Absolute on the Mound
9. Firing Departure (1).
1.
[Angels II wins against the Independent Cat Stars!]
[Cat Starz, are you finally locked up in the Independence League?]
[The exchange match with Cat Starz, is it going well?]
“Phew · · · · · · · ·. ”
Jung Myung-seok, who was checking the title of the article on his smartphone, put it on his table without turning off his smartphone for a long time.
And I immediately began to suffer.
‘I can't believe it. ’
As soon as the match was over with Angels, the media began to bite down on the losing cat, not the winner, Angels.
It wasn't the first time.
On the contrary, it happened every time I went into an alternate war after Jeong Bum-seok became the director of Cat Stars.
It was something I was prepared for.
The main journalists who write baseball articles are, of course, pro baseball players.
And pro baseball teams are feeling a lot of pressure in their interactions with the Independent Party, including the Cat Stars.
In that situation, it's only natural that journalists, who are on the side of the pro baseball team, are biting on cat stars.
Nevertheless, Jeong Beom-seok felt his defeat was painful.
The reason was simple.
‘There is no pitcher. ’
There are currently no pitchers that can reliably estimate a first place winner for Cat Stars.
In other words, it was more problematic than it is now.
‘I anticipated it, but I didn't expect it to be like this. ’
Of course, I had no choice.
As they say, pitching is a baseball game, professional baseball players are interested in useful pitchers.
What if there was a handy pitcher in the Independence League, the first goal of being a pro baseball player?
Even if a player's skills are slightly lacking compared to the professional level, the pro squad will take him first.
To be more explicit, pitchers with skills that would really interest the pro-goodans never make it to the Independent Guild.
In the Korean pro baseball league, there is a breeder system.
Once called a decathlete, the division can employ as many as the 65 players it can formally hold, so there is no reason not to hire the necessary players or restrictions.
Furthermore, as a player, it is better to contract with the pro-gu as a coach than the Independent.
Either way, the breeder can be helped by the team's Group 2 equipment and coaching staff, and ultimately, the team pays the team's minimum annual salary of KRW 27 million without a deposit.
Running in the Independent League for 700,000 won a month and still running as a coach for 27 million won a year's salary.
It's funny to think about what's better.
‘I can feel that Korean pro baseball soil is the worst. Running the Independence League for a few years, amateurs have lost their best pitchers. ’
However, in this situation, the supervisor wanted to raise pitchers somehow.
The same was true of Kim Jong-ho Tutsukichi.
Cheolju, I have repeated efforts and research to improve the skills of the pitchers more day and night.
The game with Angels was the most obvious game to measure the outcome of that effort.
I only picked the best cards to export.
‘Everything I've been preparing for the winter has become useless. ’
But the consequences are discouraging, per se.
‘Skill is skill, but the biggest problem is that there are no hungry players to win. ’
The main headache was that the majority of the players were overwhelmed with defeat.
‘Baseball is a sport that even the pharmacy team can win. ’
Baseball is not easy to maintain a 6 odds no matter how strong the team is.
On the contrary, no matter how weak a team is, it is not easy to lose odds below 2.
This means that if you play 10 games against two pro baseball teams, one or two games will be enough to win.
But now, the defeat that was sprinkled on Goat Stars was making the match even more victorious.
‘I can't help but · · · · · · · ·. ’
The problem was that it was so natural.
Players in Cat Stars have more losers every day than when they started baseball and won.
Athletes who really want to seize their last chance with nowhere to go.
If you ask them for their pride and ambition, it's a strange thing for them to ask for it.
‘But we need to reverse it. It's a mood swing.’
At this moment, a man came to mind.
‘Jin Yong Lee.’
Jin Yong Lee.
A player chosen solely by Supervisor Jeongyeongseok for voluntary judgment and decision.
A pitcher, truly insignificant.
Of all the pitchers in the Goyang Stars, the worst fighter in skill or physics.
‘Only he was trying to win. ’
But with a passion for victory, he was the only pitcher on the mountain.
It wasn't just because I had good grades.
Bench was the first player to call for victory there.
‘Certainly more than I thought, I am a player with more than I can see. ’
Lee Jin-yong was a bigger player than anyone, although everything was insignificant, including restraint.
Jung Beom-seok, who remembered that player, took out his smartphone again.
In the eyes of such an elite director, a sentence on the timeline appeared.
[Augmented Expedition with Incheon Sharks Group 2, pre-selected on March 18.]
2.
Kim Jong-ho's pitcher's day schedule usually begins with checking the pitcher's condition.
“So what about the body? ”
“I'm fine.”
After completing the condition check, Kim Jong-ho Tootsuchi wrote a training manual for the players.
“Don't overdo it. Once the body is properly loosened, pitch it. Remember, throw the ball a limited number. We can't throw any more. ”
“Yes.”
Not only was Kim Jeong-ho's helmet geography different, the pitcher's shoulders were consumables.
It started with Coach Kim Jeong-ho.
A long time ago, he also received pitchers from all the leaders he met in baseball, so he was satisfied with his efforts to throw more balls than anyone else.
