Ch 193

One.

For a professional player, records are like clothes.

In fact, the record itself has no effect on a player’s performance itself.

The pitcher with the most strikeouts last season doesn’t increase his speed, and the major league home run king doesn’t make him stronger.

Nevertheless, records are important.

It is a valuable result left by that player, not for the same reason.

The reason is that the record has a real effect in reality.

That’s what the world is

Even the same person is treated and treated differently depending on what kind of clothes they wear.

– The first inning has started. The Mets attack first. The starting pitcher is Jake Arrietta.

So did Cubs ace Jake Arietta.

He was wearing a lot of clothes.

The 2015 National League Cy Young Award winner, the 2015 no-hit game record, the 2016 World Series win…

Because of this, most hitters were stunned the moment they met Jake Arietta.

The aura created by Jake Arietta’s clothes was crushing him before he could even fight properly.

But today was different.

Today, no one was intimidated by the clothes Jake Arietta was wearing.

No one was even interested, let alone frightened.

– Jinyong-ah, the camera is taking pictures of you.

Because there was a player who wore more colorful clothes than anyone else here.

– Come on, let it rain. huh? Make a heavy rain forecast.

Jinyong Lee, his presence was that much.

Unlike when he started wearing the clothes of a closing pitcher, now wearing the clothes of a starting pitcher, he was exuding his presence and aura without even having to go on the mound.

The appearance of Lee Jin-yong reflected on the camera right away was different from before.

In the previous game, Jin-yong Lee smiled while watching the game and showed a slightly distracted atmosphere, but Jin-yong Lee, who became a starting pitcher, was concentrating on the game with his sharp eyes and his mouth closed.

Everyone who saw that expression thought the same thing.

‘After all, Howman is a starter. The moment you are selected, your expression changes.’

‘Now it feels like the real Howman is coming out.’

‘In fact, seeing her expression more rigid than usual…’

Jinyong Lee seems to be more hungry than ever because he only tasted the game of the Cubs by starting as a close pitcher earlier.

So it looks like your face is stiff.

Of course, the truth was different.

– Hey, why aren’t you answering me? are you ignoring me Baby, that’s why I didn’t raise a black-haired hobbit. I took a fucking trash pitcher and made him look like a human, and now he says he doesn’t know me. Can I do this to my master?

‘Is this okay for a master who works hard with a longing to become a psychopath by filming a conversation with a ghost while the camera is filming?’

No one knew that the expression was in order not to fall for Kim Jin-ho’s masterpiece.

– Baby, it won’t take you. ah! what a waste! If I spit to myself here, the FBI will come and arrest me tomorrow morning for seeing aliens!

Anyway, Jinyong Lee’s presence was that much.

A pitcher who can be the hero of the game on any stage by his very existence alone.

– Rather, Jinyong-ah, do you remember what I said about Wrigley Field a while ago?

Wrigley Field, one of the oldest baseball fields in the major leagues, was greeted with such a presence.

– What is the atmosphere on the pitch when you win against the Cubs at Wrigley Field?

‘You said it would become a haunted house.’

There is nothing strange about giving Wrigley Field a disgrace that has never been experienced before.

“lee! Participation!”

And now the monster is on the mound at Wrigley Field.

2.

Jinyong Lee, who came out of the dugout, climbed onto the mound at Wrigley Field with the same gait as usual.

Second mound today.

However, the feeling was completely different from when I stepped on it before.

First of all, it was different from the gaze and sound of the left audience who saw him.

– Can you hear this more?

Closing pitcher Jin-yong Lee was the only pitcher to record one save in his career.

Amazing, great, but that’s all.

On the other hand, starting pitcher Jinyong Lee was different.

MLB record holder for most consecutive strikeouts, MLB record holder for least pitches completed, Major league record holder for most innings cleared, two no-hit games and one perfect game.

If the record is clothes, then they are wearing the most overwhelming clothes in MLB history.

– Can you hear the people here swallowing?

It was quite natural to be overwhelmed in front of that Lee Jin-yong’s appearance.

– Baby, you’re very determined. Seeing you don’t answer.

However, Jinyong Lee had no intention of attaching any particular meaning to that fact.

