Ch 178

5.

– The game has finally started!

Their attitude toward the Dodgers and Lee Jin-yong was simple.

Against Jinyong Lee, I will somehow break the score even by one inning early to prevent one of the Dodgers legends, Orel Hershiser, from breaking the record for most scoreless innings!

– The inning starts with the Mets attack in the first inning. The Dodgers starter is Shohei Ohtani.

That will was shown in the pitching of Shohei Ohtani, who was on the mound as a starting pitcher for the Dodgers in the first inning.

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pop!

“Five!”

“101 miles!”

1 second.

Shohei Ohtani was already showing that he had reached the peak by throwing a fastball over 100 mph early.

– I’m talking out loud. I don’t care about winning or losing, I’m just going to smash the pitcher with all the crap.

Furthermore, he told Jin-yong Lee that he spared his strength in the beginning and had no intention of making any promises in the future.

– It’s better than that. Just throw it 100 miles. Somebody’s just throwing a 100 mph with a fucking dick. Oh, come to think of it, he said his top speed was 103 mph? 165 kilometers! After all, that’s a real ace. It looks great too.

It was great in many ways.

There aren’t many pitchers who can easily throw 100 miles in a inning.

Even Shohei Ohtani’s top speed was 103 miles and 165 kilometers, which had already set the record for the fastest speed in the Japanese professional baseball league.

– Excellent hitting ability. If you play full-time in the major leagues, you have the physical ability to hit 20 home runs easily, right?

Even at bat, he showed his batting skills at the level of the Major Leagues.

He was a player who did not lack the expression of perfection, and such a player was rare enough to be counted in the history of Major League Baseball.

– Okay, I guess I’ll have to give him the post name Jinho Kim. Ohtani Shohei, from now on you are post Kim Jinho!

Jinho Kim was one of them.

One of the greatest players in MLB history.

Of course, there was no reason for Lee Jin-yong to be upset by that fact.

“Why are you swearing at a good thrower?”

– What?

“Are you having a double bath right now?”

– When did I?

“Post Kim Jin-ho….”

– Oh, really! hey! How is that a curse? It’s a compliment, a compliment!

Rather, at this moment, Lee Jin-yong was more relaxed than ever.

– Oh, I’m a fan of Ohtani from now on! Ohtani! Give me this damn bastard pitcher please!

It wasn’t unfounded confidence.

“Then what are you going to say about Ohtani wins today?”

– yes?

“If you are so confident, let’s bet. Me and Ohtani, who do you think will win today’s match? Do you live in Ohtani?”

At those words, Kim Jin-ho closed his mouth for a while and then opened his mouth.

– Jinyong-ah, gambling is bad. Don’t make bets, life should be good. If you make such a bet, you die and go to hell.

Kim Jin-ho avoids the match.

In other words, Kim Jin-ho knew it too.

The fact that this confidence that Jinyong Lee shows is a well-founded confidence.

– Whoa, the Dodgers still have a long way to go. What are you going to do if you expose your intentions so openly?

First of all, the Dodgers were explicitly revealing their intentions to Jinyong Lee.

Of course, that was terrifying.

– So, with only one win left to win the World Series, I’ll hand it over to the Astros.

The Dodgers were the National League champions last season and were the team that made it to Game 7 of the World Series.

It goes without saying that they have the highest level of power and potential in the Major Leagues.

However, no matter how strong a beast, if it roars repeatedly, it becomes easier to hunt. That was the situation with the Dodgers now.

– Anyway, there is a reason for all the kids who can’t win the World Series.

They were very blatantly expressing their will.

At the same time, they were also showing impatience.

‘He was so excited to kill me.’

Glancing, the Dodgers fielders squinting at Jinyong Lee in the Mets dugout during defense was evidence.

‘Well, I have to make a decision by the end of the 4th.’

Actually, a win for the Dodgers was pretty good right now.

Since we have already won 6 of our 6 games against the Mets this season, we can afford to lose at least one loss.

More important than that is none other than Jinyong Lee’s record.

If Jinyong Lee, who currently maintains a scoreless record of 56 innings, blocks 3 innings with a scoreless inning, it will be a tie with Orel Hershiser, and if he scores one more inning there, he becomes the only record holder to surpass Orel Hershiser.

No, not even one inning.

0.1 innings!

Even if Jinyong Lee came up at the end of the 4th inning and caught just one out, Jinyong Lee could become the only record holder for the most scoreless innings in the Major Leagues with 59.1 innings.

That means the Dodgers must somehow score a point before they get 1 out or 10 outs in the bottom of the 4th.

It was the reason the Dodgers players felt impatient.

‘It’s the first time we met, but I can’t give you permission so easily.’

