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4.
Stove League.
After the baseball season, which runs from spring to fall, everyone spends the winter in front of the fireplace until the next baseball season comes, hence the name.
Looking at it here, it’s a really cold expression.
“Humans who are close to the stove are getting hot and the season has begun.”
However, for those who are near the stove, the Stove League was a hotter season.
It was so hot that I felt like I was going to burn my body.
Such was the situation of Sun-Woo Hwang now.
“It has become a hot stove league in many ways.”
In fact, Hwang Seon-woo’s stove league was always hot.
During the Stove League, the club and players use reporters to obtain mutually advantageous contracts, and Hwang Seon-woo, who has his own awareness and influence, is very interested in the club and players.
Even this time, something incomparable to such ordinary professional baseball players has appeared on the market.
“I got ten calls.”
Hwang Seon-woo received so many calls that he now thinks it is necessary to call the expression “stove rig” as a season when the smartphone becomes heated and becomes like a stove.
“Well, what am I supposed to say in front of you?”
Of course, Hwang Seon-woo’s suffering was not comparable to that of Hyung-chae, who is drinking a second cup of coffee right in front of him.
“How many bottles did you get?”
In response to Hwang Seon-woo’s question, Byun-chae spread out three fingers as if it was difficult to speak.
At that, Sun-Woo Hwang tilted his head and asked.
“Three bottles? ah.”
I realized it while asking.
“I mean, three times my number, 30 came.”
Whoo!
Jihoon took a deep breath without answering.
“But looking at only 30, it seems that the scouts didn’t call. Did only the general managers contact you?”
Even at that question, Byun-chan took a deep breath.
Hwang Seon-woo saw this and stood up.
“I need more coffee. You only get one refill, so order another one. Including cake.”
Then, while heading to the counter for a new order, Hwang Seon-woo whistled briefly.
‘All 30 major league clubs are interested in the general manager level, this means.’
Jinyong Lee.
The moment the Angels released him, all major league clubs were interested in Lee Jin-yong.
‘Actually, if you don’t pay attention to Lee Jin-yong, you don’t have the qualifications to lead the major leagues.’
had to have
‘It’s a pitcher with a zero defense rate.’
0 ERA for the season.
It was not an ERA made after only a few games, but a record made by repeating shutout victories.
A player who even appeared in 3 matches in the Korean Series and scored 3 wins and 0 losses, giving the team a victory.
‘Even if the major leagues view Korean professional baseball as a triple-A level, this is a different dimension.’
It is often reported that the level of Korean professional baseball is the level of the Triple A League, one of the minor leagues.
It’s self-defeating, but it can’t be denied.
As such, there is an overwhelming gap between Korean professional baseball and the major leagues.
‘Even in Triple A, if Jinyong Lee’s current grades are recorded, he will remain even if he becomes a legend.’
In other words, Jin-yong Lee finished the season with an ERA of 0 points in the Triple A League.
It wasn’t just a matter of luck.
Even if you think of it as luck, if you look at Jinyong Lee’s last game, the pitching that Jinyong Lee showed in Game 4 of the Korean Series, you wouldn’t dare say that Jinyong Lee’s achievements were luck.
‘Lee Jin-yong can enter any club if he wants.’
Of course, all clubs will send a love call to Jinyong Lee.
‘But on the other hand, if you’re doing business, you’re just being eaten.’
Even so, if you lose your mind, you will suffer at that moment.
Major League Baseball is not just a league where the richest players play. It’s a business world where huge amounts of money and power come and go.
It was not a place where an Asian young man in his early to mid 20s, who was only good at baseball, could achieve what he wanted with only his brilliance.
In the blink of an eye, you will be tied to a contract and just play baseball that the club wants until you get the free agent qualification.
‘If it’s Lee Jin-yong, who is not familiar with American culture, let alone the major leagues, it ends the moment he sees a gap.’
Naturally, Hwang Seon-woo did not want Lee Jin-yong to be caught by the club like that.
That’s the reason why I called Byun Byun-chae, who was on the verge of death.
‘The Angels need to put some effort into it.’
To tell the Angels to put in some effort in order to prevent Jinyong Lee from being hurt like that.
‘Or I wrote.’
Otherwise, if the Angels had nothing to do with it, Hwang Seon-woo was going to help out.
Anyway, I wanted to know the intentions of the Angels.
After completing the order, Hwang Seon-woo sat down in front of the chandelier again.
“So what were you going to do?”
In response to that question, which was slurred, Byung-chae spit out only the core, as if he did not want to talk long after seeing Hwang Seon-woo.
“Lee Young-ye will be attached.”
“What? Are you Young-ye Lee?”
Hwang Seon-woo didn’t think about it anymore.
“You put on a really great human being. It’s really amazing in so many ways…”
2.
he was a great guy
– Wow!
Far from dying in front of the monsters in the major leagues, even Kim Jin-ho, who killed their spirits, spit out exclamations the moment he saw them.
“It is an honor to meet Jin-yong Lee, whom I respected, like this.”
