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17.

It is a very natural statement, but there is no batter anywhere in the world who wants to become a victim of a no-hit game.

Therefore, batters who are conscious of the no-hit game start hitting in order to somehow get a hit.

Get close to home plate, hold the bat short, and start swinging the bat at a ball you can hit.

Jinyong Lee gladly put the ball into their strike zone for such batters.

“harness.”

But in front of the ball that was like a harness, there was never a single hit that was right.

– out! out! out! Lee finishes the inning once again with a triplets!

Jinyong Lee attacked the Dodgers’ weaknesses too tenaciously and perfectly.

When the 7th inning ended without a hit, the atmosphere at Dodger Stadium was rather hot.

“shit!”

“Just one hit! One hit!”

“Don’t dedicate any more records to that damn Howman!”

Dodgers fans screaming louder than ever for the Dodgers was the cause of the heat.

Of course, that heat made the Dodgers dugout even colder.

The Dodgers’ faces turned white in that cold, frozen atmosphere.

Even the Mets, who were looking at such a Dodgers dugout, were surprised by this situation.

‘This is going to happen.’

‘I’m speechless.’

That was it.

Jinyong Lee’s violence against the Dodgers was ruthless enough to terrify even his teammates.

‘What the hell are you doing with the Dodgers?’

‘Did the Dodgers fan lose even a lover?’

Some even thought that Jinyong Lee might have a really bitter grudge relationship between the Dodgers.

Of course, no one asked Lee Jin-yong a question to answer that question.

Because there was only one person in the Mets who was brazen enough to ask the same questions to Jin-yong Lee, who showed the best pitching and best betting, why are you doing that, why are you doing it so desperately, and why are you doing it so relentlessly?

“Lee, why are you trampling the Dodgers so mercilessly?”

Joe Jones.

The only one, unable to hold back his curiosity, handed a question to Jinyong Lee.

“Of course, you don’t have to give me an answer. It’s just my personal curiosity. For personal reasons, you can ignore my question. I apologize in advance for being rude.”

Jinyong Lee answered that question without much thought.

“It’s annoying to get only one win from guys who have won six against us.”

Jinyong Lee was very calm.

“Are you annoyed?”

“Then you were going to be happy with just one win? Joe, we’re on a three-game losing streak. Before that, I had already lost 3 more in a row. And right now, you’re not sure you’ve won a single win, are you?”

He continued speaking calmly.

“We can’t get back the six games we lost in any way. But let’s end it here? The baseball I learned is not that kind of baseball.”

In response, Joe Jones did not change his expression much.

He nodded his head with a calm expression.

However, the face of the Mets squad was different. Their faces were slightly distorted.

It wasn’t because Lee Jin-yong’s words were offensive.

‘Lee is right. It’s only one win in the end if we win here.’

‘As Lee said, no matter what we do in today’s game, the lost 6 games will not come back.’

It was an expression of shame.

Unlike Jinyong Lee, the expression of self-blame towards them who are satisfied with the current situation.

Jinyong Lee put a wedge on the faces of his colleagues.

“Above all, the Dodgers are a team that made it to the World Series stage last year. The team we’re more likely than ever to meet in the postseason to get to the World Series. Maybe we’ll see each other in the Championship Series. If I want them to pee in their pants instead of shivering in anger when they think of today, then I can’t be content here.”

At those words, Metz’s expression changed in an instant.

Now everyone had a creepy expression on their face. The expression of a beast that tasted blood at the end of hunger.

On the other hand, Joe Jones still looked at Jinyong Lee with a calm expression and nodded his head.

And then he said softly.

“It’s similar to Kim’s theory.”

“okay?”

“Kim always said this, even after the opposing team trampled on them horribly.”

“what?”

“I am still hungry.”

At those words, Jin-yong Lee glanced sideways and looked at Jin-ho Kim, who was next to him.

– Whoops.

