Ch 195

One.

September 30, Citi Field, home of the Mets.

– The Mets have one last out this season.

The place where the last game of the 2018 season pennant race between the Mets and the Phillies was held was filled with so many Mets fans that it was impossible to find a gap.

– Now start pitching.

Nevertheless, Citi Field was incredibly quiet.

It seemed like a lie that more than 40,000 people had gathered, and even the sound of breathing could not be heard.

Everyone was holding their breath.

In that quiet city field, a muffled sound was heard.

right!

The sound spread like ripples.

Pavabat!

In the meantime, the sound of the batter running and the footsteps of the beasts began to be added.

Tub!

I could also hear the shortstop’s glove snapping at the ball.

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pop!

Then the sound of a ball hitting into the glove of first baseman was heard.

“out!”

Finally, when the first baseman clenched his fist, Citi Field, which had been quiet at that time, began to scream.

downpour!

downpour!

More than 40,000 people started to give only one cheer.

“downpour!”

Among them were Mets players, coaching staff, and officials related to the Mets club.

– Game over! The Mets finished this regular season with the highest percentage of MLB wins!

So everyone related to the Mets cheered at the fact that they finished the season with the top win rate in the Pennantrace MLB.

Kim Jin-ho, who was looking at the scene, immediately shook his head.

– Heavy rain and 40,000 people gathered in one place… There can be no worse place than this.

Jin-yong Lee did not respond to Jin-ho Kim’s complaint. Instead, he started pulling something out of his bag.

Seeing this, Jinho Kim sighed and said.

– Cancel what you just said. I’m going to see the worst from now on.

At the end of those words, Jinyong Lee took out what he wanted from his bag.

What he took out was the Mets uniform.

Jinyong Lee put on the uniform he took out immediately.

Then the jersey number 1 on the uniform, now the number representing Jinyong Lee, was the first to appear.

However, the name written on the jersey number was written in a letter other than Lee, which means Lee Jin-yong.

Jinyong Lee, wearing that uniform, immediately appeared out of the dugout.

“Leida!”

“Hooman!”

Mets fans who discovered Lee Jin-yong’s appearance cheered on Lee Jin-yong’s appearance more enthusiastically, as if what he had shown earlier was just a warm-up.

Amid the cheers, Jinyong Lee pointed to his back with his thumb instead of answering.

Naturally, people paid attention.

Jinyong Lee, the letters Howoo written on his jersey number!

“downpour!”

“downpour!”

At that moment, City Field began to be filled with cheers greater than any cheers that had ever come before.

Amid the cheers, Jinyong Lee took out his last secret weapon.

He opened the chest of his uniform and showed everyone his handwritten letters on a white T-shirt.

Again 1986

The last year of the Mets’ World Series win.

It was a declaration from Jinyong Lee to Mets fans as well as Major League fans.

Declare war to win the World Series!

“I will win the World Series because of Kim Jin-ho.”

At the same time, Jinyong Lee also declared to Jinho Kim.

– Jjajjik, make the tears come out…

“You have to win and make it happen. I can’t date once because there’s a damn bachelor ghost attached to me.”

– ·······Crawling horns. Anyway, it sounds like a win. Just by looking at it, you can’t win like me and become a ghost! What a win on the pitcher theme! And what’s my fault for not dating? Am I not a bachelor? Was I Casanova?

So the postseason started.

2.

The MLB postseason has four main stages.

First, the two teams with the highest win rate among the second-placed teams in each district will play a wild card game.

In this wild card match, the team that qualified for the wild card, the team with the highest win rate among the national league division winners, and the two teams winning the other divisions will play the division series.

The winners of that match will play a championship series to determine the National League champion, and if they become the National League champion, they will play a World Series against the American League champion.

Needless to say, all of these matches were on the edge of the brink.

The moment you lose, everything you’ve achieved so far becomes just like a mirage!

In particular, the wild card game, which is the first of these matches, had to be fiercer than ever.

[Wild card game start!]

[The war on the brink for the World Series begins!]

Because it was an opportunity for them to come back and usurp the throne at once, who are second in the world, and ultimately losers.