And the wild beasts that openly reveal their intentions and even feel impatient were the best prey for Jinyong Lee.

Moreover, there was one more reason for Lee Jin-yong’s confidence.

Lee Jin-yong brought the basis of that confidence in front of his eyes.

[Lee Jin-yong (type)]

– Physical : 42

– Balance: 81

– Sun Guan: 90

-Owned Skills: Hawk Eye (A), Pinch Heater, Clutch Heater, Last Chance (F), Zone, Slugger (A), Multi Hit (A), Bad Ball Heater (A)

Slugger, multi-hit and badball heater.

A smile appeared on Jinyong Lee’s lips as he looked at the three skills.

“lee!”

Of course, what Jinyong Lee had to do right now was not to stand at the plate.

“I’m counting on you!”

“Yes.”

First, stand on the mound and catch the out count.

Thus, Jinyong Lee’s ten count began.

6.

In the beginning of the first inning, Shohei Ohtani finished the inning with only one walk, and when the first inning began, three batters were looking at Jin-Yong Lee with their helmets and bats in their hands.

#1 Chris Taylor, #2 Corey Seager, #3 Justin Turner.

The atmosphere at Dodger Stadium reached its climax with the appearance of the three men who were the core of the Dodgers attack last season and led the Dodgers to the World Series stage.

“Blow it away!”

“Just end it here!”

“Kill that monster bastard!”

Despite the first inning, Dodgers fans got up and started shouting home run calls.

Pa-am, Pa-am!

Every time the batters in the home game stood at the plate, the sound of singing was much louder than usual.

Everything in Dodger Stadium began to move to shake the pitcher on the mound.

Dodger Stadium looked like a monster’s mouth.

To the middle of the monster’s mouth, Jinyong Lee climbed up with the glove on his side.

Whoa!

Jinyong Lee on the mound, a momentary booing sound flowed into the ground.

A cluttered stage filled with all sorts of sounds, including singing and booing.

‘Which hand are you going to throw with?’

‘Left hand? Or right?’

The first thing Jinyong Lee took out on the stage was his right hand.

Everyone thought about right-handed pitching and Lee Jin-yong’s choice.

‘Pitching that doesn’t give a score as much as possible, even if you give it a walk, it’s meant to be a pitch that doesn’t fit the big picture.’

‘Are you going to go safely?’

‘Well, of course. A new MLB record was caught.’

‘Certainly, those three Dodgers are monsters to compete by force.’

Lee Jin-yong said that he made a safer choice, a more calculated choice than a battle of strength versus strength.

Dodgers #1 hitter Chris Taylor thought the same thing.

‘I’ll be tenaciously aiming only at the boundary of John.’

I thought Jinyong Lee would never throw a ball that came into the zone.

‘There’s nothing bad about it.’

Here, Chris Taylor was willing to give Lee Jin-yong a chance to win.

‘When I get on base, the probability of scoring increases exponentially.’

1 horse.

In this situation where neither the batter nor the pitcher know the referee’s strike zone well, playing outside means that there is a high chance of a walk, and Chris Taylor said that walking on base here is the best scenario for scoring today. Thought.

‘See you as soon as possible.’

In other words, Chris Taylor wanted to see Lee Jin-yong’s ball as much as possible.

Jinyong Lee’s first pitch to Chris Taylor was a four-seam fastball.

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‘yes?’

A four-seam fastball that goes straight into the strike zone.

“strike!”

“uh?”

The speed was 80 miles.

Jinyong Lee, he started pitching provocatively.

7.

Baseball is a game of timing.

A lot has changed since baseball appeared, but this is the truth of baseball that never changes.

If the timing is right, a 105-mile ball can hit a home run, but if the timing is lost, even a major league hitter will land a ground ball on a 70-mile ball.

Jinyong Lee proved that truth in front of everyone.

Tight!

– Hit Turner! The batted ball bounces off the infield!

– It’s wrong.

– out! Justin Turner retreats with a ground ball in front of second baseman and Lee closes the first inning with a triple strike.

What Jinyong Lee showed against the Dodgers’ top batting order at the end of the first inning was the aesthetics of that timing.

“I’m going crazy.”

“A little while ago, the ball was 93 mph. I threw 79 miles before that.”

“I threw an 85 mile in the middle.”

“What kind of monster is that, that a fastball can control it to this extent?”

At the heart of the aesthetic was none other than a fastball that went as low as 79 mph and as high as 93 mph.

“Even the Commander is in perfect control.”

“It feels like you’re throwing dozens of bats that look like fastballs, not fastballs.”

Moreover, they were not just fastballs with controlled velocity, but fastballs with complete control.

It was also a talent that was really hard to show.

