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6.
June 7th.
It’s not a special day.
If I had to give it a meaning, it was about the day after Remembrance Day on June 6th.
In Japan, the neighboring country, on June 7, 1986, batter Sachio Kinugasa, who was called an iron man, set a record of 2,000 consecutive appearances, but of course it has nothing to do with Korea.
But now, starting in 2017, June 7th may be a special day.
[Lee Jin-yong, 40 consecutive innings scoreless streak!]
[Mr. Zero Jinyong Lee! How far is his sprint?]
[Lee Jinyong challenges the legend left by the Mudeungsan bomber at Gwangju Stadium!]
June 7th.
Jinyong Lee, challenged the 49.1 innings scoreless record that he thought would never be broken again in Korean professional baseball history.
A day that is bound to be special.
– How do you get such a matchup?
– Great! I can’t seem to make a movie like this.
– Even if this fails, it should be made into a movie.
Moreover, the stage of the challenge was the home stadium of the Gwangju Dolphins, the Gwangju Stadium.
“It’s really hard to believe even if God made it. Do you think you have something to do with Jinyong Lee?”
“Still, it won’t be easy to set a record. The Dolphins these days, the feeling of hitting is terrible, aside from the fact that the Dolphins are no one else and there is no way they can tolerate the challenge of the Mudeungsan bomber, right?”
A stage that is bound to be special.
“More than that, the audience was almost full?”
Naturally, countless people came to Gwangju Stadium to become witnesses of this special day.
“It’s sold out.”
“That’s great. It’s a Wednesday when tickets are not sold, but they are all sold out.”
“The Dolphins are ranked number one in the league, so even if they sell well, the away support seats are sold out… Lee Jin-yong has great ticket power.”
“You have a taste of coming to see Jinyong Lee’s game, don’t you? These days, the cheerleaders take the lead and do it.”
“downpour?”
“downpour.”
Immediately, the Gwangju Stadium was filled with fans.
“Take it all. Jinyong Lee pitches everything from one to ten.”
“Put the camera in the outfield! We have to shoot the Dolphins game properly!”
Perhaps even that was not enough, many baseball officials were also seated at Gwangju Stadium.
Among them, the number of power analysis teams dispatched by Korean professional baseball teams was so large that it refused to be compared with other games.
Although a sudden typhoon named Jinyong Lee is also a typhoon, it was because the power analysis of the Dolphins, who are currently ranked first in the league, had to be the top priority.
“It’s hard to see your face.”
“Can’t you help it? He comes to watch our team match, and I have to go to the team match against our team.”
Among the group were Hwang Seon-woo and Byun-chae Hyung-chae.
“Yes, yes. Then why are you staying here this time?”
“From the point of view of winning the championship, it is essential to research the top-ranked team.”
Hwang Seon-woo asked a question with a grin in response to Byun-chae’s answer.
“Doesn’t the former team leader still aim for the championship?”
“It’s too early to give up yet. Not yet.”
“After hearing about another reporter, there are rumors that Chairman Koo’s health has gotten worse.”
“What is that…….”
“Maybe the reorganization of the Hyunsung group will start in earnest from the end of this year.”
With a very bad expression on Hwang Seon-woo’s new information, Byun-chae looked at the dugout on the first base side and the place filled with the Angels.
That expression clearly said it.
That the current Angels status is not good, according to the head of the power analysis team, Hyung-chae Byun.
Hwang Seon-woo did not dare to bring up the story of the Angels to such a bastard.
“Rather than that, do you think Jinyong Lee can really break the record?”
Even though the topic has changed, Byun Chae still did not express her expression.
This time, the expression on his face said it clearly.
It is by no means easy to achieve Lee Jin-yong’s record today.
“It won’t be easy. First of all, I really like the feeling of hitting Dolphins hitters. Because the only thing that can be used on a scouting report is, you know, be careful.”
“These days, batting Dolphins is scary. It would not be an exaggeration to say that we achieved first place in the league with our power.”
“It’s also a problem that the opposing pitcher is Juan Garcia.”
“The only undefeated pitcher this season. No, since Jinyong Lee is there, should I say that I’m not good at it?”
“But the biggest risk factor among dogs is Jinyong Lee, the burden he feels.”
“Twitter.”
Hwang Seon-woo clicked his tongue briefly at Seon-chae’s words that followed.
Meanwhile, the transformation was finished.
“As soon as I debuted in the first team, I scored 40 scoreless innings, but rather than receiving praise or applause, I honestly can’t imagine what it would be like to feel the pressure of having to shut down the next 9 innings.”
“I agree.”
With that, the two fell into silence again.
wow!
And the match started.
7.
The baseball field gets busy before the game starts.
A clutter that is almost like a market box begins to fill the baseball field without any gaps.
But amidst the chaos, there was only one quiet place.
As the starting pitcher, Moundra, who had the task of climbing to a lonely and lonely place, was quiet around them.
It was the same with Jinyong Lee’s surroundings.
In a corner of the locker room where all the players had now disappeared, Jinyong Lee was quietly watching.
