Ch 167

16.

Jinho Kim always warned.

– The most dangerous time to start in the major leagues is around the 7th inning. By the time no one else major league hitters got used to your ball.

Never be vigilant on the MLB stage.

– To be clear, major league hitters are monsters. real monster. It’s impossible to catch them with force alone and skill alone unless you throw a 105 mile ball.

Also, no matter how fast you can throw the ball, and even if you have a good pitch, that alone is not enough.

– So if you really want to catch them, you need something that’s not that visible.

If you really want to win, embrace the invisible.

– Yeah, that’s why I always emphasize it. Hunger, because if the same beast fights, the hungry one will eventually turn into a vicious man. In Major League Baseball, the difference is ultimately the difference between a winner and a loser. Scored seven innings without a run, met the winning pitcher condition, struck out 10, never be satisfied with that.

to feel hungry.

– I’m going to strike out all the remaining batters, I think. I don’t want them to see you again, and when you come to my dreams, that day becomes a nightmare. Of course, it’s a nightmare in itself to see an ugly, chubby, chubby pitcher like you in a dream, but give me a worse nightmare.

It was the reason why Kim Jin-ho had asked him to feel hunger and thirsty from the moment he first met Jin-yong Lee, and it was the reason he repeated that advice.

Jinyong Lee pitched perfectly in line with the teachings of Jinho Kim.

At the end of the 7th and 8th innings, Jinyong Lee didn’t just pitch in an inning that he didn’t want to score.

‘The pitchers are plentiful. Before planting, the number of revolvers and harnesses used is sufficient.’

On the contrary, he changed his pace.

‘Then you have to kill all the remaining batters by striking out.’

I raised the pace faster.

It warmed my body and mind.

In such a hot state, the most obvious violence a pitcher could do to a batter was only the violence of striking out.

Of course, it wasn’t vague violence.

Based on data analyzed and created by major league players, the most lethal violence was exercised in the right place through information collected in real time.

Jin-ho Kim, a pitcher named Jin-yong Lee he created was such a pitcher.

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A monstrous pitcher who fails to overshadow the relationship between the pitcher and the batter, and makes baseball a very unfair and one-sided arena of violence.

“Swing strike, ow ow!”

So Jin-yong Lee struck out Diamondbacks batters on the mound at the end of the 8th.

– lee! He once again strikes out the 8th inning.

– Five strikeouts in a row, that’s great. Rather, he pitched sharper in the second half of the game.

In front of that fact, the Diamondbacks hitters just looked at Jinyong Lee with surprised eyes.

‘Where the hell is this monster?’

‘You’re a young rookie who is new to the major leagues, how can you pitch like this?’

‘Is it really true that this season is the first major league season?’

And so did the Mets squad and coaching staff.

Everyone was left speechless at the presence of a pitcher who would have been enough to simply occupy a spot in the starting lineup.

Among them, the shock felt by Collins was beyond imagination.

‘The best pitcher I’ve ever seen.’

Lee Jin-yong, reflected in Collins’ eyes at this moment, was the most perfect pitcher he had ever seen.

That was great.

He first entered the world of the major leagues as a player in 1971, and began his career as a leader in 1993.

Being the best of those pitchers was the same as being the best in MLB history.

‘It’s not a pitcher to put in the 4th start.’

Naturally, manager Collins knew that having a pitcher like Jin-yong Lee in the fourth start would be a huge loss.

Because the most suitable stage for a pitcher who can take victory against any pitcher was the first selection, the seat of the ace.

However, in Lee Jin-yong’s eyes, those eyes were not visible.

There is only one visible.

‘It ends in the ninth.’

The score you need to win, that’s all.

17.

At the beginning of the ninth, the Mets’ batting order started with the eighth.

Here, the Mets, of course, used a pinch strategy.

– The Mets send Fernandes as a pinch hitter.

It will be a win-win.

Such a win was worth it.

“cheek!”

– Walk! Fernandes gets a walk!

Leading hitter walk.