At this moment, Jin-ho Kim said with a smile that was clearly youthful and nodded his head lightly.

– Yes, I did.

Seeing that, Jinyong Lee also said with a smile.

“Joe, did Kim really say that?”

“I lived with it in my mouth.”

– Nothing. At that time, I was a really great pitcher who wasn’t satisfied with the talent he gave me, didn’t neglect practice and analysis, and wasn’t satisfied with the perfect game. hey! Even if I think about it, I was really cool back then. If I were a woman, I would have unconditionally propose to a man like me first, but why the hell I hate everything even if I confess… Uh, um. Hmm. Words came out in vain

Jinho Kim gave additional explanations.

Jinyong Lee, who had heard the explanation, said to Joe Jones.

“By the way, if it was Kim, could it be that she was just really hungry?”

“yes?”

– yes?

At that, Joe Jones and Kim Jin-ho looked surprised, and to them, Jin-yong Lee gave my opinion.

two surprised.

“lets think. You usually say that at the end of the game, right? What’s more, considering Kim’s personality, he could have said that because he was really hungry. It’s just Joe, you misunderstood the situation. Maybe that’s when I signed you for a bar of chocolate.”

At those words, Joe Jones began to recall the past for a moment, while Jin-ho Kim shouted at Jin-yong Lee.

– hey! Jinyong Lee! Where do you sell drugs?

“Hmm······.”

Then Joe Jones said at the end of the flashback.

“If it was Kim’s personality, it could have been.”

– What?

At Joe Jones’ answer, Jinho Kim shouted in amazement.

– Joe, you bastard! what could it be? Fuck, hey! I’m Steel Hungry! It’s a Hiddink quote, a quote! Did I ever say that because I was really hungry at that moment?

However, there is no way Kim Jin-ho’s words could reach Joe Jones.

On the other hand, Jinyong Lee quickly responded to Joe Jones’ words.

“right? Could it be Kim?”

Kim Jin-ho looked up at the sky and sighed.

-Oh, my legendary anecdote is because of the fuck.

In the beginning of the 8th inning, which started in such an atmosphere, of course, the Mets were a completely different team.

18.

After Jin-Yong Lee hit a home run in the seventh inning and after learning that Jin-Yong Lee was playing a no-hit game, the Dodgers were desperate for a better defeat.

“Shoot it anyway! It’s okay if you don’t hit the infield, so somehow!”

The hitting coaches repeatedly ordered hitters to hit.

“Never give a home run.”

And the pitching coaches ordered Jin-yong Lee not to give a home run in the beginning of the ninth inning.

The Dodgers are in turmoil.

On the other hand, the eyes of the Mets players looking at the Dodgers were shining the sharpest during today’s game.

The content of the eighth game, which started under such circumstances, was, of course, one-sided.

– Hit! consecutive hits! The Mets batting line started spewing fire without stopping in the 8th!

The batting order, which started from the 6th, got consecutive hits and walks.

After the sudden bombardment passed, the situation that unfolded was that the entire building was unharmed.

– The Mets’ ninth hitter with all bases intact, but today’s best hitter Lee stands.

And in that situation, Jinyong Lee stood at the plate.

[Scoring right situation. The clutch heater effect is activated.]

[Multi-hit effect is active.]

[The slugger effect is activated.]

Jinyong Lee, who was standing at the plate, heard the baseball manager’s constant notification in his ear, and Jinyong Lee replied to the notification.

“Last Chance.”

[Last Chance has been activated.]

19.

If a perfect game pitcher can record the best record in a game, the best record a batter can record in a game is a home run in four consecutive at-bats.

In fact, there have been only 18 instances in MLB history that a batter hit four home runs in a game, and only seven of them hit a home run in four consecutive at-bats.

If we simply compare the number of records, it is a record that is harder to see than the perfect game.

Truly a fantastic record.

– Lee, if he hits a home run here, he’ll be the only pitcher in the majors to hit a home run in four consecutive at-bats.

