Ch 164
One.
A game in which the pitcher’s important record is at stake, the score rarely comes out at the end of the 8th or the beginning of the 9th.
Because I knew it was when I became a fielder, not a hitter, that I had to put all my remaining concentration on the ground, not the bat.
It was the same in the beginning of the 9th of the Mets.
“out!”
The Mets’ early ninth inning ended with a helpless triple strike.
The pitcher killed the Mets with only seven balls.
Still, there was no one in the Mets, the Rockies, or anywhere online that was constantly talking about this game.
They just waited.
Jinyong Lee, I hope he comes up.
– Houman is up.
– No-hit challenge!
And in the midst of everyone’s waiting, Jin-yong Lee put on a glove on his side and changed his hat and started heading to the mound.
The ninth horse started.
2.
Major League Baseball has always loved historical moments.
It was the same at Coors Field on September 17, 1996.
Opening in 1995 and having only played one season, Hideo Nomo from Japan made a historic moment at Coors Field.
9 innings, 4 walks, 8 strikeouts, Hideo Nomo became the first pitcher to achieve a no-hit game at Coors Field.
Since then, through 2018, no one has completed a no-hit game at Coors Field in over 20 years.
– Sheesh.
Even Kim Jin-ho, who was called the ruler of the major leagues, was included among them.
– If I hadn’t been hit there, I would have played the no-hit game once… No, I’d have played it twice.
2 shutout wins, because that was Kim Jin-ho’s best achievement at Coors Field.
At the end of the ninth, it was the kind of stage that Jinyong Lee wanted to stand on.
A stage that can achieve what no other pitcher in the major leagues has achieved since Hideo Nomo.
A stage where even Kim Jin-ho can achieve what he could not achieve.
Lee Jin-yong, who was in front of such a stage, said in a low voice.
“If I succeed in a no-hit here, won’t I be successful?”
– What bullshit?
“Is that so? I do things that Jinho Kim couldn’t do while he was alive, but usually ghosts do that, don’t they?”
Instead of answering that question, Jinho Kim raised his middle finger toward Jinyong Lee.
Jinyong Lee laughed.
Naturally, the scene was broadcast all over the world through Major League Baseball.
Of course, people had no way of knowing what Jinyong Lee was talking about.
All I can see is that Jinyong Lee was muttering something and then got up on the mound and smiled.
– Smile?
– Are you laughing?
– Are you laughing?
It was more than a surprise to the viewer, but a frightening thing.
A young pitcher with only three starts in the major leagues, including today.
That pitcher smiles on the mound in the ninth inning ahead of a no-hit game at Coors Field?
– Can a laugh come from here?
ㄴ Unless it’s a tortilla, laughter will come out…
B Then what is that?
B Is it another?
something that cannot be understood with common sense.
But there was something even more surprising.
Jinyong Lee, who was on the mound, was holding the ball with his right hand while wearing a glove on his left.
Those who saw it were convinced.
“I plan to finish the no-hit game with my right hand.”
Jinyong Lee stood on the mound with the intention of making a more historical no-hit game rather than a simple no-hit game.
3.
Jinyong Lee, the moment he heard his name, there were two words that the major league fans and players thought of.
Switch Feature and Puking Howman.
In other words, Jinyong Lee’s existence in the major leagues was special, but odd, and strange.
No one considered Lee Jin-yong a great, great, and dignified being.
To them, Jinyong Lee clearly showed what kind of pitcher he was.
– The ball has landed.
Once he proved it.
He is not just a pitcher who can throw the ball with both hands, but a real pitcher who can play against major league hitters with just one hand.
– But it didn’t float high. The ball cannot go out of the infield.
And that, from the 1st to the 9th, the pitcher can take responsibility for the innings with only his right hand.
– Lee, he calls himself. Riga takes place.
Furthermore, he may not concede a single hit in the process.
– Lee got the ball! Game over!