– Yeah, do it right.

He didn’t care what clothes he was wearing.

‘The preparations are all over.’

Because at this moment, there was only one outfit that Jinyong Lee wanted.

‘Today, I will break the record for most strikeouts in a game, and the record of Kim Jin-ho.’

The most strikeouts in a game, that was the record Jin-yong Lee was aiming for.

3.

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“Strike out!”

The Cubs were suspicious of Jinyong Lee’s pitching when he struck out seven pitches at the end of the first inning, when Jinyong Lee threw a 7th against third batter Chris Bryant.

‘what?’

‘Is it something different?’

It was only at the end of the second episode that I realized what the suspicion was.

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“strike! Aww!”

At the end of the second inning, Jinyong Lee took one walk and three strikeouts against four batters, and everyone thought about it.

‘no way?’

‘Aren’t you planning to strike out and catch, not pitching to catch?’

It was at the end of the third inning that his suspicions became certain when Jason Hayward, who came out as the last batter, dedicated his second strikeout against Jinyong Lee.

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“Swing, strike ooh ooh!”

At that moment, the Cubs players were convinced.

“Hawman is only aiming for strikeouts.”

“You started a strikeout hunt with great determination.”

That Jinyong Lee started pitching to catch only strikeouts.

‘why?’

‘Why are you only aiming for strikeouts all of a sudden?’

‘How to manage pitchers?’

That was a little difficult for the Cubs to understand.

Recently, Jinyong Lee has been managing the number of pitches by pitching with his right hand.

In order to appear in more games, he is pitching to catch and trying to reduce the number of pitches.

‘Isn’t it more important to manage pitchers on a day like today?’

In today’s double header game, I was able to come out first as a closing pitcher because of my pitching to manage the pitcher.

‘The number of pitches thrown before is not small, but if you pitch a pitch that only strikes out here, the number of pitches will be out of control, right?’

But today, when the results came out, now that you have harvested what you were doing, you are pitching to catch strikeouts instead of pitching right?

hard to understand.

‘My head hurts.’

In other words, it was unexpected for the Cubs hitters.

How do you anticipate and respond to a pitcher who has been hitting pitching for three months since he achieved a perfect game against the Dodgers in June, and then switched to a pitching that strikes out?

‘ah!’

So at that moment, some realized.

‘Right. That’s what he was looking for.’

The reason Jinyong Lee shows.

And those who realized it looked at Lee Jin-yong with eyes filled with astonishment.

“Crazy bastard.”

“Pucking Howman!”

On the other hand, those who had not yet realized were surprised by the sudden call of their colleague and questioned.

“Why all of a sudden?”

“What?”

Those who were aware of such comrades spoke with a serious face.

“The only time I’ve ever hit a pitch is to break the record of strikeouts!”

“What? What does that mean?”

“They have dug a trap for the record of most strikeouts in a game!”

At that, some frowned and shook their heads.

“What nonsense is that?”

“You dug a trap for a new strikeout record in one game, does that make sense?”

The fact that the correct pitching that took place over three months, in June, July and August, was a trap for breaking the record for most strikeouts was a nonsensical interpretation beyond an exaggerated level.

“He’s a Howman!”

“You’re like a monster!”

However, those who thought that one word was an over-interpretation of their colleagues had to think again.

Others would never do that, and never do it.

But Jinyong Lee was different.

He’s a pitcher who breaks all historical records that have ever existed in the major leagues!

Does he really want the season to end like this?

Or will you challenge yourself to break a new record you haven’t even broken yet?

The answer was already out there.

“Oh My God.”

Jinyong Lee, if that is the case, it would be enough to prepare like that.

“Crazy bastard!”

4.

After pitching at the end of the 3rd inning, Jinyong Lee entered the mound and took a break.

– uh?

At that time, Jinho Kim said as if he heard something.

– Jin Yong-ah, what did you say at the Cubs dugout?

At those words, one of Jinyong’s eyebrows rose.

What do you mean?

– You look at me like a monstrous bastard.

At that moment, Jin-yong Lee looked at Jin-ho Kim with an expression that said, “That’s it.”

On the other hand, Kim Jin-ho still spoke with a serious expression.