But now, Jin-yong Lee, who is no one else, had a chance in front of him to achieve the record of a home run in four consecutive at-bats.

Of course, the Dodgers had a choice in the face of that situation.

– Can’t the Dodgers just walk and filter?

– Wouldn’t it be better to walk when a pitcher hits a home run in four consecutive at-bats?

intentional phrase.

The surest option to avoid a home run.

However, none of the Dodgers coaches and players brought up the word intentional in front of Jinyong Lee.

couldn’t take it out

– Do you want to throw an intentional ball when the base is full? it’s crazy?

– Better be right, what a shame!

– That’s more humiliating.

A person who hit a home run in three consecutive at-bats stood at the plate, and sending it out with an intentional ball was more of a humiliation than defeat.

– You don’t know if you’re winning, you’re even losing, right?

– It’s okay to just be beaten, so let’s see.

Also, the Dodgers didn’t win.

A close by one point, if a home run really leads to defeat, he will throw a deliberate four ball as an excuse, but now the Mets are clearly leading at an advantageous level.

– If you have the pride of the runner-up team in the World Series last season, you can’t throw an intentional ball against a scumbag pitcher here. nothing

Crucially, Jinyong Lee was a pitcher.

A giant who represents the league, a pitcher who is not like Giancarlo Stanton, Mike Trout, or Bryce Harper, nor a legend like Miguel Cabrera or Albert Pujols, this season is the first season of the Major League Baseball!

You don’t want to give such a pitcher a home run in four consecutive at-bats, so he runs away with an intentional ball?

can do.

If you want to run away, you can hit it.

– Well, if you run away, that’s a good thing, too. One of this season’s World Series contenders runs away on their own.

But running away from it was effectively giving up the World Series stage this season.

In the 2017 season, the Dodgers, who suffered from a loss of just one win, could not accept that much.

So, at this moment, the Dodgers took it out.

– ah! The Dodgers replace the pitcher. Pedro Diaz! He gets on the mound.

Dodgers setup man Pedro Diaz.

The option of being the bullpen pitcher brought in by the Dodgers this season for three years and $26 million to support the league’s top finisher, Kenley Jansen.

At the Dodgers’ choice, Kim Jin-ho said while looking at Lee Jin-yong.

– Look, I was right? I’m so glad you told me to replay the Diaz Scouting Report before the match, aren’t you?

To that, Jinyong Lee smiled deeply instead of answering.

20.

Pedro Diaz.

He’s been a great pitcher for the Dodgers this season.

A pitcher who made countless batters miss first base with his right hand that can throw a high 95 mph two-seam fastball low!

He was also a pitcher with fewer home runs.

No matter how advanced the hitting skills of hitters these days, it’s not easy to hit a 95 mph two-seam fastball that wriggles like a snake near the batter’s thigh to make a home run.

So when Pedro Diaz stood on the mound, Dodgers fans sighed in relief with a dissatisfied expression on their faces.

‘It’s crazy that Diaz came out of here, but if it was Diaz, he wouldn’t have hit a home run.’

‘Yeah, this is better. It’s much better to avoid humiliation here than to save Diaz a game.’

It was dissatisfying that the team’s setup man came up in the losing match, but there was no denying that Pedro Diaz would catch the ground ball against Jinyong Lee.

He was also the most suitable pitcher at the moment when the base was full.

No one can blame manager Dave Roberts for putting Pedro Diaz on the mound.

Actually, the choice itself wasn’t bad.

The problem is none other than the situation Pedro Diaz is in at this moment.

‘You can’t walk.’

Pedro Diaz, who Jinyong Lee faced, wanted to avoid walking against Jinyong Lee.

‘I’d rather be right, I’d never give him a walk.’

It was because of self-esteem.

If there is a walk here in any way, it will look like Pedro Diaz is avoiding Jinyong Lee to anyone who sees it.

