Too close! I can't just let you win, y'know? You totally understand!
[This isn't a guy who's going to appreciate if Leon goes easy on him. He can respect that.
But he knows if he throws the same pitch a third time in a row, it'll probably get hit, which would be going easy on him. So how much does he change it up? He could throw a very similar pitch and probably get it by, because Kuramochi's muscle memory will be reading it as the same pitch as before, and just miss . . . or he could do something totally different.
Doing too much of the same thing is boring—so, this time, he goes for something that's way out there, and not exactly his specialty: a submarine pitch. It's not his favorite pitch or the best he's got, but it sure isn't going to be expected as far as pitches go. And it's been a while since he tried throwing one; he's curious to see how it comes off.]
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[This isn't a guy who's going to appreciate if Leon goes easy on him. He can respect that.
But he knows if he throws the same pitch a third time in a row, it'll probably get hit, which would be going easy on him. So how much does he change it up? He could throw a very similar pitch and probably get it by, because Kuramochi's muscle memory will be reading it as the same pitch as before, and just miss . . . or he could do something totally different.
Doing too much of the same thing is boring—so, this time, he goes for something that's way out there, and not exactly his specialty: a submarine pitch. It's not his favorite pitch or the best he's got, but it sure isn't going to be expected as far as pitches go. And it's been a while since he tried throwing one; he's curious to see how it comes off.]