[Lee Jinyong]
– Max HP: 88
– Maximum speed: 132
– Owned pitches: Four-seam fastball (A), two-seam fastball (S), split-finger fastball (S), changeup (B), slider (B), curve (B), cut fastball (C)
-Owned Skills: Planting Day (D), Daily Special (D), Rising Fastball (A), Magical One Inning, Iron Arm (D), Revolver, Control Master (A), Iron Man, Ace
[Due to the daily special effect, the slider’s pitch rank has risen to B rank.]
‘Three points of stamina and rank up the cutter.’
Quietly looking at the applied stats even if you consume the recently acquired 20,000 points.
Another person who could see his abilities opened his mouth to Jinyong Lee.
– Now I’m going to act as a person.
Jin-ho Kim broke the silence and Jin-yong Lee also broke the silence.
“Yeah, I’m going to play a human role.”
Only then did the silence break.
However, the atmosphere was not very good.
Because Lee Jin-yong’s expression wasn’t very good when he answered.
– But what’s wrong with you? When I first saw it, it was impossible to recycle, so I had to put it in a garbage bag and throw it away secretly.
“Because you can’t get into the League of Monsters just by playing the role of a person.”
Jinyong Lee, because that wasn’t what he wanted.
– Nothing.
And that’s not what Kim Jin-ho wanted either.
– To enter the world of monsters, you have to become a monster. If you had a satisfied smile here, I would have slapped you in the back of the head. not beaten though. Oh, I really want to give it a try…
Major League.
The place where monsters were embroidered like stars was the world Jin-yong Lee and Jin-ho Kim wanted.
It was like that from the beginning.
From the moment Jin-ho Kim met Jin-yong Lee and before Jin-yong Lee met Jin-ho Kim.
From then on, what they wanted was to stand where the monsters were embroidered like stars.
– That’s the problem, too.
And it was necessary for that.
– The Angels win, and this team that hasn’t won for over 20 years has to make shit like the Korean Series winner to be able to go to the major leagues.
Angels win.
– Even if Jinyong throws 262.2 innings this season to get an ERA of 0.99, if the Angels don’t win, you won’t be able to go to the majors. It’s useless to score 100 days without a score of 49.1 innings.
Only winning was the result that allowed Jin-yong Lee to go to the major leagues at this point.
The 49.1 scoreless pitching record was just a process that had to be done to create a winning result.
“I know.”
Jinyong Lee also did not forget that fact.
“So you said that?”
I prepared it not to forget.
“I will become a leader like Kim Jin-ho.”
Ready to become a ruler.
– Oh, looking at your face, it looks like you have a plan in place, right?
Jin-yong Lee answered Kim Jin-ho’s question by nodding his head.
“Do you know what escort means?”
– Are you asking because I don’t think I even know the idiom? huh? Does that mean that the fox borrows the tiger’s power to cheat?
“The lesson of escort is that it works.”
– What?
“Literally. The lesson from Hoga Escort is that if a fox borrows the name of a tiger, even if he pretends like a tiger, no one can say anything.”
At Lee Jin-yong’s interpretation, Kim Jin-ho tilted his head with a slightly bewildered expression and spoke in a tone full of doubt.
– Is that how you interpret it?
“Is that so? The fox borrowed the tiger’s name and said something, but if it hadn’t been eaten, would such a lion’s idiom have arisen?”
– That’s right.
“If I break the record this time, I will ask the club for support.”
Along with the horse, Jinyong Lee got up from his seat, packing the prepared baseball cap and gloves.
– Any support?
“I ask for some support for the tiger’s prestige.”
– Ah, so then, against the former team leader…
At that moment, Jin-ho Kim, who realized Lee Jin-yong’s intentions, smiled as if he had found an interesting prey.
– You bastard, just look at you, you were such a mean bastard! Where else did you learn that? huh? This little bastard!
“Yeah, I learned from the anecdote that Jinho Kim took control of the team when he was with the Cardinals in 2004.”
– yes?
“So, isn’t the nickname the ruler?”
– You’re a buddy! At that time, I had a conversation with the owner to set the mood for the team! It didn’t matter either. All I did was take a picture of me shaking hands with the owner, playing golf with the owner, having a meal with the owner, or telling the players that I broke the bumper while parking the owner’s car! And domination? The only thing I did was to exhort the people who harmed the club’s mood, right? Of course, shouts came and went along the way, but among the men, that’s just a joke.
Jin-yong Lee did not respond to Kim Jin-ho’s rebuttal.
I remembered instead.
What did the Cardinals, a club that Kim Jin-ho ruled in 2004, have achieved and what kind of results were they?
Recalling that, Jinyong Lee put on his hat and left the locker room.
8.
“Swing, strike!”
The second game of the Dolphins vs. Angels three-week match, the first inning of the game was a stage for Dolphins foreign pitcher Juan Garcia.
“Aww!”
Juan Garcia.