That’s why Pedro Diaz threw his first ball a little higher than usual and closer to the strike zone.

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Jinyong Lee just watched the ball.

“strike!”

The moment the ball came in like that was judged a strike, Jinyong Lee’s smile grew stronger.

It was the first pitch, but I could understand Pedro Diaz’s will very well in that ball.

‘I don’t want to walk even if I die.’

At the same time, he knew how painful it was for a pitcher.

– You’ve been poisoned. If you are a pitcher whose long-term goal is to induce a ground ball on a low ball, even if there is a walk, I have to push my style. you have to throw it low tttttttttttttttttttttttttt

Furthermore, Jin-yong Lee knew well how to make the troubled pitcher even more painful.

To do that, Jinyong Lee said to the referee as it was.

“time! time!”

Jinyong Lee, he really started a move to harass the pitcher.

21.

The pitcher has the duty to inform the batter that he is throwing the ball when he throws the ball.

If the pitcher suddenly throws the ball while standing still on the mound, the batter’s batting average will be hard to exceed 20%.

That’s why pitchers take their stance before throwing the ball.

In this process, there are pitchers who take a long time, and the referee often gives a signal to those pitchers to throw the ball quickly in order to speed up the game.

But that doesn’t mean a pitcher must throw the ball within a few seconds of getting into a pitching stance.

Because it depends on the situation.

For example, in a situation where the runners are full, the referee gives the pitcher a little longer time because the pitching time may be longer or a check may come out because of the fight between the pitcher and the runners.

If you go a little further, it’s good to have the game run a little longer if it’s a game where you can get all bases safely and a historic home run.

Isn’t that the highlight of the movie?

Everyone just holds their breath and waits.

However, Jinyong Lee was different.

“time!”

The referee waved his hand at Jinyong Lee’s request for time, and Pedro Diaz, who was about to throw the ball, relaxed his stance and frowned.

Because of Lee Jin-yong, the match was stopped once again.

However, Jinyong Lee was rather angry.

He spit out his own words that everyone could hear.

“No, if you’re going to throw a ball, you have to throw it right away. What is this going to do? What should a batter do if he endures without limits?”

With the horse, Jinyong Lee again took a hitting stance at the plate.

Once he trampled the boundary of the plate, he moved closer to the back of the batter box, and in the meantime he kicked the dirt and soiled the home plate.

After that, he slowly took his striking stance, staggering back and forth like a reed.

Lastly, don’t forget to catch your breath.

“Heavy, heavy rain, heavy rain.”

Also, this was the third time.

While Pedro Diaz threw the 5th, Jinyong Lee ruined the pitcher’s pace in this way.

“Pucking Howman.”

In the end, swear words came out of the mouth of current catcher Kevin Palmer of the Dodgers.

To that, Jinyong Lee replied with a grin.

“downpour?”

The answer was to scrape Kevin Palmer’s bottom-up patience with a shovel.

‘Damn you bastard!’

Naturally, at this moment, Kevin Palmer did not want to be with Lee Jin-yong for a second more.

So Kevin Palmer ordered Pedro Diaz.

‘The ball count is 2 balls, 2 strikes. There is room for the ball count. Let’s throw a low two-seam fastball to induce a ground ball or a wasteful swing.’

I wanted to see the game with the ball falling out of the strike zone and with the yuin-gu.

But at that spell, Pedro Diaz shook his head.

‘His vision is great. I filtered all the balls to the low ball before. I’m going to filter the ball again this time.’

If you look at Jinyong Lee’s vision and condition today, there is a high possibility that he will not be deceived by Yoo Ingoo.

‘You can’t walk.’

Crucially, Pedro Diaz wanted to avoid being pushed into a 3-ball situation.

If it had been Kevin Farmer, he would have asked Pedro Diaz to throw a low ball again, if necessary, even if he was on the mound.

But now Kevin Palmer feels different.