Even that all of that can be done in what is called the Pitchers Graveyard.
– lee! He was the second in Coors Field history and the first of this season to achieve a no-hitter.
[No-hit no-run was successful. Bonus points are paid.]
[You have succeeded in shutting down. Bonus points are paid.]
[Major League’s first no-hit no-run. A diamond roulette ticket is paid.]
[Currently, the accumulated points are 35,991.]
Jinyong Lee, the moment he becomes the ruler of Coors Field.
Jinyong Lee informed everyone who watched the match.
“downpour!”
in a way that is more certain than anything else.
4.
no hit game.
A record that is hard to see in the Major Leagues, even at Coors Field, a record that has only been recorded once in the history of the baseball field.
“You did it!”
“Nohitrani in Coors!”
The fact that there was a new protagonist in the record could not keep MLB reporters still.
Everyone followed Jin-yong Lee for an interview with Jin-yong Lee, the protagonist of the historical outcome, and this time to really ask him a question and get an answer.
At the same time they thought.
‘Of course, I’ll do an interview this time.’
‘I made a no-hit, so why not do an interview?’
Lee Jin-yong, who refused to be interviewed when he had two shutout victories earlier, said he would give an interview this time.
In other words, today’s interview was the first moment for reporters to formally pose a question to Lee Jin-yong.
Naturally, far more reporters than usual flocked to the locker room to ask questions to Lee Jin-yong.
The momentum of such a crowd of reporters was terrifying.
‘If you don’t do the interview today, I’ll overturn it.’
‘I don’t think I’ll be back from here either.’
For a reporter, not being able to write an article about a player was like neglect of duty.
But I can’t even do an interview on a day like today?
It’s like proving your own incompetence.
Of course, the reporters who didn’t want to prove their incompetence were planning to give an interview somehow.
It was for that reason that the momentum was strong.
To reporters like starving hyenas, such a group of hyenas, Jinyong Lee said.
“As you might have guessed, I’m not the shyest player I’ve ever been able to interview with just a record of a no-hit game. So there is no interview today.”
To the hyenas, who were on the verge of losing their minds from hunger, they did nothing different from having no food today and making a promise for the next one.
“Oh, it’s a joke, it’s a joke. We’ll have an interview time in a little while. Then I will take questions.”
It was immediately revealed that Jinyong Lee was joking, but it was too late for anyone to see.
Because in the first place, it was an atmosphere not to joke around.
Naturally, the reporters wanted to upset the locker room at any moment.
“······ said Lee Jin-yong.”
If it wasn’t for Lee Young-ye as the interpreter.
‘Hey, what is he?’
‘Is that an interpreter?’
‘If I try to overturn that interpreter, will I lose?’
If it wasn’t for Lee Young-ye, there would have been a lot of gossip and something violent had already happened.
In other words, there was no big disturbance in Lee Jin-yong’s prank.
Everyone nodded at Jinyong Lee’s words, and quietly left the locker room waiting for the interview.
Lee Jin-yong admired the scene and gave a thumbs up to Lee Young-ye.
“It is also Mr. Honor. MLB reporters are also moved by Mr. Yeongye’s kindness.”
Lee Young-ye answered that compliment with a smile.
“Americans are kind by nature. I have never felt unkind in my life in America.”
Kim Jin-ho, who had listened to their conversation, also said.
– Why are there only strange people around me?
5.
When Jinyong Lee’s interview began in a place where so many reporters gathered, it was like a press conference, many major league fans also paid attention to the interview.
– Finally an interview.
– Bongseung shut down said he was doing an interview, and he was going to play a real no-hit game. Even at Coors Field.
Since it was an interview with a pitcher who said that Bongseung was not worth an interview, there was no choice but to be more interested.
Korean baseball fans were in a festive mood.
– You’re in love with this taste!
– Angels must have been really good last season. Are you saying that only they bit and sucked this Lee Ho-woo?
