Tetsuro Yufune!" "Someday when I find a new dream and it comes true  it'll be you who taught me." "Thank you!" "Yufune..." "Shortstop, Kiyooki Hiyama!" "It'll be a relief not to have to see you any more is what I wanted to say, but you're the greatest." "You taught me something that was  more fun than fighting." "Thank you!" "Hiyama..." "Catcher, Tomochika Wakana!" "An amateur..." "An idiot wild man who believes in people crashes into them full-tilt, and comes out worst." "But you can't hate a man like that." "And you let me back on the team when I messed up." "Thank you!" "Wakana..." "Third base, Kei Shinjo!" "You're like the back of my hand." "I'll never forget you." "I want to be like you." "Sensei you believed in us." "Thank you!" "Shinjo..." "Substitute, Taira Hiratsuka!" "Here!" "Kawato!" "You're lucky to know a genius who'll change the world." "Me, too." "I'm lucky I met you." "Me, too!" "Me, too!" "Thank you!" "Hiratsuka..." "Pitcher, Keiichi Aniya!" "You taught me that no effort is wasted." "Not to give up." "The value of a dream." "I'm grateful." "Thank you." "Aniya..." "Captain, Tohru Mikoshiba!" "Like you said," "I've graduated with a smile." "I'm glad I believed you." "Sensei you gave us confidence and courage." "Thank you!" "Mikoshiba..." "You guys are my dream." "Congratulations on your graduation." "Sensei!" "Graduated with Flying Colors" "Two years of a dream!" "Mikoshiba" "Thanks." "Just thanks." "Shinjo" "I want to be like you." "Wakana" "See ya, Kawato!" "Hiyama" "High school was just great!" "Sekikawa" "I'll still follow that dream." "Okada" "There never was a teacher like you." "Yufune" "I'm glad I met you. -lmaoka" "I'm going to be big." "You, too." "Hiratsuka" "Idiot!" "Aniya" "Light tomorrow with your dreams today!" "Koichi Kawato"