Ch 158
One.
[Lee Jin-yong wins a shutout against the Nationals!]
[Lee Jin-yong, decorated his first debut with a shutout victory!]
[Jinyong Lee, very active in tuta!]
Everyone in the major leagues was surprised by Jinyong Lee’s victory, and as much as he was surprised, articles about Jinyong Lee started pouring out.
[Lee Jinyong, who is he?]
[Lee Jin-yong, nickname in Korea is Mr. Zero!]
Even those who had treated Jin-Yong Lee’s performances in Korea as a fake record made by a low-level league, took the record and wrapped it up.
Naturally, it wasn’t just a simple change of heart.
– Aren’t the media going crazy? It’s great to have a shutout, but it’s not enough to suck, right?
B It would be if it was just a shutout, but it would be different if it was a shutout before debut.
b yes It’s the first time in 17 years since Jason Jennings’ debut shutout record.
ㄴ Not even after the entry expansion, but appearing at the beginning of the season and getting a shutout is now a record that is harder to see than a perfect game, right?
It is a historical moment.
B Isn’t the downpour a historical moment?
Bong Seung-seung before his debut.
Because it was a rare, rare record that was not easily seen in the major leagues, so it was full of value.
Plus, Major League Baseball liked it.
Something that can become a symbol in a long history.
Because I thought that history would make the history of the major leagues richer.
Naturally, reporters rushed into the Mets’ locker room to record such a historic moment of Jin-yong Lee.
And as soon as he found Lee Jin-yong, he started running towards him.
“What the fuck? Come on, wait! Do not come! Do not come!”
Jinyong Lee, who had just finished taking a shower and came out of the locker room with only a towel covering his lower loin, was terrified.
Fortunately, there were no casualties.
“Stop it.”
Outside the field, Lee Young-ye, who is always on the same line with Lee Jin-yong, blocked the reporters, and in front of such Lee Young-ye, the reporters who could have entered the lion cage just swallowed their saliva.
– Ttttttttttttttt
Kim Jin-ho, who saw the scene, clicked his tongue briefly.
– The reporters must have gone crazy.
‘uh? What’s going on?’
Lee Jin-yong looked at Kim Jin-ho with a surprised look at the words of reproaching the reporters.
Kim Jin-ho looked at Lee Jin-yong like that and said.
– Is that right? I have nothing to see.
Jin-ho Kim’s gaze, who was speaking, turned to Jin-yong Lee’s lower back.
– It’s really no good.
‘Ah, really!’
Jinyong Lee put on a fat expression.
“Lee Jin-yong.”
At that time, Lee Young-ye came up to Lee Jin-yong and said,
“Are you going to have an interview?”
Lee Jin-yong, of course, nodded his head in response to Lee Young-ye’s question.
“Of course, we should interview.”
At that moment, Jinyong Lee waved his hand as if he had remembered something.
“No, I’m not going to interview you. Instead, tell the reporters.”
With those words, Jinyong Lee continued to talk with a smirk.
“I’m not a rude pitcher enough to be interviewed as if I had done something great with just a shutout. He is a very polite pitcher from the Eastern Courtesy Country.”
2.
[Lee Jin-yong, ‘The record of shutting down is not worth an interview.’]
[Lee Jin-yong, ‘The interview should be done after showing real skills.’]
The additional news that came immediately after Jinyong Lee’s shutout was like throwing salt into a heated frying pan.
The online world has become a real mess.
-The crazy torai cub!
– The pinnacle of arrogance!
– Anyone who sees it would know that I was a Cy Young Award winner!
– Only luck with one shutout!
– Okay, let’s see how well you do. just don’t do it Just don’t wait until you die.
Not a few people took Lee Jin-yong’s behavior as the pinnacle of arrogance and rudeness.
But not everyone was like that.
Among the many, the Mets fans who now have a player named Jin-yong Lee in their arms were completely different.
– Yes, a pitcher should have this level of spirit.
– Howman, I like it!
– I’m going to get the Howman uniform right now!
– Finally, a talker has appeared on our team!
In the first match against the Nationals, where the loss was so natural, I was given the touching gift of a shutout rather than losing.
Moreover, the record of a shutout victory before their debut was a record that was even more special for the Mets.
– Seventeen years ago, after a shutout victory against Jason Jennings on his debut, we prayed that one day we would repay a pitcher like that, but that prayer has finally come true.
b I remember That’s when Jennings even hit a home run in a pre-debut shutout against us.
It was a fucking day. It was a terrible day. It was a horror day.
ㄴ Isn’t it a good day for us if it’s a Horrible Day?
