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4.

There is such a thing.

Everyone is surprised when a kid who usually gets 70 points suddenly gets 100 points.

On the other hand, I am not particularly surprised when a child who usually gets 95 points easily gets 100 points.

Jinyong Lee, his pitching was the same.

When Jinyong Lee played a fast game with a pitching hit against the reds, no one had any doubts about that fact.

Rather, some thought.

– How many strikeouts today?

– He can’t strike out, he can’t!

– Houman seems to have finally lost his stamina.

Jinyong Lee’s pitching, with fewer strikeouts, is said to be below average.

It was the same with pitchers.

Recently, Jin-yong Lee had lowered the number of pitches to an average of 80 through pitching, so no one was surprised at the fact that the number of pitches against the Reds was small compared to the innings.

Some didn’t even care about that.

– Houman spray 104!

– HOWMAN, throw it with your left hand!

– Howman hides restraint.

Most people watching the game were only interested in Lee Jin-yong throwing with his left hand.

However, when Jinyong Lee came down the mound after finishing the sixth inning with 39 pitches, the whole story changed.

– Wait, how many complete pitches were the least pitched pitches in the Major Leagues?”

– Was it Maddox 78?

B Possibly, there were 20 fewer records than that.

ㄴ Red Barrett’s 58th pitch win!

Jinyong Lee, because he has once again challenged the legend.

5.

At the end of the 6th inning, the atmosphere at City Field was chaotic.

“Hooman challenged the minimum pitch shutout?”

“Nonsense!”

The audience was busy surprised by Jinyong Lee’s new challenge, and reporters were busy writing articles.

The Citi Field press room was filled with the sound of knocking on laptops.

However, there was no sound from Hwang Seon-woo.

Instead of tapping on the laptop, Hwang Seon-woo watched the game silently through the TV set in the press room.

‘I expected that Jin-yong Lee would pitch as much as possible to reduce the number of pitches.’

Hwang Seon-woo, he was aware of Lee Jin-yong’s intentions early on.

‘Because I can’t emphasize that Jinyong Lee can throw a fast ball for no reason.’

It was around the time when he told reporters that Jin-yong Lee could throw the ball faster as if he was advertising.

‘There must be a reason why it came out that way.’

Because Lee Jin-yong, whom Hwang Seon-woo knows, was not a pitcher who said that just to brag or to get attention.

If he could throw 104 mph, he was a hunter who tried to catch his opponent more reliably by hiding it and pulling it out at the decisive moment.

And the moment Lee Jin-yong made his left hand an inaccessible hand in the All-Star Game, Hwang Seon-woo was convinced.

‘It was a masterpiece to make the left hand untouchable, so that batters could face the right hand.’

What is Jinyong Lee aiming for?

‘Before the All-Star Game, the proportion of right-handed pitching was high and the average number of pitches decreased was to refine the hitting style to reduce the number of pitches with the right hand.’

Lee Jin-yong, who has no more ERA to reduce, has now found that he is working to reduce the number of pitches.

‘Still, I’m sure he’ll try to break Red Barrett’s record.’

Of course, Hwang Sun-woo could not even imagine that he would try to break Charles Henry Barrett’s record of 58 complete wins in the major leagues.

‘It’s a monster too.’

The moment when you realize how terrifying Lee Jin-yong is.

‘But that’s it. He kept Red Barrett’s record in sight, but that’s all. That record will never be broken.’

However, Hwang Seon-woo thought that the chance of Lee Jin-yong breaking Charles Henry Barrett’s record was close to zero.

It wasn’t just his thoughts.

– New record? Frankly, it’s impossible.

– Reds hitters need 27 pitches to play three innings just by standing out at bat.

– Breaking the 58th pitch is unheard of in modern baseball.

If the batter was prepared, he could have pitched at least three pitches against the pitcher.

– No matter how hard you are, this is hard.

No matter how much Lee Jin-yong is, he has broken countless major league legends and made the impossible possible.

“Seven times.”

“It’s finally starting.”

Under such circumstances, at the end of the 6th inning, the Mets attack ended and the 7th began.

“Now is the beginning.”

Jinyong Lee came on the mound.

6.

At the beginning of the 7th inning, silence began to spread over the city field.

There was no cheers like before.

gulp!

The sound of swallowing saliva in tension was the only sound that woke the silence.

Kim Jin-ho also participated in the stillness.

In Jin-yong Lee’s ears as he headed to the mound, he could only hear the sound of my footsteps, but not Kim Jin-ho’s voice.

At that fact, Jin-yong Lee looked at Jin-ho Kim, who was following him with a squint.

Kim Jin-ho was looking at Lee Jin-yong like that with a serious expression.

