Coach Nobunagaoka’s master plan has suffered a serious setback, and all that just because Aang’s balls weren’t in the zone. Normally, he’d tell Aang to try and have a better grip on his balls the next time, but that would possibly lead to misunderstandings.
Anyway, time for Nobunagaoka to demonstrate his legendary quick and decisive thinking! Facing the challenge head-on, he immediately decides to switch out his battery. He learned that last winter, when his car wouldn’t start. Given how rare and obscure the balls selected by Tanuki Kazuya were becoming, it would only have been a matter of time before there would have been a miscommunication, anyway.
But who could the new battery be? Tanuki Kazuya and Injun Bakamura are legends in their own right, quite a hard act to follow up. Naturally, I will have to drag out the reveal until the next episode…but, wait. Yogi is trying to undermine the artificial-suspense-building endeavor! He’s drawing on questionable information provided by unknown, dubious sources…which, of course, means that this information could be as inaccurate as official communications from the league or the teams. On the other hand and in contrast to that, it could also be accurate, of course.
Gesundheit, Charlie. Somebody must have thought of you just now.
I had been questioning the usefulness of the frog-mouthed helmets the last time I spoke of them, but I guess I have to admit that they have advantages when it comes to communications. Sticking a letter straight through the vision slit means even the most distracted of referees will not be able to pretend he didn’t see the information. That should help more than it should be able to help.
More on Thursday.