Usually, a pitcher’s speed is fixed after the player has grown to a certain extent.

To put it simply, a pitcher who throws at 100 mph will be based on his 100 mph speed.

You will find a suitable pitching form to throw the ball, and you will be able to control the ball using the throwing form.

Once you get used to that form, throwing a fastball slower than 100 mph becomes rather awkward.

And awkwardness is the worst factor for a pitcher.

However, there was no awkwardness for Jinyong Lee.

He was a pitcher who grew up playing against professional players with a 70-mile, 110-kilometre ball, and at the same time, Kim Jin-ho, who was no one else, was a genius among geniuses he recognized.

“downpour!”

Jin-yong Lee, who increased his scoreless innings to 57 innings at once, cheered the fact.

‘Oh My God.’

‘Are you going to leave the tripartite?’

Of course, the atmosphere at Dodger Stadium had turned cold as if cold water had been poured on it.

It was the same with the Dodgers hitters.

‘How do the top batting order get hit like this?’

‘There is no real monster.’

I didn’t know that the top batting order, which I thought would be able to score a lot of goals beyond the opening level, would be eaten so easily.

‘It’s the worst. The top batting order will go away like this.’

‘Now we have to see the final in 2.1 innings… Shit.’

Even now the Dodgers hitters have a countdown going on, and now there are only seven outs left.

If you get hit in the second inning like this, it means you have to wait for the lower batting order.

‘You have to watch the game at the end of the second inning.’

‘Somehow in the second episode…’

The anxiety could only deepen.

But in the second inning, what the Dodgers had hoped for didn’t happen.

– Ohtani! In the second inning, he allowed only one walk and made a goalless save. Maximum speed is 102 miles!

– Strike out a swing! lee! Finally, he made only three outs to the Orel Hershiser record.

2nd time, no one got a hit.

– Now episode 3 begins.

In that state, the third second started.

– The Mets’ batting order starts with the 9th Lee.

Jinyong Lee, he took the lead and stood at the plate.

8.

A pitcher who throws a 100 mile ball doesn’t avoid a head-to-head match.

No, you shouldn’t avoid it.

100 miles, a ball that cannot be thrown except by the love of God.

Because it was a betrayal of God and an insult to a person who was loved by God that much to avoid it in a match.

Any pitcher who has been given permission by God to play a ball with a maximum distance of 103 miles and 165 kilometers must play head-to-head against the batter no matter what.

Shohei Ohtani, the son of God, was not an exaggeration to say that he had such a battle against Jinyong Lee.

He threw only a fastball toward Jinyong Lee’s strike zone.

Chogu is 100 miles long.

The second pitch is 101 miles.

The third pitch is 99 miles.

The fourth pitch is 100 miles again.

The fifth pitch is 98 miles.

In the sixth pitch, Shohei Ohtani began throwing a 102-mph fastball.

Naturally, the spectators were shocked.

But that surprise was not for Shohei Ohtani.

– Lee kicks off Ohtani’s ball once again. Have Ohtani throw the 7th pitch.

– Incredible. He’s cutting the ball perfectly. A 100-mile four-seam fastball and nothing else.

It was a shock to Jinyong Lee, who received the ball without even a slight retreat from Shohei Ohtani, who threw that ridiculous ball.

“What is that bastard?”

“No, how do you get all of that out?”

It was known that Jinyong Lee was a hitter with sophistication.

The strike zone created by his small physique and unique striking form was the smallest in the major leagues, and for Jinyong Lee, who has excellent balance and an amazing vision, that small strike zone was the best playground.

But in terms of boxing, Jinyong Lee’s technique was similar to that of a featherweight fighter.

The reality is that in the face of a heavyweight fighter’s punches, he will eventually collapse.

But now, Jinyong Lee was facing the ball of Shohei Ohtani, which is not an exaggeration to say that it was a fist from God.

‘We’ve come this far.’

It was also a monumental event for Lee Jin-yong.

‘As expected, it was best to skill up the slugger and the bad ball heater.’

It meant that there was no longer any need to run away from pitchers with top-notch pitch in the major leagues.

Of course, that didn’t mean Jinyong Lee could easily homer a ball over 100 mph.

‘Still, it is difficult.’

Had that been possible, he would have hit a home run against Shohei Ohtani earlier.

But there was no need to be discouraged.

‘Well, I’m not the only one having a hard time.’

That’s basically what baseball is.

The batter has to endure.

If you keep holding out at the plate, at some point the pitcher has no choice but to throw a loss.

– Shohei Ohtani throws the 7th pitch.

like now.

‘come!’

As it is now, there are cases where we try to throw a faster ball, but rather throw a slow ball in the middle of the strike zone.

‘OK!’