That was it.

Kim Jin-ho just stared at him.

‘This is the most difficult moment.’

It was then that Jinyong Lee could feel it deeply.

How difficult and difficult task you are facing right now.

“Whoa.”

Lee Jin-yong, who took a short breath at that fact, raised his head and looked at the batter standing on the left side of the plate.

Reds batter Scott Schevler.

He played full-time in the major leagues for the first time last season, and now reports that he has become a real major leaguer, and is a hitter responsible for the Reds’ central batting line in 2018.

And the hitter who scored a hit against Jinyong Lee earlier.

The moment he stood at the plate, Jinyong Lee signed autographs with Joe Jones and immediately prepared to pitch.

There was no reason to worry about what ball to throw.

It was a game that had been prepared for over a month, and the ball that Jinyong Lee had to throw to catch Scott Schevlar at this moment was clearly decided.

I threw the prepared ball.

Jinyong Lee, he threw the first ball.

The ball thrown is nothing but a changeup.

The most perfect changeup in the world, reminiscent of Pedro Martinez.

And to that ball, Scott Schevler answered with certainty.

right!

– ah! The ball crosses the foul line.

– It’s a first ball hit, so it looks like Schevler is trying to compete against Lee.

I have no intention of running away against Lee Jin-yong.

“I almost got out with a ground ball a while ago!”

“Oh my God, are you really trying to win?”

“Can I just stand still?”

The audience was astonished by this.

Even if the Reds hitters didn’t devote a strikeout to Jinyong Lee, I thought they would at least play baseball watching.

However, Lee Jin-yong and Kim Jin-ho did not have any big doubts about that fact.

And the players on the ground didn’t even see the slightest agitation or shake at the sight.

‘Yes, it should be.’

‘We are major leaguers.’

‘I don’t want to be a victim of records. But it’s better to die than to run away because you’re afraid.’

Because this was a stage where only those who could be chosen could climb in the major leagues.

And that was the reason.

– Jin Yong-ah, welcome to the MLB.

Why the world calls the MLB the stage of dreams.

Jinyong Lee smiled at that fact.

7.

In the beginning of the 7th, the Reds batters were willing to go hard against Lee Jin-yong.

That didn’t mean he swung the bat out of nowhere.

The Reds hitters tried their best batting to get a hit against Jinyong Lee.

And Lee Jin-yong also threw the ball with his best.

He used a two-seam fastball, a cutter, and a changeup to steal the timing of the Reds hitters.

“out!”

So Jinyong Lee came down the mound with only 6 pitches in the 7th.

At that moment, all the spectators at City Field started applauding the ground.

It wasn’t just an applause for Lee Jin-yong.

“Reds, that’s great!”

“This is Major League Baseball.”

It was an applause for the Reds, who, instead of avoiding the match, more aggressively attacked Lee Jin-yong for a hit than they were afraid of being the victim of a great record.

Meanwhile, Jin-yong Lee, who entered the dugout amidst the sound of applause, looked for a towel first.

Then, he wiped the sweat with the towel.

– Are you very fussy?

It was clear evidence that the 7th pitching a while ago was the toughest pitching ever.

And it was natural.

– Isn’t it fucking hard to go in knowing that you’re going to get hit?

It was an opportunity for a hitter to openly do pitching that a pitcher catches.

A chance to get a really good hit.

In other words, Jinyong Lee was pitching with a higher chance of getting a hit than ever.

Even the opponents were not just batters, but hitters in the major leagues, monsters enough to make even a ball out of the strike zone a home run.

– Now, more than ever, the Reds hitters are more focused on killing you than ever.

Above all, the Reds batters Jin-yong Lee is facing now were those who were prepared to become bloody.

I bet he was a scarier opponent than any other hitter Lee Jin-yong had ever faced.

– I’m sweating right now, but maybe I won’t even sweat in episode 9. Because your spine will become cold.

Moreover, if it goes like this, it is highly likely that the 9th batting order or the 1st batting order will start in the ninth inning.

It was more dangerous than ever.

As Jinho Kim said, there was nothing strange about chilling the spine.

– That’s why you have to play baseball in the major leagues. Are you really cool? is not it?

So Kim Jin-ho smiled.

At the same time, Jinyong Lee also smiled.

And through those smiles, he answered.

“downpour.”

8.

At the end of the 7th, there were no points.

– Dive Catch! Perez saves more goals with a great defense!

The Reds hitters, who reached their peak of concentration, showed crazy defense and stole hits from Mets hitters.

And even in the beginning of the eighth inning, there were no scores.

– Shortstop! shortstop!

In the lower batting order starting from the 6th, Jinyong Lee was able to finish the game with only 7 pitches.