A pitcher from the Dominican Republic who was not impressive in the major leagues, but played for a long time of five seasons. The average speed of his four-seam fastball reached 150 kilometers, and he skillfully uses various pitches such as curves, changeups and sliders.
– Juan Garcia’s ball today, very nice.
– The verification of Juan Garcia has already ended in the 2016 season. What more verification is needed for a pitcher who pitched 200 innings last season with an ERA in the low three-point range?
In addition, he was a pitcher who clearly and unequivocally proved his worth to Korean professional baseball in the 2016 season.
In return, he receives a whopping $1.8 million in salary this season!
– Recently, Juan Garcia’s pitching content is good. No blemishes. In June, arrests are at their peak.
– In the previous game, as I warmed up, I threw a 153 kilometer four-seam fastball.
– That’s right. Crucially, Juan Garcia is an undefeated pitcher until recently.
– He’s a lucky player.
– Yes, for Jinyong Lee, he is facing his biggest enemy on this important stage. Isn’t there an old saying that there is no such thing as a fortune-winner?
– Yes. What’s more, Juan Garcia isn’t just a player whose luck is everything.
The pitcher Jin-yong Lee, who was about to become a legend, had to face was such a pitcher.
A pitcher who can’t lack the expression of being a super-excellent player.
So the Dolphins team was confident.
“Lee Jin-yong, I’ll show you what it means to meet Im-ja.”
Today’s victory.
“You have met the wrong team all this time. Let’s show you what a real strong team is like.”
It wasn’t a vague confidence, but the confidence that was created by two reasons, the evidence that he is currently number one in the league and that Juan Garcia is an undefeated pitcher this season.
“Today, Jinyong Lee, let’s get rid of him!”
“Yes!”
The confidence they exude was so great that it overflowed without filling the dugout, making the ground and even the mound wet.
– Jinyong-ah, can I tell you what the Dolphins kids think of you now?
If you are a pitcher on the mound, you can’t help but feel it.
– Let’s tell the pitcher who is the owner of the chubby, chubby, chubby, chubby pitcher! Now they are thinking that way. Are you sure. If you take a survey, 99 out of 100 people will probably say yes.
Naturally, Jin-yong Lee and Jin-ho Kim, who came to the mound after Juan Garcia, could clearly feel that fact.
“How come there seems to be more and more bad expressions, doesn’t Kim Jin-ho think so?”
– Could it be? I’m just letting you know how I feel nothing There’s no way I can think of you as a chubby, chunky, chubby, chubby pitcher, right?
“Really?”
– Sure! At least I don’t think of you as a poopy pitcher!
“Then what about the rest?”
– It’s chubby, chubby and chubby, right? are you tall Handsome? Are you crazy? huh?
At those words, Jinyong Lee frowned, covering his mouth with a glove.
– Anyway, thank you Dolphins.
Kim Jin-ho spoke to such Lee Jin-yong in a clearly different tone, in a tone that was not too serious, as if the commander-in-chief was giving orders ahead of an important battle.
“What?”
– Are you confident of victory over you?
At those words, Jinyong Lee smiled at the corner of his frown.
– As my older sister says, there is no other opponent I am more grateful to than my opponent as much as I am confident of victory when I come out as a starting pitcher. Because I’m underestimating you anyway. And when that happens, what did I tell you to do?
“Thank you, I’ll eat well, I said hello.”
– Yes, be sure to say thank you. so don’t pretend
As soon as I finished saying that, Jinyong Lee removed the glove that was covering my mouth.
[The ace effect is activated.]
[The rank of the four-seam fastball is raised to the master rank by the ace effect.]
[The speed increased by 2 km due to the ace effect.]
[Health has increased due to the ace effect.]
[Ace effect increases the amount of points obtained by 20%.]
At that moment, the ace effect was activated, and at that fact, Jinyong Lee spread a smile on his lips.
– Look at this?
‘Look at this?’
Of course, Jinyong Lee did not think about it at that moment.
– Four-shim?
‘A four-shim?’
The first pitch is a four-seam fastball.
The course didn’t bother me either.
‘Dolphins batsman Lee Myung-jin, batting average of 3 and 4 pennies this season. An active hitter in attacking the first pitch. If you throw a fastball with a first pitch, he will gladly swing the bat.’
The course didn’t bother me either.
‘The best opponent to check the master ball rank four-seam fastball.’
in the strike zone.
‘If this ball is eaten, I will eat this game today.’
Jinyong Lee threw a fastball towards it.
And the results came out right away.
– Lee Myung-jin’s first ball hit!
– ah! Got it.
– Center fielder calls and comes down.
[You have earned 166 points.]
[There are 9 innings left until the current record of 49.1 innings scoreless, which is a new Korean professional baseball record.]
[If you break the record, you will receive a diamond roulette ticket.]
The moment the result came out, Jin-yong Lee and Jin-ho Kim had a quiet conversation with a smile.
– Jinyong-ah, I need to say hello.
“Thank you, I will do well.”
– yes?
And of course, Jinyong Lee exclaimed.
“downpour!”
It was the cheers of wild beasts full of confidence in the success of the hunt.
End