Naturally, Jinyong Lee swung his best to the ball.

Whoa!

And this time, I did it without leaving out the moment I hit the ball, the moment I felt it.

Jinyong Lee, the moment he hit the ball, he flew the bat back with excitement. The breakdown of bat flips, Korean-made bat flips were shown.

At the same time, he shouted without forgetting.

“Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooing!”

Jinyong Lee, he hit the second home run in his career.

9.

1 to 0.

Now, at the end of the third inning, which started with the Mets clearly leading, the mood at Dodger Stadium had subsided horribly.

In the atmosphere of Dodger Stadium, Lee Jin-yong repeatedly sprayed cold water.

“Strike out!”

“Swing, strike out!”

At the end of the 3rd inning, Jinyong Lee’s pitching style had changed.

– lee! He’s now back on his strikeout hunt.

– The number of pitches has increased, but there is no way to get an out more certain than striking out.

A pitching that is sure to strike out regardless of the number of pitches.

In front of that style, the Dodgers’ #7 and #8 were forced to retreat helplessly.

– Now, only one out is left until Orel Hershiser’s 59 scoreless innings in Liga.

And with only one out left until the tie record, he stood in front of Jinyong Lee.

– Your opponent is Shohei Ohtani.

9th batter Shohei Ohtani.

In fact, it was the Dodgers’ goal.

Setting up the last line of deterrence by placing Shohei Ohtani, who is so good at hitting number 6 and, depending on the situation, even number 5, is placed in number 9.

– Shohei Ohtani, he has been given a heavy duty. And for Lee, the final hurdle appeared.

Against such an Ohtani Shohei, Jinyong Lee did not change his hand.

“right hand?”

“I’ll give you a walk if you need it.”

“Because it has always been.”

People thought that Jinyong Lee expressed his will to win with skill rather than strength.

However, Shohei Ohtani had a different idea.

‘He’s a very good pitcher.’

Lee Jin-yong, whom he sees, was a player who would not choose to run away to avoid hitting a home run at this moment.

‘At the same time a greedy pitcher.’

Moreover, he was a more greedy pitcher than anyone else.

A pitcher who is anxious to set a new and unique record in the major leagues as soon as possible.

‘He will come out aggressively to catch me.’

Because of this, Shohei Ohtani expected that Jinyong Lee would pitch a very aggressive pitch against him rather than running away.

Furthermore, Shohei Ohtani expected Lee Jin-yong’s first pitch.

‘I will definitely put the first ball in the zone.’

Jin-yong Lee would rather put a fastball into the strike zone to outdo him.

‘Aim for the first pitch.’

And I’m going to pursue it.

Shohei Ohtani’s eyes shone sharply as he stood at the plate with all preparations completed.

The momentum also began to flash sharply.

Swordsman, it was the momentum that reminded me of that.

Toward him, Jinyong Lee took a short breath and then immediately, without pause, without hesitation, threw the first ball.

– He pitched!

The ball that left Jinyong Lee’s fingertips flew towards the strike zone of Shohei Ohtani.

Redemption was not quick.

The ball didn’t go over 80 mph and 90 mph.

From a batter’s point of view, it’s a good ball to hit.

For Shohei Ohtani, the ball couldn’t have been better than this for a home run.

Shh!

Shohei Ohtani’s bat broke the wind.

And at that moment, Jin-yong Lee, looking at the ball that left his fingertips, smiled.

‘I’m also good at baseball.’

With Jinyong Lee’s smile, the ball that was flying toward Shohei Ohtani started hitting the brake.

changeup.

right!

Shohei Ohtani’s bat made a squeaky sound at the changeup that was like a harness.

– The ball rolls in front of the shortstop! First base sorry! out!

Ground ball in front of shortstop.

– lee! He’s finally tied with Orrell Hershiser’s 59 innings scoreless record!

It was the moment when Jinyong Lee rose to the same level as the legend of the major leagues.

But at that moment, Jinyong Lee’s eyes showed no sign of satisfaction.

“downpour.”

The exclamation of cheers was as small as the sound of his breath.

Jinyong Lee’s eyes shone more fiercely than ever, and he was facing the Dodgers’ dugout.

– Jin Yong-ah.

Seeing this, Jinyong Lee came up behind his back and said.

– If you stare at me so blatantly, you’ll find out what’s inside. What did I say?

To that, Jinyong Lee answered by covering his mouth with a glove.

“I told you to hide the poison in your stomach.”

– do not forget. Today you have to make the Mets lose six to the Dodgers pointless this season. That the Dodgers had to be completely trampled on to the point where the loss of 6 would be insignificant.

Kim Jin-ho said with his arms crossed as he spoke.

– That’s Kim Jin-ho’s style.

End