– out! lee! He finishes the 8th with 52 pitches!

52 pitches up to 8 innings.

Now, if he plays the remaining one inning with only five pitches, Jin-Yong Lee becomes the record holder for the least pitched complete pitches in the major leagues.

In such a situation, the Reds batters at the end of the 8th still spoke to Lee Jin-yong through a nice lake rain.

‘Yes, let’s try it somewhere.’

I have no intention of running away!

‘Five? Do you know what to say or not?’

A victim of records? I’ll gladly give it to you!

‘What we’re aiming for is your 1 point.’

Instead, I’ll take advantage of that gap and leave you with an unforgettable scar!

With the will of the Reds beasts, the ninth inning began.

right!

– Hit!

And in the beginning of the ninth, Jinyong Lee gave up a hit against the lead hitter.

9.

At the beginning of the ninth inning, the Reds used a pinch hitter quite naturally.

Big hitter John Brady.

He was a veteran right-handed hitter who played nine seasons in the major leagues, and at one time recorded a batting average of 30.3 pennies in the major leagues.

– Here the Reds put in John Brady.

– I put in the best pinch card I’ve ever cherished and cherished.

The Reds played the most reliable pinch-hitting card at the most important moment.

Against him, Jinyong Lee threw a two-seam fastball with his right hand.

It was a two-seam fastball that curves into the body of a right-handed hitter and moves like a harness if left alone.

To be honest, it was a ball thrown to shake John Brady’s striking balance rather than to induce a hit.

He didn’t just play with the first pitch, he threw the ball to catch it with real confidence.

But it was John Brady who made it into a hit that went through the side of second baseman like a bullet.

– Whoa!

At that batted ball, Jin-ho Kim exclaimed with exclamation without realizing it.

– Kill it. How do you hit that through second base?

At that exclamation, Jinyong Lee couldn’t even utter a shout.

‘Now it’s number one.’

As Jinho Kim said, at this moment, Jinyong Lee felt a chill in his spine.

It wasn’t just Lee Jin-yong.

“This is dangerous.”

“If we go on like this, we might concede goals, not at least a complete pitch.”

Reporters watching the game felt the same way.

“It’s no exaggeration to say that the Reds hitters are the best hitters in the MLB right now.”

“Even if I hit it a while ago. It was a ball that could not be hit.”

“It was a forced hit.”

The status of the Reds hitters right now is absurd.

“Pitching a hit here is putting your hand into an already exploding bomb.”

On the other hand, Jinyong Lee had to somehow put the ball into the strike zone in order to complete the minimum pitching at this moment.

“It wouldn’t be weird if I hit a home run.”

There is nothing strange about Lee Jin-yong’s scoreless match ending.

Under such circumstances, the Reds’ left-handed batsman Paul Polman, who stood at the plate, was quite natural.

“Put it in John. I’ll gladly swing the bat. Let’s finish with a double play.”

safety.

Joe Jones gulped and swallowed at the sight of Paul Polman showing his will.

‘I feel like my heart is going to explode.’

At this moment, Joe Jones’s heart is beating the loudest since he played baseball.

‘After Kim, there will be other people who do crazy things like this.’

What Jinyong Lee was trying to do was crazy enough.

So at this moment, Joe Jones smiled.

‘Awesome.’

In such a situation, Joe Jones asked Jinyong Lee for a cutter.

When a right-handed pitcher throws against a left-handed pitcher, the best ball for cutting the bat, which curves toward the body!

At that fact, Jinyong Lee happily nodded his head.

Jinyong Lee nodded and immediately threw the ball.

And Paul Polman swung the bat at the ball that entered the zone.

Whoa!

At that moment, Paul Polman’s bat split.

‘Me, that!’

The bat piece and the ball split into the ground flew at the shortstop at the same time.

At that moment, Jinyong Lee looked at the shortstop and shouted.

“Harm!”

The shortstop who was about to chase the ball reflexively jumped from his seat at Jinyong Lee’s shout.

Shh!

At the feet of the shortstop who leapt, a piece of bat, sharp and sharp like a knife, passed with an eerie sound.

Naturally, the ball rolled in the direction of left field, and in the meantime, the first base runner landed on second base and the batter runner landed on first base.

It was the moment when the hit ball that would normally have been completed by a shortstop would quickly change to a safe and secure 1st and 2nd base situation.

“ah······.”

A thick silence began to spread across the city field.

– It was a dangerous moment.

– Well done. You may have suffered a serious injury if you handled the batted ball too much.

In the midst of the silence, shortstop Ahmed Rosario sent a bewildered look at Lee Jin-yong.

‘shit······.’