In such a situation, when Jinyong Lee stood at the plate, the atmosphere on the ground began to change.

“It came out.”

“Hawman is finally here.”

It was a strange thing.

When a pitcher becomes a hitter and stands at the plate, the atmosphere rarely changes.

But now it was different.

– Lee has three hits in three at-bats today and is recording a very good hitting feeling. He tripled in his first at bat, hit a hit in the second, and doubled in his third at bat.

it was no different.

– Yes that’s right. Now, if Lee hits a home run this time at bat, he will become a rare hero in Hit for the Cycle and Major League Baseball history.

Because the batter standing at the plate right now is not pitcher Jin-yong Lee, but a challenger for the hit for the cycle.

That was actually absurd.

– If Liga succeeds in hitting a hit for the cycle, he will be recorded as the first pitcher to achieve a hit for the cycle since the 20th century.

First of all, there was no such record.

Until the designated hitter system was introduced, all pitchers were at bat, but among those pitchers, there was no pitcher who achieved the hit for the cycle, commonly called a cycling hit in Korea, within the 20th century.

It was also a strange thing to exist.

– This is the first record since the live ball era.

– Yes, it’s the first record.

Due to the nature of pitchers who are usually placed 9th when they are placed in the batting order, it is rare to receive more than 4 batting opportunities, and it was impossible for anyone to see singles, doubles, triples and home runs on every opportunity.

Right now, among major league-class hitters who stand at the plate every day, isn’t it enough to count only a handful of players who have a record of hitting for the cycle in their careers?

But does the pitcher achieve it?

something that no one can see.

‘You can never hit a home run.’

Naturally, Albert, the pitcher guarding the Diamondbacks mound, didn’t want to be the victim of such a nonsensical record.

‘So I’ll definitely catch it.’

I didn’t even want to run away.

Because this was a major league, a place where only challengers exist, where there should be no fugitives.

So was the Diamondbacks bench.

‘Albert, fight.’

Even on the bench, Albert demanded a match.

Because it was rather an insult to those who watched their baseball to avoid being the victim of a record-breaking scapegoat in their home stadium, rather than anywhere else.

And it was the same with Jinyong Lee.

It wasn’t an ambiguous game, but a swing to make the ball he could hit into a home run was prepared.

Jinyong Lee, who was standing at the plate like that, heard the baseball manager’s notification in his ear.

[The clutch heater effect is activated.]

Jinyong Lee replied to that sound.

“Last Chance.”

And Lee Jin-yong vomited out all his energy.

“Slugger.”

Immediately after that, Jinyong Lee slightly turned his head and sent a signal to Jinho Kim behind him.

– shit.

Then Kim Jin-ho shouted with the most pitiful expression on the world.

– Fighting Jinyong Lee! Hit a home run!

The game started with Kim Jin-ho’s support.

18.

someone said

“If you want to know how to hit a homer well, the best thing to do is to ask the pitcher who hits the worst.”

The surest way to hit a home run in this world is knowing the pitcher who hits the worst home run, not the hitter who hits it best.

“reason? The know-how of hitters who hit home runs well applies only to those humans. right? If Barry Bonds taught him how to hit a home run, how many players would imitate him? But the pitcher who doesn’t hit a home run is different. Because the pitcher uses that know-how against all batters.”

It was a possible enough story, so he spoke confidently.

“From that point of view, it can be said that I know how to hit a good home run better than anyone else. Then how?”

He knows how to hit a home run better than anyone.

No one questioned the man’s words.

Because that man was none other than Kim Jin-ho, the ruler of the major leagues.

Rather, people sincerely asked Jin-ho Kim.

What’s the best way to hit a home run?

Jinho Kim gladly answered the question.

“Simple. First, make the pitcher aware of the home run. In fact, it’s the pitcher’s dilemma. The pitcher must confidently throw the ball into the strike zone whether he hits a home run or not. But do you throw a home run consciously? It’s like self-destruction. And what if the ball count comes? run away? If he was going to run away, he would have run away sooner. The guy who got there can never run away. In the end, I went to catch a strike, and then I was hooked! Accidents happen.”