But when the results came out to shorten his player's life, he realized.
Throwing a lot will definitely help, but as a result, your shoulders are broken.
Since then, he has studied how to achieve the highest efficiency by throwing as few balls as possible.
“And don't forget the flexible stretching. ”
At the end of the study, there were many kinds of exercises to increase the flexibility of the pitcher's body.
Increasing muscle mass through bulk ups increases restraint, but on the contrary, it is much more important to have flexibility as the risk of injury increases.
His training style was clearly different from that of a typical leader.
Still, Korean pro baseball stage leaders were often armed with the notion that the pitcher's shoulders were more refined, and most of the coached players thought it was natural to throw a lot of balls.
“Don't do that! Don't push it too hard! It's tearing my muscles! Slow down and keep breathing! ”
It was awkward for cat stars pitchers to train Kim Jong-ho pitchers, and Kim Jong-ho pitchers were always busy in the ground intervening in such pitchers' training.
There was only one player free from such a Kim Jong-ho pitcher.
“Coach.”
“Huh?"
“What can I do? ”
“Huh · · · · · · · · · ·. ”
Jin Yong Lee.
The pitcher Kim Jong-ho needs to raise now.
“Relax as you normally would. ”
However, Kim Jong-ho Tutsu has never coached Lee Jin-yong in anything.
It was never due to indifference.
“Yes! I'll do my best. Call me anytime!" ”
On the contrary.
Where the hell did you learn to train like that? ’
Lee Jin-yong's body care method was why he didn't teach him anything that was so perfect that he didn't need to touch Kim Jong-ho's pitcher.
That was it.
Lee Jin-yong's approach to body care was perfect enough for Coach Kim Jong-ho to learn.
At the same time, Lee Jin-yong was not just running an ignorantly defined distance.
Lee Jin-yong once checked her running course before running.
Injuries occurred more frequently than expected due to course problems during the running, and in this way caused problems with ankles, knees, hamstrings, etc. and measures to avoid that later became a big problem.
I knew better than anyone that the purpose of the training was to improve my skills and not to be lethargic.
‘It's hard for pros to do that. ’
It was a true professional appearance that did not even show professionals.
Of course, Lee Jin-yong can understand the heart of Kim Jong-ho Tuesday coach.
“I guess I was abandoned, right? ”
What the hell are you talking about?
“Coach Kim Jeong-ho doesn't take care of my training once, does he? I'm sure he doesn't like me. ”
It was a hard fact for Lee Jin-yong that he had not received proper coaching from Kim Jong-ho Tutsu since joining Goyang Starz.
Kim Jin-ho smiled at Lee Jin-yong's appearance.
I learned all the training from Kim Jin-ho and no one else, so there's nothing to touch. I can assure you, if you do this, you won't need coaching in the Major League.
Kim Jinho now knows that there is nothing to correct in his training methods.
“Oh, no way. ”
Oh, really? Have I ever lied to you? Yeah? Yeah.
“You're lying, right? ”
When did I?
“You said you needed red boxer shorts the last time you ran. Shit, I forgot my uniform was white for a second, and I was running in my red panties. ”
Dude, that was a joke!
“Yes, so I didn't believe that tights would help improve performance. ”
That's real. How many major league boys wear tights? I even have no panties! No, you don't want me to believe that. Take off your pants for the next game! Maybe you'll get another five kilometers. That release will unlock the pitcher's limit. Hey, I'm Jinho Kim. Master of the Major League! Trust me.
“Yeah."
Yeah?
“Or so I thought. ”
Did you swear at me?
“Of course. Don't you know Korean? ”
Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow!
Eventually, the conversation stopped because Kim Jin-ho, who was speechless, was acting immaturely childish, and Lee Jin-yong knew the running course using Kim Jin-ho's voice as a background sound to express a blasphemous insult to himself.
"Huh?
It was not only that Lee Jin-yong caught my eye, but Park Jun-hyung suddenly stopped betting training.
The first middle-aged man I saw with the striking coach headed towards Park Jun Hyung who stopped training, it was clear that a big man would have done the right thing in his youth.
Who is it?
As soon as I had a few words, Park Joon-hyung bowed deeply and shook his hand.
Since then, the three have begun to move to a corner where the players' gaze is not far off.
I smell something.
Kim Jin-ho, as well as Lee Jin-yong, was interested in the appearance that was hard to see during the training.
Let's go see. Try pretending to run and sneak around.
Lee Jin-yong nodded and immediately started running.
3.
“I'll think about it.”
Joon-hyung said, the middle-aged man's face that was in front of him was crumpled without compassion.
“Hey, this is a great opportunity. ”
The middle-aged man continued to speak, expressing his feelings openly through his face.
“200 percent annual salary increase at the end of the season, guaranteed entry last week in Group 2, and guaranteed entry at expansion roasters since August. ”
The middle-aged man opened his eyes as he spoke.
It was a clear signal.
This is as far as I'm concerned, and if you dare refuse this offer, it will not end well!
It was a very intimidating look.
Park Joon-hyung bowed his head once more in front of the middle-aged man's eyes.
“Thank you for your offer. ”
That was it.