It’s a terribly happy day.
Jason Jennings.
Because it was none other than the Mets who were sacrificed to him, who most recently recorded an amazing record of a shutout before his debut.
For the Mets, Jinyong Lee’s shutout before his debut was to make the nightmare of 17 years ago into a memory.
Of course, such stories were good for Lee Jin-yong.
It’s time to do something really important for Jinyong Lee.
“Let’s see… One gold, two platinum and one diamond.”
Spin the roulette you received as a reward!
“Kim Jin-ho, what should we turn first?”
A very painful time has come for Jinho Kim.
However, surprisingly, there was no sign of pain or annoyance on Kim Jin-ho’s expression.
– Would anything be good?
Seeing that expression, Jinyong Lee tilted his head.
“What are you good at? Did the stock go up?”
– What’s going to happen to me? And stop talking about stocks?
“Anyway, do you have a particularly bright expression on your face?”
Jin-yong Lee, who was talking, grinned as if he remembered something.
“Ah, it seems that you are finally starting to feel proud of my achievements. Well, that’s how you raise children.”
At that, Jin-ho Kim said with a smirk.
– I’m bored and nauseous.
“Yes?”
– Did I get shot in the head? make me think like that What makes me happy is that Jinyong is finally getting more and more likely to fuck you.
Jinyong Lee tilted his head and asked.
“Aren’t you indirectly expressing the increased probability of eating sweet things?”
– With the opening of the hitting ability, the pitcher and batter items are mixed in one roulette wheel. That means your chances of eating what you want to eat are at least halved. right? In the past, basic stats were only stamina or speed, but now there are five options for stamina and speed, including physical, balance, and pioneering.
It was as Kim Jin-ho said.
After Jinyong Lee opened up his hitting ability, the items of the batter and the pitcher came out at the same time in roulette.
The problem is that Jinyong Lee wants the most from the pitcher side rather than the batter side.
– If we talk more openly, it means that it is not easy to raise the restraint any more.
Among the dogs, what Jin-yong Lee most wanted was an increase in restraint.
I couldn’t help but wish.
Once I had enough stamina. What do you need to say, given that he’s still good enough to throw for 12 innings?
There is nothing wrong with improving the batter’s ability, but there was no need to focus on improving the batter’s ability in a situation where Lee Jin-yong’s number of times at bat was limited.
But the restraints were different.
– But what you want the most is redemption.
In particular, after coming to the major leagues, Lee Jin-yong’s thirst for restraint grew even stronger.
Some of the major league hitters are more monster than expected, but it was because the speed of major league pitchers was faster than Jinyong Lee thought.
And the public’s expectations and evaluations of redemption were higher than expected.
To the extent that baseball’s proverb that speed is not everything for a pitcher, the current major league is rather enthusiastic about a faster ball and is trying to throw a faster ball.
Evidence of this is that the average speed of the MLB fastball is increasing every year.
Furthermore, the MLB Secretariat was fueling such a situation, the era of restraint.
To be honest, most baseball fans don’t know what pitch a pitcher throws.
Even the broadcasters can only talk about fastballs or changing balls.
So is the tool.
If you throw it in a faraway place and insist that the pitcher was aiming there, can you not say anything?
But the restraints were different.
As soon as the number on the billboard becomes three digits, even those who don’t know baseball go crazy.
If, like Aroldis Chapman, you can record 106 miles on a billboard, you can terrify even those who watch football, basketball, and ice hockey, not baseball.
– From now on, Jinyong, how many times do you have to increase speed in roulette to throw 100 miles? And how many times do you have to spin the roulette to get that much? huh?
Therefore, Kim Jin-ho’s words hit Lee Jin-yong’s face heavier than expected.
Jinyong Lee’s expression wrinkled.
– Come on, let’s play roulette. You have to work hard, aren’t you going to eat even one restraint? huh?
At those words, Jinyong Lee activated the roulette without saying a word.
[You have used a Gold Roulette ticket.]
The golden roulette that appeared like that began to spin vigorously, and then stopped at the golden square.
[Physical increased by 1.]
– Wow!
Kim Jin-ho gladly cheered for that fact.
Kim Jin-ho’s celebration began immediately.
– Physical is here! Congratulations Jinyoung. Hey, something great has come out! It would have been better if it had just been caught in the Diamond Slot! Oh sorry. i forgot this
And after the congratulations, he added the words of courtesy.
– Whoa!
At those words, Jin-yong Lee looked at Jin-ho Kim with a grim expression and said.
“After doing that, what are you going to do if three consecutive arrests come out?”
