Exit Zen
256 game/1_diya.rpy:909
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It's Tim Wakefield!{w=0.26} He's a knuckleball pitcher.
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257 game/1_diya.rpy:910
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It's always fun watching these guys.{w=0.26} Knuckleballers are pretty rare.
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258 game/1_diya.rpy:911
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The movement on that pitch is nuts.{w=0.26} Like a butterfly with hiccups.
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262 game/1_diya.rpy:921
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How come they switched catchers,{w=0.10} too?
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263 game/1_diya.rpy:922
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Because catching a knuckleball is really unpleasant and difficult.
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264 game/1_diya.rpy:923
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If you can do it reasonably well —{w=0.26} no one does it REALLY well — {w=0.26}that one skill can keep you on the team.
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265 game/1_diya.rpy:924
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A lot of knuckleball pitchers end up having one catcher who specializes in catching that pitch just for them.
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266 game/1_diya.rpy:925
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They're called "personal catchers."
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267 game/1_diya.rpy:926
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For instance,{w=0.10} J.C. Martin always caught Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball.
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268 game/1_diya.rpy:927
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And Doug Mirabelli always catches Tim Wakefield and his knuckleball for the Red Sox.
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269 game/1_diya.rpy:928
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The two of them even get traded together,{w=0.10} as a set.
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270 game/1_diya.rpy:929
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It's like a weird baseball marriage.
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lookDiamond2_5d8d9189 game/1_diya.rpy:931
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{slow}..............{/slow}
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lookDiamond2_76136d66 game/1_diya.rpy:934
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{slow}..............{/slow}
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273 game/1_diya.rpy:937
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DIYA!!!! I HAVE A GREAT IDEA!!!!!
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274 game/1_diya.rpy:939
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I should learn to throw knuckleball, {w=0.26} and you can catch it for me.
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275 game/1_diya.rpy:942
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Wait. {w=0.26}But didn't they just say it's really hard to catch.
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276 game/1_diya.rpy:945
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So what? {w=0.26}You're like a baseball goddess!
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277 game/1_diya.rpy:948
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You're overestimating me.
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278 game/1_diya.rpy:949
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I'm not that great.
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