Absolute on the Mound

5.

Futures league.

Named after the future leagues, this league is the future of Korean pro baseball, where the players of the second platoon compete.

A league led by the Korea Professional Baseball Commission.

In other words, everything that was done under the jurisdiction of the judges in the ground was recorded.

Of course, the atmosphere of the game was different from that of the Blue Dragons, a social baseball team that Lee Jin-yong had played in Goyang Stars, or from that of the interchangeable Seoul Angels and Incheon Sharks.

“Play ball! ”

As soon as the declaration of the start of the main event began, Lee Jin-yong was able to figure it out faster and more clearly than anyone else.

‘It smells different. It's heavy and hot.'

It's like going into a dry sauna.

Tub tub!

My head feels hot and my mouth feels dry for no reason.

Yeah, this is the stage for the pros.

Kim Jinho also understood that.

Sounds like a fun game.

Of course, the Future League's atmosphere was more welcoming and enjoyable to Kim Jinho, who even earned the nickname "dominant" after surviving on stage where the superior monsters fought harder than anyone else.

In the appearance of Kim Jin-ho, Lee Jin-yong said in a horrible voice.

“Devils feel different. ”

What's different?

“If Angels feels like a soldier, Devils feel like a warrior. Feel more liberated? ”

Kim Jin-ho nodded at Lee Jin-yong's words and began to stroke his head like a puppy with his translucent hands.

Now that's all I know before the game. Great, great.

Lee Jin-yong frowned.

But there was no refusal.

Instead, Lee Jin-yong looked over the batter's head while standing on a threshing floor.

‘75 points.’

Lee Jin-yong, who had checked the number one point of the batsman, slightly wet his lips with his tongue.

‘Most points are high. ’

What makes him nervous is Devils' batsmen who have an average higher point than any team they've ever dealt with.

The expected buyer.

‘Devils' Hydrogen Baseball wasn't just there for no reason. ’

Devils was a promising breeder who heard the expression "hydrogen baseball." Devils argued 1,2 times out of 10 professional baseball clubs in beast breeding rather than pitchers.

It is said that being backed up in the Devils is more difficult than being the leader of other thin pro-goodans. What more explanation do you need?

If that's Major League style, that's Major League style.

Following up with Lee Jin-yong's feelings, Kim Jin-ho continued to say.

Players aren't machines, they're people. And in a professional world, it's impossible for the coach staff to treat all athletes like soldiers. You're only human if you leave your skills to chance. If you get a chance on me right now, you're gonna be a jerk. Gratefulness. Even more so with professional athletes. I'm already making more money than a director, so what's there to kneel for? Major leagues don't give a shit. The real Major don't listen to shit, huh?

Lee Jin-yong nodded as if she understood enough after looking at the skunk Kim Jin-ho.

What does that nod mean? You're making fun of me.

“No way. Keep talking, I'm listening. ”

Anyway, that's why they call him the manager. I'm not giving orders to players, I'm giving them control. The role of a supervisor and a coach is not to instruct skilled athletes, but to induce chemical reactions from each other.

“Chemical reaction? ”

That's why the word "chemi" comes out. So a team like Devils is no joke once it blows up.

Lee Jin-yong who heard the explanation carefully asked.

“So who do you think will benefit more from today's match for Kim Jinho? ”

In fact, the question I was most curious about was this.

In binary terms, Angels had to win anyway to get a chance to publish.

Angels will have the advantage for the fifth time.

“Didn't you praise the Devils a while ago? ”

Chemical reactions don't just happen. How come today's game is the first league match? We have to keep an eye on things until the Tasun circles around twice. But once the tarmac hits two rounds, from then on, the Devil doesn't have to be surprised when it explodes.

“From the point of view of · · · · · · · Angels, you have to prevent the Devil's chemical reaction for the firepen to win. ”

Finally, Lee Jin-yong smiled slightly and said.

“If you go up to the end of the first point and win the save, that means the evaluation is amazing. ”

On the contrary, I came up from the save situation with a pitcher, and if I get hit, Lee Jin-yong's life will be with rice paddy fields in two thousand fields. Lightning, what do you like? Yeah? Yeah.