– No, really? Did you hear that? Hey, I’m a ghost, a ghost! Would I ever say something like this to make fun of you? And if I made it up, I wouldn’t call him a monstrous bastard! I put a chunky piece of crappy garbage on the front!

“huh.”

At Kim Jin-ho’s words, Jin-yong Lee put his nose on his nose.

However, the moment the Cubs hitters became fielders and came out of the mound for defense in the early 4th inning, the moment he saw their eyes looking at him in the dugout, Jinyong Lee was sure.

‘You noticed.’

The Cubs guessed what the trap Lee Jin-yong had in place today and what Jin-yong Lee was aiming for.

Kim Jin-ho was also convinced of that fact.

– Look! Because what I heard was right! It’s clear that I understood your intentions and said you were a piece of crap, a piece of crap, and a crazy bastard!

Kim Jin-ho, who claimed his innocence like that, immediately looked at the Cubs hitters and said:

– So what do you do? Now the Cubs are going to run all over the place just to make sure they don’t get hit?

At that, Jinyong Lee said while covering his mouth with both hands.

“It’s called a dump.”

– What? How confident are you?

Jin-yong Lee, who still covered his mouth with both hands at Kim Jin-ho’s question, but was smiling, said confidently.

“The pitching style I prepared today is the most amazing pitching style I’ve ever done.”

5.

At the end of the third inning, the Cubs grasped Jinyong Lee’s goal.

And by the end of the 5th inning, almost everyone who watched the game understood Jinyong Lee’s target number.

“Swing, strike, oooh!”

– lee! He struck out his thirteenth in the bottom of the fifth!

5 innings and 13 strikeouts.

If you do not know his intentions even after seeing the pitching of Jin-yong Lee, who has started collecting strikeouts at a shocking level beyond the overwhelming level, it is no different than not knowing baseball.

The reporters in the press room were already voicing up articles that fit them.

[Lee, challenge the record for most strikeouts today!]

[Lee, set out to collect the last new record!]

Articles focused on Lee Jin-yong’s breaking the record for most strikeouts in a game began to appear.

Of course, the only stories of reporters who filled the press room were about Lee Jin-yong’s strikeout.

“Awesome.”

“The Cubs hitters are striking out and trying to deal with it.”

All reporters admired Lee Jin-yong’s pitching.

“The effect is even greater thanks to the only pitching I’ve been doing right now. The Cubs could never have expected and prepared for something like this.”

“He’s such a monster.”

“Well, this was How Man’s original form.”

But no one was surprised enough to be astonished.

“right. “At the beginning of the season, I was just striking out really, really crazy.”

“Rather, this is How Man’s original form. It was just a choice for pitcher management.”

Originally, Jin-yong Lee was a pitcher who struck out better than any other pitcher in the major leagues, and the proof was that Jin-yong Lee had the record for the most strikeouts in a row in the major leagues.

Therefore, there was no reason to be astonished at Jinyong Lee’s pitching style.

“But there is something strange about it.”

“Lee’s pitching is great, but I think it’s something different.”

But some of the journalists, veteran journalists who had spent more than a decade in the major leagues, were different.

They tilted their heads repeatedly as they watched Jinyong Lee’s pitching, and tried to think of something.

“Seniors.”

Among them was Hwang Seon-woo’s junior reporter.

“Don’t you think Jinyong Lee’s pitching style is a little different from usual?”

Hwang Seon-woo smiled softly instead of expressing his doubts at the junior reporter’s question.

look at this guy How did you know that?

that kind of smile.

A junior reporter who saw that smile immediately asked a question.

“Do you know something?”

Hwang Sun-woo said to that question.

“You know, there’s nothing to sleep and do. Jinyong Lee’s pitching style right now is the pitcher’s style I know best. You should know. And most of you here will know.”

“Who are you?”

“lets think. Who was the pitcher who dominated the mound in the majors by attacking hitters with his right hand and hitting up to 100 mph with his right hand, tricking hitters with splitters and changeups, striking out?”

“ah!”

A junior reporter immediately recalled that explanation.

Hwang Sun-woo gave a clear answer to such a junior reporter.

“Yeah, that’s how Kim Jin-ho threw it.”

End