– I don’t think I’ll ever see a Korean pitcher playing like this again in the major leagues.
It’s the first time since Kim Jin-ho.
B How proud would Jinho Kim be when he saw this?
If Kim Jin-ho was alive, he would not have spared praise for Lee Jin-yong.
ㄴ The legends of Korean baseball exchanged good words with each other, and it must have illumined the future of Korean baseball.
B It’s beautiful just imagining it.
The scene I thought I would never see again after Kim Jin-ho is now far beyond the joyous level.
Furthermore, Korean baseball fans were looking forward to it.
– More than that, if it’s Hou Lee, isn’t it?
ㄴ Of course there will be a broadcast accident!
ㄴ If it’s Howoo Lee, it’s a broadcasting accident as well!
ㄴ If there is no broadcasting accident, it is not heavy rain!
I hope that Jinyong Lee will have a huge accident that will leave a mark on the major league broadcasters.
But there was no accident.
Lee Jin-yong’s interview was conducted very normally, unlike his previous moves.
No, it wasn’t normal.
“What pitching did you prepare for today?”
“Coors Field is a great place to hit long. And the Rockies hitters are the hitters who know how to hit long runs on Coors Field. Whether it’s a high ball or a low ball, everyone has the skills and skills to cross the fence. So, rather than attacking up and down, I pitched focusing on the body, the outside, and the left and right.”
“Why didn’t you pitch your left hand today?”
“As I said before, Rockies hitters have the skill and skill to cross the fence. It was dangerous to compete with them just by restraint.”
“I didn’t do very well today at bat. Why?”
“It was because I was distracted elsewhere. I will reflect.”
Jinyong Lee’s answer is to the point that it makes me wonder if he was a player who has been traveling so far.
– what? Wasn’t it again?
– Wasn’t he the only one who could do heavy rain?
– Isn’t that another kid?
It was a moment that shattered people’s expectations that Jin-yong Lee would shout Ho-man at the interview.
So, by the end of the interview, no one thought that an accident would happen any more.
– I’ll do it soon.
Of course, one ghost was expecting it.
The fact that Jinyong Lee could not just wrap up today’s interview like this.
“Tell me about your resolutions for the future and your goals for this season.”
Then a reporter asked a question.
It was a question that had no meaning even if I had to listen to it, but now it was a question to end the interview, and to that question, Jinyong Lee answered.
“The goal is to win the team.”
Some of the reporters laughed at the long answer that everyone could answer.
So one of the reporters sneaked in.
“Do you have any personal goals? There are players I see as competitors, such as Dodgers Shohei Ohtani.”
In order to get some pretty good news from Jinyong Lee, I asked him a question that would provoke him.
Jinyong Lee answered the question with a smile.
“I have no specific personal goals. There is no player I think of as a competitor.”
An answer full of humility and courtesy.
The reporter who asked the question in response continued to speak to stimulate Lee Jin-yong again.
“This is Major League Baseball. You don’t have to be humble on the field.”
“Yes?”
“It is literally. Please state your aspirations. That way your fans will cheer for you. Isn’t that a no-hit feature? You can no longer be humble and speak the truth.”
It seems like he wants to somehow get the name of his competitor and the word Cy Young from Lee Jin-yong’s mouth.
Lee Jin-yong, who was interpreting through Lee Young-ye at the reporter’s intentions, asked, seemingly a bit perplexed.
“Is my answer humble?”
“Yes, you said your answer was humble.”
“Did you deliver it properly?”
“I don’t have any personal goals, I don’t think of any players as a competitor, did you say that?”
“Yeah, there’s no one in the majors who could be my competitor, of course I don’t have anything to target, I’m going to chew on it anyway, so that’s what I meant. Is this a humble answer in MLB? Hey, this is no MLB joke.”
For the first time in response to that answer, Lee Young-ye’s expression distorted.
Conversely, a smile was drawn on Kim Jin-ho’s lips.
