The next morning, the manager of the boys' team, Shmoop, and his wife, Nozomi, are sitting in the coach's office, talking about the previous day's game. They've been talking about how much fun it was to watch the boys play and how much they're looking forward to tomorrow's match, when they'll get another chance to prove their worth against the bigger boys in the bigger schools. Shmoops says he doesn't want to get into a fight with his wife because she's such a good mother, but he's not going to let her down. He's going to have to work harder than usual to make sure the boys have a good day tomorrow.