Absolute on the Mound

4.

The coaching staff at Cat Stars, all of a sudden, did not look good.

“An opponent, he's really throwing a ball at us? ”

It was because of news that Coach Kim Jong-ho suddenly brought.

“That Ahn Chan-Seop? ”

Kim Jong-ho Tootsuchi nailed his colleagues with that look more firmly.

“A knight should be here in a few minutes. ”

“Oh! This is crazy. ”

Gear nose sighed from the striking coach's mouth.

It was worth it.

If Ahn Chan-Seop really is a Blue Dragons pitcher and plays against Cat Stars, it will be the batsmen of Cat Stars.

It was a disaster for the hit coach.

“Coach Kim, are you serious? ”

The striking coach reacts again.

Kim Jong-ho Tutsuchi outlined the situation for him and for the other coaching staff.

“As you know, Ahn Chan-sub took a year off because of the illegal gambling incident last year. Of course they want to come back this year, and they're planning to come back. However, as it is still in Daegu Ravens, the formal contest cannot run. In that sense, camaraderie with our team would be a great opportunity. There's no problem with regulations, but it's better than ever to be an issue. ”

The explanation was enough.

Now I turned my gaze to Supervisor Jeongbae.

Their eyes were filled with concern towards the supervisor of Jeong Beom-seok.

‘Even though there is a year of vacancy, Ahn Chan-sub is not cool. Our batsmen are no match for anything. ’

‘Journalists will fight unconditionally · · · · · · starting with a devastating defeat in this March match · · · · · · would not be morale · · · ·. ’

The match against the Blue Dragons was the start of a year of farming in Goat Stars.

It was not necessary to win, but it was necessary to create an opportunity to crave victory in the future.

But what if they don't agree?

Of course, there's nothing better than winning.

However, if you lose, it will be inevitable that most of the players of the Cat Stars will be hit mentally.

‘Never. No matter how rested they are, they're in their early 140s. Even Ahn Chan-seop is top of the league. Compared to a mercenary pitcher, he doesn't kneel. ’

‘The price of the name will kill me before I even stand on the tarmac. For our athletes, it will feel like stargazing, not as an enemy. ’

And no matter who saw it, it was unlikely that the batsmen of Cat Stars would show something that was right, even for the coaching staff at Cat Stars.

That was also the reality of Cat Stars.

‘I would have gone to the pros if I could, frankly, target Ahn Chan-sub. ’

A place where athletes who are less than Pro Group 2 come together, even though they dress up with a rhetoric like challenge and passion, but never get on the stage.

where there are people who are less intelligent and spiritually motivated than there are professionals.

Ahn Chan-seop, on the other hand, was the ace of Korean pro baseball who was one of the best in Korean pro baseball leagues, and was even planning to enter the major leagues as soon as he qualified for posting.

‘At this time, it's best to lose less. ’

‘Don't overdo it, except during the week. ’

Maybe it's just a question of delaying the game by talking to the Blue Dragons? Honestly, the Blue Dragons aren't manners, are they? How can something like this suddenly come up without notice? ’

Because of this, the coaching staff hoped that the supervisor would come up with a reasonable compromise.

To put it more explicitly, I prayed that I would avoid the sudden storm.

“Good. ”

But unfortunately, Director Jeong Beom-seok's idea was different.

“One of the best pitchers in Korea wouldn't hesitate to come up without money. I should call to thank the director after Lee Jong-Wook in the Blue Dragons. ”

At that point, the staff bowed their heads.

For them, the supervisor of the elite cleared the situation clearly.

“Entries remain intact. ”

The coach staff sighed.

The fact that they could have comfort was one thing.

“There is no change in the route. The selection is also for Jin Yong Lee. ”

That the pitcher who needs to experience the disgrace and despair of sharing a pitcher with a pitcher who has the talent of God Ahn Chan-sub is still unknown.

The emergency meeting was over.

5.

Always has been, but dreams are different from reality.

The same was true of Goyang Starz.

Athletes who dream of being on the pro stage gathered, but the reality they faced did not allow them to dream.

Everyone had a life outside of baseball, and those with such a life had to take that life before baseball.

On Thursday, March 2nd, at 1 p.m., the main baseball field of Goyang Starz was used as a home field for a quiet reason.