There was no answer, and Baekdae-dong, a scout from Incheon Sharks, shook his tongue wide.
“Tsk!”
I stared at Park Joon as he kicked his tongue.
You're the one who's rejecting my offer?
In his eyes, such feelings were shining very well against Park Jun Hyung, beyond offense.
“Don't regret it. ”
At the end of the sentence, he turned his back and left.
“Back Scout! ”
The striking coach was frightened by the appearance of such a white tide and clinging to him.
In the position of Cat Starz, who should somehow send a player to the pro-goods, Scouts are truly like agents of God.
As a hit coach, he had an obligation to appease the Baekdae-dong scouts somehow.
Park Joon-hyung gripped his teeth. He is also delightful in this situation.
So Park Joon-hyung turned to finish training right away.
In Park Joon's eyes, a man came in.
"Huh?
A pitcher who is small and distinguishable from anyone, and yet has never allowed anyone to enter before him.
"Jin-yong Lee"?
Lee Jin-yong, he was looking at where Park Jun-hyung is.
As soon as he appeared, he smiled awkwardly.
“Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't listen to Bourne. ”
In Lee Jin-yong's words, Park Jun-hyung only moved his mouth without gesturing.
“No, I'm not.”
To be honest, Park Joon-hyung was not very satisfied with the situation right now.
To be more precise, I was not face-to-face.
There was nothing odd about Park Jun Hyung refusing to offer to join the pro for the cat star athletes who were all destined to join the pro even though he looked like a swindler.
“Hey, but why did you refuse to join the pros? ”
Like this question of Jin Yong.
Because of that, Park Joon-hyung was neither embarrassed nor upset.
“We're just waiting for better treatment. You don't have to be in a hurry until you're a coach, because you won't be able to run in group 1 until May 1. ”
“Hey, can you really ask for the conditions, the options, when joining the club? ”
However, the question that followed was also unexpected.
“Can you ask me to let you go to the Major League after just one season, too? ”
Even in front of this question, Park Jun-hyung dared not answer anything.
Lee Jin-yong said with an awkward smile in the appearance of Park Joon-hyung.
“I shouldn't have said that. Anyway, it's a fight.”
Lee Jin-yong spit out the answer and left after giving an encouraging greeting to Park Joon-Hyung.
4.
Lee Jin-yong, who started running behind Park Jun-hyung, said in a loud voice toward Kim Jin-ho next to him.
“Kim Jinho, please let me listen quietly when I talk to others. ”
You hear a faint voice, but it lives like the growling of an animal.
What did I do?
Kim Jin-ho replied, ignoring Lee Jin-yong's gaze.
“Put that transparent arm through my butt and let it come out of my crotch, and don't wave it around. ”
Someone might misunderstand. I just turned my back on it. That's just what happens when you turn your back on your ass.
In saying that, Lee Jin-yong shook his head.
Kim Jin-ho smiled lightly at Lee Jin-yong's appearance.
Better than that.
That's great, Lee Jin-yong nodded his head.
“Yes, it's great. I dream of joining a professional scout who said he'd give me a week's wages, and then refused the offer like a knife. ”
A moment ago, the conversation between Park Jun-hyung and Shark's Scout was surprising to hear from all the players.
Guaranteed Annual Salary Increase, guaranteed Week 2 and conditional, but guaranteed chance to enter Group 1 after August!
It was also a difficult offer for promising shareholders to receive large contracts and enter Draft.
“I don't know why someone like that didn't get drafted. To be honest, that's just the point. I've never met a player more than 100 points before. Oh, I envy you. I wish I was more like Park Joon. ”
Park Jun-hyung, the interest of the pro-goodans and how great his gaze was.
No, not that one.
But that's not what Kim Jinho said.
You mentioned the Major League. That's what I said.
During that conversation, it surprised Kim Jinho that the word Major League came out of Lee Jin-yong's mouth.
In Kim Jin-ho's words, Lee Jin-yong tilted her head.
“What's so great about it? ”
Yep.
“You can hit the target big enough, right? Besides, anyone can talk, right? ”
In his reply, Kim Jin-ho stopped trying to spit and nodded.
A smile hangs over his mouth, nodding.
Yeah, well, what can't you do? The goal is to write a great record like Kim Jin-ho, right?
I smiled at the mouth for a binary purpose.
“Yes, if someone asks later, it's the goal of a lifetime to go to the Major League and change the records of Kim Jin-ho like a dog! They say,” Yes. ”
Did you say "Porlock"?
“Yes? When did I write that expression? ”
I told you my record was blue rock!
“When?”
Do it now!
“Hey, when did I say Porlock? I said dog rock.”
Wow! That's why ghosts become evil spirits. Wait for you. I'll let you take a picture of Joon soon.
“Soon I'll have a shot of Ghost Busters. ”
It was not only that they stopped the nonsense conversation that started like that, it was Kim Jeong-ho pitcher coach.
He called Lee Jin-yong and said:
“The director wants to see you. Go to the supervisor's office.”
Kim Jin-ho said that.
God, please suffer and suffer for this wretched, ungrateful creature!
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