Those words influenced more players than expected.

The pitchers took the horse to gold and jade and took care of themselves, and the batters aimed at the horse and created a nice arch.

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“cheek!”

– ah! three ball!

– I insisted too much on the outside game. The ball fell off a bit.

And now, one player was carrying out the words Jinho Kim said with his heart in his heart.

‘Finally, 3 balls came out.’

Jinyong Lee.

Standing at the plate, he kept in mind what Jinho Kim said.

It was a long game against a pitcher trying to avoid a home run.

Picking the ball, picking it up, and pushing the pitcher into the corner.

‘Full count.’

That’s how I got a full count.

‘I’m really going to die from now on.’

Of course, that was the beginning.

In a full count situation, Jinyong Lee was planning to kick the pitcher’s ball until the ball that could hit a home run arrived.

It was like playing a tightrope.

The moment you make a twist, you will get a hit or a swing that will cause you to be out.

But on the other hand, that kind of determination was necessary.

To get a home run like nothing else, to get the privilege of running between base and base without any interruption.

right!

– Foul!

– Player Lee, you cut it.

In this way, Jinyong Lee repeated a close fight.

In such a battle, Jinyong Lee finally proved it.

‘come.’

Jinho Kim was right.

He was a really great pitcher.

Whoa!

A streak of thunder flying towards the right wall proved it.

19.

It always is.

As soon as the home run comes out, before the ball crosses the fence, the hitter has a gut feeling that it was a home run.

It was the same with Jinyong Lee’s home run.

He had a clear intuition the moment he hit… No, right before the ball hit the bat.

‘It’s gone.’

The fact that the ball he hit with all his might would clearly cross the fence on the right side of Chase Field.

‘ah.’

Only then did Jinyong Lee realize.

The moment you intuit a home run, you know that the hitter has time to think about something that is small.

‘How should I do the ceremony?’

And at this moment, I am thinking about how to express the joy of this home run.

Will you throw the bat hard?

Or would you just hold the bat and watch the ball steadfastly?

Or will he raise his hands and express the joy of his home run most clearly?

‘Of course this bat will go to the museum, right?’

As soon as that thought reached the future of the bat, which recorded the hit for the cycle today, Jinyong Lee could not dare throw the bat.

‘Thank you.’

Instead of throwing his grateful colleague on the floor for his ridiculous record, Jinyong Lee held the bat as he was, kissed him, and carefully set it down near him.

Only after that did Jinyong Lee start a run that no one could interfere with.

Of course, the scene Lee Jin-yong showed was a scene that no one expected.

Obviously, I expected Jinyong Lee to do something the moment he hit a home run.

I thought Jinyong Lee would express his joy over his first home run and a record that seemed unlikely to appear twice in major league history.

– What the fuck are you doing now?

– I’ve seen cubs flipping bats countless times, but this is the first time I’ve seen cubs kissing a bat.

However, after kissing the bat, he gently lowered it to the floor and quietly started bass running, something no one dared to imagine.

Commentators, casters, players, coaches, reporters, and spectators.

Everyone was frozen at Lee Jin-yong’s actions.

Chase Field is quieter than ever.

In the silence, Jinyong Lee, who finished his base running, soon stepped on the home base.

[I hit my first home run. Platinum roulette tickets will be paid.]

[I hit my first MLB home run. Platinum roulette tickets will be paid.]

[I recorded a hit podder cycle. Platinum roulette tickets will be paid.]

[First hit hit for the cycle. A diamond roulette ticket is paid.]

[Major League’s first hit for the cycle. A diamond roulette ticket is paid.]

Then, the baseball manager’s notifications, and the non-stop notifications, informed Jinyong Lee that what he recorded was not a dream but reality.

Instead of cheering at that fact, Jinyong Lee came into the dugout after taking the bat he had left behind.

The atmosphere of the dugout that came in like that was strange.