That's not what I had in mind. Last time I saw you in a documentary, you were practicing until your mouth was dry. Is this a vacation? "

It's so quiet. Should we take a nap?

Lee Jin-yong remained lonely in such a quiet atmosphere.

In fact, if it was supposed to be the way it was supposed to be, it should have been greeted by the coach.

However, the situation was strange because of Ahn Chan-sub, when the coaches went out like a tidal wave.

In this situation, Lee Jin-yong is going around saying hello.

There's a white dot.

At that time, Lee Jin-yong and Lee appeared.

A big, good-looking player in the ground with a lot of batting.

Joon-hyung Park, he showed up.

Lee Jin-yong glanced at him like that. That was it. Lee Jin-yong did not face Park Jun Hyung.

She's the only one I know. Go say hi.

“If you were Kim Jinho, would you like to be greeted by a social baseball player who took you on a stage as a trinity and humiliated you? ”

The relationship between Jin Yong Lee and Park Jun-hyung was not so bright and cheerful.

There's nothing you can't do. I went and said hello to the first batsman I ever met with a 100-mile fastball in my ass.

“Crazy.”

Honestly, I think it was crazy. I should have hit you on purpose, but I shouldn't have gone to say hello, I should have blamed you. He smashed up our second bridge with tackle. On second thought, I'm pissed off. I should have asked his mother how she was! Jin-yong, if you go to the Major League later, you can ask the typewriter's parents for me.

“There's nothing I wouldn't do if I could go to the Major League. ”

You promised?

“Yuck · · · · · · · Oh really! ”

Lee Jin-yong, who was having a conversation, soon realized that he was having a really crazy conversation and stopped talking.

After taking a deep breath, I took a big step towards Park Joon Hyung.

It was better to talk to Park Joon-hyung than to be treated as a madman while talking to Kim Jin-ho.

Park Joon-hyung recognized the coming Jin Yong and twisted his eyebrows.

“Hello? We met then, right? ”

“Yes.”

Park Joon-hyung only gave a short answer.

Joon-hyung Park's expression was not very good.

There was no good reason.

What's this little loser doing holding me in a triangle, pretending to be close? Is that how you look?

As Kim Jin-ho said, there was no reason for Park Jun-hyung to express his ferocity to Lee Jin-yong.

“That was a hell of a ride. Triple masonry home run. ”

In order to unravel that awkwardness, Lee Jin-yong complimented Park Jun-hyung.

Lee Jin-yong is brave. He hit a three-run home run against the local guys, but I got him beaten up! That's why you're under me, you son of a bitch! Is this how you taunted me? Kyaa! I acknowledge your provocation skills.

But it didn't seem to be very effective.

“Yes, I had a trillion of them. ”

Park Joon-type's reaction became cooler.

Jin Yong has successfully taunted you.

Kim Jin-ho's reaction, on the other hand, was violent. Kim Jinho waved his fist and began to turn around Lee Jin-yong like a satellite.

“Haha, I got lucky. Oh, by the way, are you up against the Blue Dragons this time? ”

Lee Jin-yong quickly changed the subject of the conversation.

“I heard that Ahn Chan-seop will be playing the Blue Dragons. ”

“What's that? ”

Fortunately, it worked this time.

“If not, then Ahn Chan-sub? Daegu Ravens?”

“Yes.”

“Joon-hyung!"

At that moment, after the meeting, the striking coach called Park Joon out loud in the conference room.

After looking at Lee Jin-yong once, I lowered my head lightly and approached the coach.

I smiled awkwardly when I was alone again.

Then Kim Jinho approached him and put his hands on his shoulders.

Don't be so lonely because you don't have any friends, Jin Yong. I'm here, aren't I? You want a hug?

“Shut up, man. ”

That was the first day of Lee Jin-yong's cat star.

And on March 6th, the day of the battle against the Blue Dragons is coming.

6.

[Lee Jin-yong]

Max HP: 70

Maximum Binding: 123

Holds: Fossil Fastball (E), Chain Up (B), Slider (B), Curve (F)

Owned Skill: Daily (F), Daily Epic (F)

[Slider Poop Rank has increased to B rank due to Daily Effect.]

Goyang National Baseball Stadium.

The slider is rank B today. It seems that training no longer increases your stamina and restraint. You don't see any signs of climbing after one more training.

Lee Jin-yong looks at the ground while checking his status window in the ground there.