At Lee Jin-yong’s words, Kim Jin-ho smiled and said.
– Why is Jinyong Lee’s tongue so long? are you sick of it?
In response to Kim Jin-ho’s provocation, Lee Jin-yong immediately activated a new roulette instead of answering.
[You have used a Platinum Roulette voucher.]
Platinum-colored roulette appeared, and the roulette immediately began to spin vigorously.
Soon the roulette stopped.
[Restraint increased by 1.]
– yes?
At that moment, Jin-ho Kim suddenly changed his expression and immediately shouted at Jin-yong Lee.
– Stop moving!
At those words, Jin-yong Lee, who was going to play roulette, paused for a moment and looked at Jin-ho Kim.
– Jin Yong-ah…
Kim Jin-ho said to him with a face like an abandoned puppy.
– Why don’t we just play roulette next time? huh?
“why?”
– No, what… Wouldn’t it be better to open one gift every day than to open all the presents at once? huh? And I got arrested, will I ever get arrested again? In such a case, it is better to take a day off and turn around. Yes, there is a saying that the first step is the first step, right?
“Well, it is.”
– right?
Kim Jin-ho was pleased with Lee Jin-yong’s sympathy.
[You have used a Platinum Roulette voucher.]
Then the platinum-colored roulette appeared.
Lee Jin-yong, who stood in front of the platinum roulette, said with a very bright smile.
“If you don’t get arrested here, you’re a fool, so let’s play diamond roulette next time, huh?”
The roulette wheel that was running along with that horse stopped.
[Restraint increased by 1.]
[You have used a diamond roulette ticket.]
As soon as the speed increase appeared, Jinyong Lee immediately activated the diamond roulette as if he had been waiting.
Five squares of the activated diamond roulette caught my eye.
[Ball Master]
[Skill Master]
[Slugger (F)]
[Zone]
[Fireballer]
Among them, Jinho Kim shouted at the last fireballer that I saw without realizing it.
– I just want to be holy!
Amid that scream, the diamond roulette began to spin vigorously.
3.
Nationals v Mets three straight games.
The Nationals succeeded in counterattacking in Game 2, which started immediately after the Mets, led by Jin-yong Lee, took the first game shutout.
However, in the third game that followed immediately, the Nationals had to face defeat once again.
“DeGrom has finally come to the water!”
At the center of that defeat was the presence of Mets ace Jacob deGrom.
“It was the best pitching I’ve ever seen.”
Wan Bong Seung.
Jacob deGrom produced the same result that Jinyong Lee had against the Nationals.
However, the world showed more explosive interest in Lee Jin-yong than it showed.
[DeGrom, finally throwing 100 miles!]
[DeGrom has finally reached the level of untouchables!]
[DeGrom goes beyond his limits!]
100 miles!
DeGrom, who had a top speed of 99 mph, climbed over that wall and stepped onto the stage that every pitcher dreams of.
Major League Baseball has literally given everything they can for the arrival of the new 100-mile pitcher.
Naturally, in that situation, there was no interest in Lee Jin-yong anymore.
Right now, in the corner of the locker room, Lee Jin-yong is chewing a banana, but no one is interested in him.
“DeGrom! Please tell me how you feel about throwing 100 miles in a row.”
“Congratulations on becoming the perfect ace, with nothing to lose to Harvey and Syndergaard.”
Everyone just looks at Jacob deGrom and talks with him.
Joe Jones approached Jinyong Lee, who was looking at the scene, and said,
“It is unavoidable. Because the reality in Major League Baseball now is that if you play the same performance, the pitcher who throws the faster ball gets a brighter light. don’t be too upset Just because you’re upset doesn’t mean you’ll be able to throw 100 mph, Lee.”
To that, Jinyong Lee, who swallowed a banana, answered.
“it’s okay. I’m going to steal that light sooner or later anyway.”
Joe Jones smiled at the answer.
“Yeah, you can work hard to get good grades. If you are, you will definitely be able to become the ace of this team by the end of the All-Star Game.”
Naturally, at this moment, Joe Jones thought that Jin-yong Lee would steal the spotlight for Jacob deGrom with his steady performance, in that sense.
Jinyong Lee didn’t have to add anything to Joe Jones like that.
Instead, just smile.
Kim Jin-ho, looking at such a smile, muttered softly.
– Doesn’t this bastard throw the ball faster than a real Chapman? Hopefully, that’s not the case. Even a god wouldn’t have been that crazy. nothing! Hopefully it’s not It won’t be…
So the Mets returned home with a winning series in Washington.
And then at the home he returned to, he started a four-game match against Miami.
End