[Nationals vs. Diamondbacks, wild card game begins!]

Moreover, the two wildcard teams in the National League had the potential to win the World Series.

The Nationals, who had been beaten by the Mets and could have finished first in any other district, and the Diamondbacks, who could become series MVPs at any time, such as Jack Greinke and Paul Goldschmidt, won the World Series. had enough power for it.

However, the fight between the two teams that started like that was not as intense as expected.

– The wild card game is more boring than I thought.

– They said it was a jackpot because the two teams came together, but the performance was a bit…

– You seem to be working hard, but strangely, there is no sense of urgency.

It wasn’t that I didn’t work hard.

However, the two teams looked like runners running recklessly without seeing the goal point.

Of course, the world knew why.

– If you go up, you’ll meet Howman, but if you’re like me, you’ll just lose here.

– Rather than being humiliated by meeting Howman, would it be better to just drop out of the wild card game?

– Wildcard loser prize = break.

ㄴ Wildcard winner prize = Houman will give you a heavy rain.

It wasn’t easy to gain strength in the face of the fact that it was not an opportunity to face after a fierce battle, but an absolute who surpassed the monster of the major league called Jin-Yong Lee.

Still, there is a difference between winners and losers.

[Get the Nationals Victory Wildcard!]

The Nationals went on to face the Mets in a Division Series game with a wildcard victory over the Diamondbacks.

[Mets vs. Nationals, Cubs vs. Dodgers Division Series Begins!]

And with the start of the Division Series, the four teams finally put forward the vanguard that marked the beginning of the war.

[Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw 1st round selection confirmed!]

[Cubs leave Jake Arietta to start the first game!]

The Dodgers and Cubs went head-to-head.

[Nationals, Geo Gonzalez as a starter in the first game!]

On the other hand, the Nationals introduced third starting pitcher Gio Gonzalez as a starter in the first game.

It looked like he was running away from anyone who saw it.

– The Nationals are trying to avoid Howman.

– Since the first game of Howman is expected, Scherzer and Strasburg will be postponed to the next one.

– Honestly, this is wise. Do you think there’s a chance you’ll win by sticking with Howman?

However, no one criticized or criticized the fact that it was wrong, even if it was ridiculed.

Rather, it was the opinion that it was a reasonable choice more than anything else.

Under such circumstances, the Mets also decided to start the first game.

[The Mets decide Jacob deGrom as a starter in the first game!]

Everyone was surprised by that fact.

– what? Not Howman, but DeGrom?

Appeared in 36 games, digested 319 innings, 35 wins, 0 losses, 1 save, ERA of 0.00.

The most complete and sure win card in MLB history!

But what about hiding that card without putting it out in such an important brink of war?

Naturally, people’s opinions were divided.

– Isn’t there something wrong with Houman’s body?

B Throwing 105 mph in the last game of the season because of something bad?

– You might be weak in the big game. look at kershaw

ㄴ The big game is weak, so keep 0 ERA for 35 games?

That divided opinion did not last long.

Because the author of all these controversies said it himself.

3.

“The reason I didn’t play as a starter in the first round is simple.”

Interview room with reporters.

“First of all, the Mets have very good starting pitchers besides me. DeGrom has had his most perfect season this season. Syndergaard and Harvey are also the best starting pitchers in the league. I can assure you, they are pitchers who can get a perfect win against any team.”

There, Jinyong Lee said.

“There is nothing better than a strong bullpen card behind those great starts.”

The reason he didn’t appear as a starter in the first round.

“Yes, that’s right. I’m going to be a bullpen pitcher.”

Jinyong Lee, he claimed to be the bullpen.

“Of course I don’t want to be a regular bullpen pitcher.”

But he was by no means an ordinary bullpen pitcher.

“It doesn’t matter how many innings it is. If tomorrow deGrom says it’s hard after three innings, I’ll play the rest of the innings. If Syndergard plays 1 inning and it’s tough, I’ll throw 8 innings. Even if Harvey takes one hit and backs off, I’ll get the rest of the innings.”