I struck the candle as if Kim Jin-ho had waited for such a word.

Yeah, let's do this. It's so light! It's stuck in your mouth! Why don't you just rename it this time?

“Shut up. ”

That's how the game started.

6.

Bottom of the 6th, attack Angels. Currently, the first shareholder is in third. Angels is one point ahead of Devils with a score of four to three.

Angels versus Devils.

Like two teams representing Korean pro baseball, the number of Internet relay viewers vomited more than 8,000 breaths of salt.

Furthermore, even though it was a Future League game, the content of the game was in real time and became a news article by journalists.

A stage filled with immense heat and attention.

Here, Angels takes the lead.

Park Jun-hyung is coming up.

Joon-hyung Park.

That was the stage where he came up, the Newface of Angels, who had never been to the foothills of the delivered Angels uniform.

However, the situation unfolded on that stage was not just a situation.

This player is a new player who came to Angels' uniform yesterday.

Yesterday?

Yes, I am.

You think you can get that kind of fighter out of here on your own?

Do you remember the news of Anchan-seop's social baseball in early March? He was a cat star at the time and scored a home run against Un Chan-sub.

Ah, that player!

I was already a pro-level athlete. I was the only player left.

Angels caught a big fish, you mean.

Yeah, and Angels would want to know how big their big fish is.

I see.

A professional match that is said to be a group 2, but cannot be compared to the exchanges that have been played.

The opponent is the same club as the rest of his team.

The score is leading by a four-to-three and a close one-point lead.

It was a nightmare for the unacceptable to come out as a substitute in the first four.

“This is a real puke situation. ”

Lee Jin-yong stared at Doug out without being notified that the scene is still like this.

What are you puking about? You need one point, three fronts, one ball out in the open.

“Is that as easy as it sounds? ”

It's not a professional if you can choose the easiest thing to say. And there's no clearer test stage.

A better test stage.

In that expression, Jin Yong nodded his head.

“One point is all I need. It's not the virtue of a professional to go after Anna Zhang here for no reason. ”

On the contrary.

“Yes?”

In Lee Jin-ho's words, Kim Jin-ho looked at the ground with smiling eyes.

If we hit the sacrificial fly here, the 100 points won't last long if we go up to Group 1.

In saying that, Lee Jin-yong tilted his head.

What did I tell you about what I need most from a professional?

“Greed.”

The pitcher does, but the betting man has to know how to bet. Or else. At least if you're dreaming of a star player and not just a player, you should know how to gamble like that.

Kim Jin-ho, who was speaking, asked me this time.

So you think you can score 100 points?

“You don't want the pitcher to give you one. I will never give you the right ball. ”

Why?

“It's not a good thing that a 1 to 2 point car is a 2 point car before a crippled rival, other than the competition, but also pride yourself if a drafted top pitcher is seen by a newly named professional draft player? ”

That's all you got?

“Since Park Joon-hyung here would be interested in Sharks and a small group, there would be a scouting report at a completely different level than a lousy pitcher like me. ”

Then Kim Jinho nodded.

Juju is only at three, so you can even think of filling one with a ball net. In many ways, as pitchers and as coaching staff, you don't want to give up the sacrificial fly, and you're going to battle outside the Strike Zone.

“Joon-hyeong Park is going to go for it. ”

At that moment, Lee Jin-yong's mind began to paint a picture that would soon appear on the tarmac.

Lee Jin-yong who recalled the picture said.

“I think it's going to be a big one. ”

I agree.

And their imagination soon became reality.

7.

It's stretching. It's all the way! All the way! It stretches beyond the fence! It's over!

Homerun!

Joon-Hyung Park, the first player to take the lead in the third place, will make his first pro hit home run!

That's amazing.

It was a struggle.

The hammer didn't want to give a good ball to the batsman, so he threw a corner pitch around the Strikezone.

A pro-level pitcher throws five or six balls and at least one of them comes out.

Park Joon-hyung swung out of the fence like he was waiting for a thunderbolt instead of missing it.

It surprised everyone in the ground.

“Oh, my God!"

“Get on the other side, wait for Fullcount, then hit the home run for a fight? In a situation like this? ”

“He's never been named from Draft? ”

Surprise did not distinguish between angels and demons.