There is a tradition of ignoring the player who originally hit the first major league home run by everyone in the dugout.

And now the Mets have naturally followed that tradition.

The problem is that, according to the tradition, you have to approach Jin-yong Lee at the right time and congratulate him, but no one can catch that timing.

‘What do we do? Should I congratulate you?’

‘Should I do it now? A little later?’

The home run created by Jinyong Lee had to be a shock to the Mets as well.

“Hey, Lee!”

At that moment, a few players who came to their senses approached Jinyong Lee and started congratulating him.

“Congratulations on the home run.”

“It was a terrific home run.”

“It’s amazing, you can do things that even a typewriter can’t do!”

Immediately after that, the calm atmosphere of the Mets began to soar. Everyone rushed to Lee Jin-yong to add praise to this ridiculous record created by Lee Jin-yong.

Lee Jin-yong said to the players approaching like that with a cold, subdued look.

“Congratulations, let’s focus on the game. Because there are 9 words left.”

There was no sign of drunkenness with a home run anymore in the eyes of Jinyong Lee, who spoke coldly than ever.

There are only monsters trying to appease the hunger that can’t be satisfied with victory somehow.

Kim Jin-ho nodded his head and said.

– Yeah, it’s not over yet. At the end of the ninth, Jinyong could be hit by a three-run homer and lose!

20.

The moment Jinyong Lee achieved Hit for the Cycle, it was quite natural that articles about him started pouring out.

[Lee, hit for the cycle achieved!]

[Lee becomes the first pitcher to achieve a hit for the cycle since the 20th century!]

[No-hit game and hit podder cycle, double hit record!]

A historic moment where a new history was written beyond the monumental level.

– Oh my God, the pitcher is a hit for the cycle?

– Crazy, really crazy!

– Angels bastards would have won 20 more!

– Ohtani is a double swordsman? Our heavy rain is left-handed, right-handed, and left-handed three-way!

– Houtajun pitcher Jinyong Lee!

– Wait a minute for the Tokyo Olympics, our heavy rain will chew it all up!

– Try to wrap MVP in Cy Young!

Naturally, the whole world of baseball began to flounder, immersed in this nonsense.

To those struggling like that, the fact that the Mets ended the inning without scoring an additional goal in the early ninth inning did not go unnoticed.

“Get more knights!”

“No, these bastards who don’t watch this game are pouring out articles and fucking.”

“Hey, get an interview date somehow!”

The reporters went crazy, and even the commentators who relayed the game only explained how great the record Jin-yong Lee made, not the content of the game, was and how historic this moment was.

– yes?

– uh?

It was a small pitcher who came up to the mound at the beginning of the ninth that made them come to their senses.

– Why is Lee here?

B No, there is nothing that can’t come out, right?

B It is, but…

Jinyong Lee, with his appearance, the atmosphere of Chase Field is no longer cold or hot.

“ah······.”

– Wow······.

The shock of seeing something unrealistic.

The fear of encountering the unknown.

It is filled with only those emotions.

Even in this situation, there was no satisfaction or a smile on Lee Jin-yong’s face.

– Hey, what’s so bad about you?

Because I wasn’t satisfied.

“You couldn’t.”

– What?

“That’s it.”

At that word, Jin-ho Kim tilted his head and spat out a feeling of insecurity.

– Whoa?

Jin-yong Lee nodded instead of answering those words, and Jin-ho Kim, who saw it, immediately laughed.

– You crazy bastard.

Kim Jin-ho, who spoke, was sure of one thing at this moment.

– Yeah, it’s supposed to rain on a game day like this.

That Jinyong Lee will never feel satisfied with today’s match.

That today’s match is not the end for Jinyong Lee, but rather the beginning.

Kim Jin-ho, who had that conviction, spoke from behind Jin-yong Lee, looking at the same scenery as Jin-yong Lee saw.

– Kill him.

“Yes, sir!”

Jinyong Lee, he wrote a legend in the major leagues that would never come back in history.

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