Ahmed Rosario, a prospect for the Mets, who had his first debut season last season, had never experienced such a situation before.

‘I should have caught it even at the risk of getting injured somehow.’

The feeling of embarrassment soon began to turn into self-blame.

At that time, Jinyong Lee said to Ahmed Rosario.

“like!”

While Ahmed Rosario tilted his head at the sudden shout, Mets third baseman and Mets captain David Wright shouted loudly as if he had guessed something.

“right!”

It was possible because David Wright, who is the mental support of the Mets, was a possible move.

Then Ahmed Rosario took a breath, smiled and said to Lee Jin-yong.

“like!”

To that, Jinyong Lee replied with a smile.

“right!”

After that conversation, Jinyong Lee stood on the ground again and looked at the batter at the plate.

Kim Jin-ho, who saw it, said:

– Well done. You’re right that I shouted to get out of there. There would have been an accident if you hadn’t shouted.

On the other hand, those who watched the game soon sighed.

“It’s over.”

“I wish I could sculpt a bat like that and let the ball fly.”

“If it wasn’t for that, it would have been a double play.”

“I was just unlucky. That’s it.”

It was impossible to break the record for anyone to see that the ninth inning had to be played with only 5 pitches to complete a minimum pitch, and that the situation came out safely at first and second base even after throwing two balls.

“Now let’s look at it realistically.”

“Anyway, you have to give up the record of at least pitches and complete pitches and keep the record of scoreless innings.”

Therefore, I thought that Jinyong Lee would make a rational choice.

I thought I’d give up the record for the least pitches and complete pitches and instead pitch to keep my scoreless innings record.

“I like to take out my left hand and strike out.”

“Yeah, that’s the answer.”

“I’m going to change my gloves.”

I thought I would bring out the left hand that could crush the batter most definitely.

“yes?”

“what?”

However, Lee Jin-yong did not change his gloves, contrary to the thoughts of those around him.

Rather, he prepared for pitching right away.

‘why?’

A choice that the viewer will never understand.

On the contrary, it was natural for Lee Jin-yong.

Because I learned from Jinho Kim.

‘If you’re afraid of being hit and afraid of conceding, you shouldn’t be on the mound.’

If you’re afraid of getting hit or running away because you’re afraid of conceding, just don’t play baseball.

Naturally, Jinyong Lee did not intend to choose to run away because he was afraid of a loss.

And that was a courtesy to the Reds, who were willing to face him head-on.

‘I’m a major leaguer.’

Furthermore, it was the basic manners a major leaguer should have while standing on the mound in the major leagues.

With that determination, Jinyong Lee started pitching against right-handed hitter Harvey Rodriguez, who was on the bat.

right!

Harvey Rodriguez cleared the first ball for a foul.

“ah!”

“finished.”

The number of pitches remaining until the record breaking is two.

From now on, even if all batters retire by hitting, it is impossible to break new major league records.

right!

Even Harvey Rodriguez made the second ball thrown by Jin-Yong Lee as a foul that went outside the foul line on the third base side.

The moment the foul came out, the Reds smiled.

‘It’s over!’

‘We did it!’

Of course, I also thought of the batter at the plate.

‘It’s over.’

Jinyong Lee threw the third pitch towards the batter.

A fastball into the batter’s strike zone.

The ball thought Harvey Rodriguez.

‘It’s four hearts.’

It’s a four-seam fastball, and it’s a ball that rolls into the middle of the strike zone.

It’s the perfect ball to hit.

Jinyong Lee, the best ball to put a period in his scoreless inning.

‘Hit!’

There was not even a single hesitation in Harvey Rodriguez’s heart when he achieved what he wanted.

Naturally, he swung the bat straight away.

At that moment, a four-seam fastball hit Harvey Rodriguez.

‘Two heart?’

Tight!

The bat and the ball that collided like that made a violent sound, and with that violent sound, the ball went to third baseman.

At that moment, third baseman David Wright, who caught the ball, stepped on the third base and threw the ball to second base at once.

Then, shortstop Ahmed Rosario, who entered the cover of the second base, stepped on the second base and at the same time jumped and threw the ball towards first base.

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pop!

The ball thrown in that way entered the glove of the first baseman who was stepping on the first base.

And the first baseman who saw the scene clenched his fist.

“out!”

[Successful in triple killing. Bonus points are paid.]

[I succeeded in a triple kill for the first time. Platinum roulette tickets will be paid.]

[Major League’s first successful triple kill. Platinum roulette tickets will be paid.]

[You broke a new MLB record. A diamond roulette ticket is paid.]

– OMG?

“OMG?”

Jinyong Lee, it was the moment he wrote another legend in the major leagues.

End