The same was true of the director of Group 2 Angels.

Did you really think it was gonna be this bad? ’

I've heard about Park Jun-hyung many times already.

I heard through a meta-human scout that the owner of the Grimoire was interested, and I ran home against Unchan-sub.

Therefore, Group 2 supervisor Woo Ji-wook evaluated Park Jun Hyung as having enough wood to be in Group 1.

It was because of the difficult situation no matter who saw him, even if the level 1 player came, he had to take the pressure off the situation.

Park Jun-hyung considered the difficulty problem to be adequate to test the batsman.

‘There's a big one. ’

However, Park Jun-hyung's appearance surprised even the director of Group 2.

"Huh?

In such surprise, a player appeared in the eyes of the director of Group 2.

"That one?"

In a situation where everyone is making an absurd look at Park Joon-hyung's absurd appearance, instead, he chews bubble gum between a light smile on Doug's ledge as if he had expected this situation.

"Jin-yong Lee"?

It was for binary purposes.

Lee Jin-yong's appearance reminded me of the director of Group 2, who showed his players for seven and eight times in a Goat Stars uniform.

“Hmm · · · · · · · · · ·. ”

If Park Jun Hyung is a big wood that can guess the bowl, Lee Jin-yong was a completely different type.

What the hell is this? It's hard to even guess what it looks like.

No, a player who can't tell if he's talented or just lucky, rather than lumber.

To be honest, it didn't even count how to test that player.

Only that he has a heart so great that he can't compare it to the other pitchers.

‘Sounds fun.'

That's why.

“Im coach. ”

“Yes.”

The reason why the director of Group 2 called the pitcher coach.

“Binjong, stand by the bullpen. ”

And why he sent Jin Yong to Bullpen.

‘I wonder if I can smile like this or not in the worst situation. ’

8.

“Then I will see you in the beginning of the ninth, possibly the last attack on the Devils." ”

As soon as I saw the staff sign that the commentary ended in an advertisement, Castor Lee Young Room, who was broadcasting Angels and Devils' second group match today, took the straw stuck in the ice coffee next to him to his mouth.

Boom!

So he took a sip of coffee and spit it out with a dry coffee aroma mouth.

“Even in the Second Army, it's like angels and demons, which is crazy. ”

In Lee Young-sil Caster's words, commentator Kim In-hu summarized the materials that had been used throughout the game.

“On the contrary. Today, the Devils have gone all out, including a class of 1.5 players, and Angels has gone all the way to Group 2. It's a matter of pride for the Devils. But if you see the Devils coming, tomorrow will be a total disaster. ”

“Isn't Park Joon-hyung great? ”

Those two stories went on to talk about Park Joon-hyung as if it were natural.

“Not the usual guy, rumor has it. Honestly, I've been level two up lately, but he's military grade. It's been a long time since I felt the force itself when I was on a platform. ”

“That's right."

In-ho Kim smiled with an answer.

“Reminds me of Kim's time as a player. ”

“Haha.”

Kim In-hoo.

As a commentator from the team, he was a rather glamorous player in his day.

Especially before most of that glamour began his career, he was also a rookie.

His career high was the third year of his debut.

It was why new athletes who showed outstanding skills were compared with Kim In-hoo's commentary.

“I think my feet are fast, I think I gave birth to baseball, I think I have proficiency in fighting with thresholds, and I need to see the defenses, but I honestly don't think I need great defensiveness. ”

“Angels took care of it because I'm not sure what she's up to. ”

“I heard a rumor that Park Joon-hyung is going to push you as far as the table. This reporter says his editor is forcing him to write one article a day. ”

“Well, if you just show me what you've just shown me in Group 1, it'll be a conversation in no time. And you respect what it looks like, right? He's in good shape. Angels fans love it. ”

“Get ready!”

The two who were talking looked at the ground at the staff's words.

It appears that the ground full of Devils' players has been replaced by Angels'.

“Huh?"

“Huh?"

And I saw a player in the center of it.

“Who is she? ”

“Who is that? ”

Angels leads with a six-to-four lead, and a small pitcher is mounted at the top of the ninth, possibly the Devil's last attack.

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