Soon after, Lee Young-ye translated Lee Jin-yong’s answer back to the reporters.
“There is no player I think of as a competitor. I’m here to rule the MLB.”
It was a moment when the expression of the reporters hardened.
6.
Angular things always make things happen.
It was the same with Jinyong Lee’s interview.
The no-hit game, the surprising record, the fact that Jin-yong Lee revealed in front of reporters spread throughout the major leagues through the article.
[Lee Jin-yong, I will become the ruler of the major leagues!]
[Major League Rookie Announcement of Conquest of Major League!]
[There is no competitor! I am the best!]
The number of articles that spread like that was twice as many as articles related to Lee Jin-yong so far.
In addition, the articles about Lee Jin-yong had titles that could only be insulted by anyone who saw them.
The reporters didn’t want to let this cheeky rookie dare to conquer the major leagues.
– It was also another.
– Crazy, did the guy who only threw 3 games talk like that?
– You’ve only played one no-hit game, and your nose pierces the sky.
MLB fans reacted the same way.
Countless MLB fans expressed their displeasure at Lee Jin-yong’s cheeky behavior.
At the same time, MLB fans were able to recall a pitcher who was so cocky a long time ago through Lee Jin-yong.
– Come to think of it, are you from the same country as Jinho Kim?
Jinho Kim.
A pitcher who said he would dominate the major leagues 20 years ago and really dominated the major leagues.
– By the way, the jersey number is the same, right?
– Totally little Kim Jin-ho.
B Little Kim Jin-ho, it suits you perfectly. Like Kim Jin-ho, he’s cheeky, cocky, and he’s smaller than Kim Jin-ho, right?
In that way, I started comparing Kim Jin-ho’s name, which people had forgotten for a while, with Lee Jin-yong.
“Ah, really.”
And Lee Jin-yong, who confirmed the reaction of the public through his smartphone, threw the smartphone as it was, revealing his displeasure.
– Why all of a sudden?
“You also saw Kim Jin-ho.”
– What?
“It’s the nickname fans gave me!”
– Again? A pitcher of crappy garbage? hobbit? Puking Howman? What nickname are you talking about?
At Jin-ho Kim’s question, Jin-yong Lee shouted again in anger.
“Little Kim Jin-ho, Little Kim Jin-ho!”
– What?
“It’s better to just be insulted, Little Kim Jin-ho… Oh, really, I really should hire a lawyer and sue for defamation.”
At those words, Jin-ho Kim made a face that was ridiculous for a while and then exploded as it was.
– hey! how am i
Jin-yong Lee did not respond to Jin-ho Kim’s explosion.
“ah! I feel good, but I have to play roulette!”
[You have used a diamond roulette ticket.]
Immediately, I brought out the harvest I got today, the largest of the harvests I got from Coors Field.
– I just can’t get over it this time.
However, Kim Jin-ho’s reaction was different from usual.
– Let’s make a decision today!
It looks like he was really determined to fight Lee Jin-yong.
– Who’s the ugliest bastard… Huh? What is this?
However, Kim Jin-ho’s resolve collapsed the moment he saw the diamond roulette and five items filling it.
[Fireballer]
[Ball Master]
[Skill Master]
[Fireballer]
[Slugger (F)]
Because four of the five filled diamond roulettes were the things that Jinyong Lee needed the most.
– Two fireballers?
Even 2 out of 5 were fireballers.
“Wow… is this a true story?”
Even Lee Jin-yong was so surprised that he was speechless and could not speak.
– Fuck real! What kind of roulette has an 80% chance of winning! Scam!
As soon as Kim Jin-ho’s cry was over, the diamond roulette began to spin vigorously.
– uh? uh!
At that moment, Jinho Kim, who became urgent, shouted.
– Slugger! Come out slugger! please! God, let the sluggers come out!
And soon the roulette stopped.
[You have acquired the Slugger (F).]
End