On the contrary, Jinyong Lee said.

“The Nationals players just need to remember this. That you can see my face when the starting pitcher in front of you loses or shakes.”

Nationals hitters who will face the Mets from now on should be terrified as they wait for Jinyong Lee to appear in every game and every moment of that game.

“Then I’ll see you at the game.”

Jinyong Lee, he brought up a new tactic once again.

4.

City Field, the stage for Game 1 of the Division Series between the Mets and the Nationals.

The mood of the Mets squad ahead of the stage where everything they had achieved would be in vain at the moment of defeat was softer than expected.

He was, of course, at the center of it.

‘Even with the de-Grom, I honestly believe it, but Lee is holding on to it.’

‘For the Nationals, winning the wild card game must be annoying.’

Jinyong Lee.

The unprecedented tactics he brought with him, who created an unprecedented legend, gave the Mets team unparalleled confidence.

And that was also what Jinyong Lee was aiming for.

“As expected, good atmosphere.”

– Yeah, it’s definitely a good vibe.

Jinyong Lee, he heard from Jinho Kim about the difference between pennantrace and the postseason.

No matter how strong a team is in the pennant race, they can show helplessness in the postseason and drink hard.

– It’s not easy for a team that fell into a downtrend last season to start the postseason in this mood.

Moreover, the possibility that the Mets could slip in the postseason, after falling so terribly in the 2017 season last year, was good enough.

At least for the Mets players, the postseason stage was not a familiar stage.

– Above all, being able to maintain your presence is great.

Moreover, for Mets players, Jinyong Lee was the most reliable person.

In fact, the Mets now had enough power to aim for the World Series stage even if Jinyong Lee was excluded.

Nevertheless, the Mets players were not confident of the World Series stage without Lee Jin-yong.

The fact that Jinyong Lee’s presence has grown so much has now become a weakness.

The problem started there.

What if Lee Jin-yong comes out as a starter in the first game? It is natural to win.

But what about the next game? Can the Mets players be confident of victory?

There is no reason not to be confident in power.

However, as mentioned earlier, in the absence of Jinyong Lee, the Mets were inevitably weaker than they had.

So Jin-yong Lee brought out this tactic.

“So how are you? My tactics?”

– Great for what came out of your head.

It would be impossible to start in every game, but there was nothing that couldn’t be done as a bullpen in every game.

– With all three of those pitchers, it’s no wonder they’ve all won a shutout.

Moreover, the three Mets who had Lee Jin-yong behind were pitchers with the skills to shut down without Lee Jin-yong.

Jinyong Lee, a pitcher who developed after one season with him.

So Kim Jin-ho also admitted it.

– As for the Mets, I think the Division Series against the Nationals can easily be won 3-0. Jinyong Lee against the Nationals in the regular season, there must be an effect that you properly traumatized.

The fact that Jinyong Lee’s tactic was to get an easy win over the Nationals.

So Kim Jin-ho asked a question.

– But Jinyong-ah.

“Yes.”

– What would happen if all three of them had a shutout win or equivalent?

“Yes?”

– Is that right? If the Mets are in the mood right now, I don’t think they’ll lose easily, can you come out?

Jinyong Lee answered that question.

“Hey, does that make sense? The Nationals aren’t even a weak team, so I don’t think I’ll ever be able to play a game?”

With the answer, Jinyong Lee secretly looked at the atmosphere of the locker room.

Then the players shouted.

“Lee does this, but this time we’ll show it!”

“Yeah, let’s show we can win without Lee!”

“I won’t let Lee play even a single match!”

At that call, Jinyong Lee spoke softly in a slightly bewildered voice.

“I hope it’s not. I wonder if all three of them will win a shutout or a complete fight? At the very least, a save opportunity will come.”

Kim Jin-ho said to Lee Jin-yong like that.

– Jinyong-ah, so did I. When you play the skill master 3 times in a row at roulette, you will come out, right?

At those words, Jinyong’s expression hardened.

Kim Jin-ho smiled at his expression and said.

– If you don’t play a game like this and win the World Series, it would be funny.

End