The ground was full of athletes in cat star uniforms with black letters and blue dragons.

But there was no commotion.

whether it's in the ground, whether it's in the audience, whether it's on a bench, wherever they are, their only concern is towards one place.

Mound, there was only one man with a bright 185 centimeter height.

Isn't that Chae-seop?

“Then why would people come all this way to see the mount keeper who manages the mount? ”

Ahn Chan-seop.

pitchers representing Korean pro baseball and Aces representing Korean baseball.

He was not a former pitcher who was once again an ace, but his interest in taking the first steps to become an ace was not so intense as to go beyond simple levels.

Reporters were different right away.

Even though it was not a match with the pro 2nd, it was a match between the Independent League and the Society Baseball League, the number of journalists had surpassed ten. There were cameras like cannons.

In that interest, Ahn Chan-sub started pitching.

Boom!

The ball is shot from the flowing helmet into the Canker Meat in a heartbeat.

“Oh!”

“That was fast!”

Then the calm ground shook.

I noticed the practice pitch of Ahn Chan-sub, where everyone kept their mouths shut at the end of the wave.

Puang!

Once more, a cheerful sound echoes through the silence.

No one opened their mouth in front of that sound.

It was overwhelming.

Ahn Chan-seop, his pitching, had something more than just a visible figure of shame, Aura.

About 140. Quite so. You said you had a year off, so you're definitely born with shoulders.

Of course, it was not common to Kim Jin-ho.

First of all, the guerrillas are fine. I won't be able to do anything on a Korean pro baseball level if I get 150 generations while maintaining that posture.

“It's not Korean pro baseball. Isn't that what the major leagues are for? ”

Lee Jin-yong has been refuted.

It was a reasonable argument.

Ahn Chan-sub has the shoulders to throw a quick ball 150 kilometers from the opposite end, and his position is powerful enough to make even foreign pitchers from the Major League stick their tongues out.

“If it wasn't for gambling, I'd be throwing in the Major League by the end of the 2016 season. ”

In fact, major league scouts came to see his matches to see if he would qualify for a second season in Korean pro baseball and get a posting qualification.

It was because no one doubted that Ahn Chan-seop's skill would work well enough in the Major League.

“That's why I'm going back to 2017. You'll need to qualify for the post as soon as possible to earn more money in the Major League. Oh, I envy you. At the end of this season, I would love to take a tour of the United States. ”

It was for binary purposes as well.

Currently, the closest pitcher to the major league in Korean pro baseball was the only pitcher he could see.

With mere skill, we'd still be in the Major League.

Only one person, Kim Jin-ho, thought differently.

“What do you mean? ”

In the early 150s, a 95-mile fastball as the primary weapon, a curve, a slider, a splitter, shoulders that won't lose restraint even if you throw more than 100 balls, and a pitcher with stamina that can digest more than 170 innings each season would cost at least $50 million. The major leagues nowadays cost me $10 million a year to pitch, right? Shit, I won $10 million in 20 wins. God damn it, even if I was born ten years late!

“So what did you want to say? ”

Let me ask you a question. Jin Yong Lee, when you say that you are willing to recruit a major league club scout, would you like to sit on a plush sofa in your hotel room and watch the news story, or would you like to come here and sit on a cheap plastic chair for the first time after finishing a year of your residency in order to sign a $500 billion contract with Korean money?

“You should come and see it. ”

So why isn't there a single person here who looks like a major league official?

“Yes · · · · · · · · · · · ·. ”

Then I felt something strange for a binary purpose.

The skill alone remains in the Major League. But if you can't get the Major League scouts' attention, there's a reason. I have no unreasonable interest in the world of Major League Scouts, but I have no unreasonable indifference.

Lee Jin-yong didn't answer what Kim Jin-ho said.

Instead, I only looked at Ahn Chan-sub, who finished a five-year-old practice pitch and bent his waist in front of the camera shutter baptism of reporters.

It's an assignment. When Un Chan-sub throws the ball today, guess what kind of shitty ball he'll throw first.

Kim Jin-ho gave the assignment to Lee Jin-yong.

That was it.

It is possible for Kim Jinho and Lee Jin-yong to talk while looking at the mount from afar.

“Jin-yong, get ready! ”

“I understand!”

From now on, the two of them had a place up in the Mounds to talk.

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