“Oh, yes…”
The height is 199 centimeters. But even that height was so huge that it looked small.
The neck reminded me of a power pole, and the muscles of the forearms made me wonder how he wore a suit.
Most of all, the appearance was terrifying.
Just by looking at it, you can be filled with dissatisfaction with everything in the world, and it looks like it will destroy the world.
In terms of a beast, it looked like an angry lion.
“My name is Youngye Lee.”
Youngye Lee.
That was the impression of Jin-yong Lee as a secretary and agent who will help him advance into the major leagues from now on.
– One hundred percent, he must be from football. In America these kids are never left alone.
Rather than being a secretary, it seems like he has to challenge the NFL, the stage of monsters that even major leaguers stick their tongue out.
Of course, Lee Jin-yong asked Lee Young-ye that question first.
“Are you an athlete by any chance?”
Lee Young-ye was surprised at the question and waved her hand and said.
“No, I like sports, but I have never been a player.”
– Nonsense.
“Because of my personality, I can’t fight people. When I see something like blood, I pass out.”
– Is it an indirect way of expressing that the color of the eyes of a beast changes when it sees blood?
“Especially in high school, I was forced to play American football and suffered a lot of blood, so I was traumatized, and after that, I couldn’t do it even more.”
– Oh, you killed a man! Yes, I can’t even do that when I see people die from head-butting.
“I still love sports. I especially like baseball. Because human bodies collide less often than football, ice hockey, or basketball.”
– Well, baseball has that kind of feeling. It’s much better to just get a 100 mile ball in the ass and ice packs for a fight with that man. You are a very gentleman.
“So there are quite a few close friends in baseball. I’ve never played baseball properly, but I was lucky enough to get to know the scouts of major league clubs.”
– Yeah, MLB scouts gave me a phone number and asked me to make a phone call, please.
“Anyway, my detailed career is…”
“Wait.”
Jinyong Lee, who had been resting for a while in front of the words of the two giant monsters, came to his senses and said:
“The career has already been seen through the profile. That was great.”
“no.”
“But, as you know, it is not my career that is important to me, but someone who will really help me.”
Jinyong Lee’s eyes were sharper than ever.
“I would like to hear Youngye Lee’s thoughts on my entry into the major leagues.”
To the extent that I can no longer see any signs of being overwhelmed by the fact that the opponent in front of me has a terrifying impression and physique.
– Yeah, if you go to the major leagues, you have to punch these guys if you mess with them, but if you get discouraged, you just have to stop playing baseball.
It was the look that anyone who challenges the major leagues should have.
Lee Young-ye, who read those eyes, did not explain her situation any longer, but also opened her eyes and said.
– Whoa!
‘Wow!’
Kim Jin-ho and Lee Jin-yong flinched at the sight.
“I will brief you right away.”
6.
Jinyong Lee was well aware of his situation.
– Jinyong-ah, you’re at the top right now.
Because Kim Jin-ho, who was worn out in the major leagues and nobody else, was by his side.
– You can choose a club. If necessary, I can give you the direct number to the Cardinals or Red Sox general manager’s office. If they hadn’t changed their phone number, would they be able to call you right now?
From the point of view of such Kim Jin-ho, Lee Jin-yong’s position was very good.
I could get into any major league club, and that was a dream come true for the players.
– But the problem is that Jinyong has no way of knowing the circumstances of each club no matter how hard you try. That’s the problem. Because a major league club goes back to the same logic as Jinyong Lee and you.
The problem is that he doesn’t know what kind of influence Jinyong Lee will have on the club he chooses to join.
– It’s just me. I went to the Red Sox because I wanted to win, so I ripped off the curse. But I didn’t win.
First of all, Jinyong Lee’s goal was to win the World Series.
It was natural.
Jinyong Lee doesn’t just go to the major leagues to build a career.
However, it was not easy to promise to win next year just because they are going to the World Series championship team right now.
Kim Jin-ho, even that couldn’t be done.
That’s how hard it is to win the World Series.
– Aside from that, the club is kind of like… Especially when the youngest of the general manager gets caught by a bad club, it really hurts.
Another thing, Jinyong Lee wanted one more thing.
– Above all else, Jinyong Lee, you need to find a team that can play your baseball. That’s one of the biggest reasons I turned down the Yankees. In the Yankees, I can never play baseball my own way. downpour? You’re going to be selling gum on the bench at that damn moment in the Yankees?
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playing your own baseball.
“I’ll sort it out.”
Lee Young-ye, who heard Jin-yong Lee’s intention, immediately arranged the situation as if she were a talented person in this field.
“For now, what we need is to classify the 30 major league teams into two categories.”
“Two kinds?”
“Lee Jinyong is the team he wants and is willing to pay 100 million dollars to sign him.”
With those words, Lee Young-ye immediately took out her smartphone.
– I thought it was Pippi.
Tack!
Lee Young-ye, who took out her smartphone like that, typed surprisingly quickly with her large hand and sent a long text message at once.
“May I ask what you did?”