‘Diaz is right. If you go hard against this bastard, you’ll get twisted.’

The feeling of wanting to break up with Lee Jin-yong even for one minute and one second.

Naturally, the catcher demanded the ball Pedro Diaz wanted.

‘A two-seam fastball that goes into the lower zone. Yes, as long as you don’t hit a home run. I’ll give you one hit.’

He asked for a match, and Pedro Diaz happily nodded his head.

Soon after, Pedro Diaz threw the sixth pitch against Jinyong Lee.

Ball entering the strike zone.

The ball towards Jinyong Lee’s body.

However, Jinyong Lee’s bat shouted at that 93-mile ball, which was not low and did not change easily.

Whoa!

It was a sound that signaled the birth of a historic moment.

22.

Whoa!

The moment the bat touched the ball, Jinyong Lee could be sure.

‘It’s gone.’

As he felt in his previous three at-bats, he knew that his batted ball would cross the fence again this time.

Because of this, Jin-yong Lee could watch the batted ball flying in a relaxed manner the moment he hit the ball.

– It’s big, it stretches out. The batted ball continues to stretch!

Lee Jin-yong, who looked at the batted ball like that, did not throw the bat this time unlike his previous three at-bats.

Naturally, holding the bat in my right hand, I just stared at the batted ball as it flew away.

Like a conductor with a baton.

Then the ball went over the right wall.

[You have achieved the Grand Slam. A gold roulette ticket is paid.]

[You have achieved a Grand Slam for the first time. Platinum roulette tickets will be paid.]

[You have achieved a Grand Slam for the first time in the major leagues. Platinum roulette tickets will be paid.]

[You hit a home run in 4 consecutive at-bats for the first time. A diamond roulette ticket is paid.]

[You hit a home run in four consecutive at-bats for the first time in the major leagues. A diamond roulette ticket is paid.]

Then the baseball manager made it clear that it was a home run.

“Well!”

At that moment, Jinyong Lee slowly threw the bat he was holding in his right hand sideways and started running towards the first base.

– It’s gone! lee! He turned his record into a grand slam.

At that moment, Dodger Stadium was filled with silent sighs.

I just looked at Jinyong Lee coming home after finishing the base run in silence.

In addition, all cameras at Dodger Stadium also shot only Lee Jin-yong.

Thanks to this, everyone in the world was able to see the scene in real time.

– Wow, you’re doing it.

– A pitcher’s home run in four consecutive at-bats…

– What pitcher is that?

– A real double sword was here.

b Isn’t that a trio?

In the attention of everyone in the world, Jinyong Lee entered the dugout after high-fives with the runners he had been waiting for.

Then, Jin-yong Lee, who took off the helmet he was wearing, immediately took the glove from his seat and made it clear.

– ah! No hit!

the game isn’t over yet.

23.

The Mets’ attack, led by Jinyong Lee’s full-base home run in the early 8th inning, stopped only after making a score difference of 10-0.

And at the end of the eighth inning that began, on the stage where Jinyong Lee’s no-hit game was played, the Dodgers had only one goal.

“No hit, just hit on hit!”

“Absolutely hit!”

hitting the ball somehow.

– Jinyong-ah, they seem to be trying to hit any ball. What do you do? Would you like to throw a two-seam or cutter in moderation and catch it with a ground ball?

In front of such Dodgers hitters, Jinyong Lee had one choice.

“You have to do it in the style of Kim Jin-ho.”

– What’s my style?

“For sure when it comes to killing.”

Catching everyone with strikeouts.

The weapon that Jinyong Lee chose as a weapon for that determination was none other than the splitter.

– Yeah, make everyone dance.

In front of such a Lee Jin-yong splitter, the Dodgers batters began to dance as Kim Jin-ho said.

“Swing, strike out!”

“Swing, strike out!”

Dancing with the bat.

“Swing strike, ow ow!”

With that pathetic dance, the nightmare of Dodger Stadium ended.

End