“I sent a text message to reporters who had already finished talking, asking them to select articles. Press play is fundamental.”
“You know reporters? Article?”
“Yes.”
“May I know what article it is?”
With those words, Lee Young-ye, who checked the time with a pea-like watch on her wrist, said with a smile.
“You’ll find out in ten minutes. Previously······.”
At that moment, Lee Young-ye’s expression changed.
Earnestly.
– Whoa, I can’t get used to it, I can’t get used to it.
From a viewing point of view, it is a terrifying expression.
“Can I ask you one personal question?”
How dare you dislike Lee Jin-yong with that expression? couldn’t say
– Answer the question about your card password. You don’t have any money in your account anyway?
“Yes, you do.”
“Do you prefer Jinyong Lee, the National League or the American League?”
– You seem to be asking one of the two leagues at bat, the league that will hit the ball and the league that will not?
Jinyong Lee answered that question without hesitation.
“The National League.”
At that, Lee Young-ye opened her eyes in surprise.
“Oh, is it? I thought you would definitely want the American League…”
“okay?”
“In the National League, where there is no designated hitter system, if you do what Jin-yong Lee used to do, retaliation will come unconditionally the moment he stands at the plate.”
The moment they heard Lee Young-ye’s words, Jin-ho Kim and Jin-yong Lee could really believe.
– It doesn’t seem like a lie to say that you’re not an athlete and you hate fighting.
That Lee Young-ye is a man with a gentle personality who really hates fights.
If he was an athlete and a man who likes to fight, he would have known without having to ask why Jin-yong Lee wants to choose the National League.
“Can I ask why?”
For him, Jinyong Lee gladly answered.
“Where there is a designated hitter, I don’t allow him to gag on the mound at all, but in the National League, if I’m ready to hit the ball at bat, I can give it as much as I want.”
– Nothing. If you’re right, who’s going to say it?
At those words, Youngye Lee opened her eyes in surprise again.
That was then.
Lee Young-ye immediately checked her smartphone and smiled.
“It’s faster than I thought. Lee Jin-yong is also a player.
“what do you mean?”
“Look at your smartphone. And check out the portal.”
At that, Jin-yong Lee and Jin-ho Kim, who took out their smartphone and checked the ranking of search terms on the portal site, were surprised.
– uh?
‘yes?’
– Jinyong-ah, are you going to Japan?
‘what?’
In the search terms ranking, there was the word Jinyong Lee, Japan.
7.
[Yomiuri prepares 3 billion yen for Lee Jin-yong?]
[Softbank prepares a blank check for Lee Jin-yong?]
That was, to say the least, nonsense.
– What? Lee Ho, Japanese persimmon? Not Major League Baseball?
– It’s not Mr. Hou, is he becoming Hou-chan?
Suddenly, rumors of Lee Jin-yong’s entry into the Japanese professional baseball league began to fill the media.
Moreover, it was not simply a vague story.
– No, the real Lee Jin-yong Japanese feeling? makes sense?
b There is nothing The amount is 3 billion yen?
B Do you get more in the MLB?
B isn’t it? Does MLB have a salary limit?
There are so many rules in the major leagues that even the officials of the major league secretariat are not aware of, and looking at the rules, there was no possibility that Jinyong Lee would sign a contract with a major league club as a really pure free agent.
In particular, several years ago, the major league secretariat decided to do this after consulting with the players’ union because it had a negative effect on the operation of the league when major league clubs with rich financial resources paid tens of millions of dollars to recruit promising youngsters from South America and Asia. There was a limit on the amount of money that could be spent on signing players.
– What is clear is that no matter how much money major league teams spend on Lee Jin-yong, they can’t spend more than $10 million. Because I’m not a normal FA player.
ㄴ I heard from somewhere that if you play in Japan for about two years and advance as an FA, you can sign a regular FA contract?
B Then I will go to Japan. If it’s 3 billion won for 2 years… Uh huh, even if I’m like me, after receiving that money, I think I’ll be aiming for a big deal in the major leagues.
In other words, players who do not properly acquire free agent qualifications in the professional baseball league, which have been negotiated with the MLB, cannot be paid more than $10 million.
Of course, Jinyong Lee didn’t really want to advance to the Japanese league.
And he didn’t actually say that the Japanese professional baseball team was spending that much money on Lee Jin-yong.
“From now on, Lee Jin-yong’s ransom will be at least 3 billion yen, 30 billion won in Korean won, and 30 million dollars in US dollars.”
Literally press play.
“Now, major league clubs are going to take this situation and adjust their strategy accordingly.”
It was a press play that Lee Young-ye started to unfold to give Lee Jin-yong what he wanted.
“With him, we can gauge their strategy.”
Jinyong Lee was amazed at the sight.
‘This is what it feels like to have won thousands and thousands of horses.’
And Kim Jin-ho thought.
– I think if this friend grabs the major league manager by the neck and shakes it a few times, he will be able to get the contract he wants…
Thus, Jinyong Lee’s operation to advance into the major leagues began.
End