Absolute on the Mound

4.

One of the reasons people are passionate about sports is that heroes appear at some point in time.

That if a player who was anonymous until yesterday becomes famous in the morning, he can get up any time.

Park Joon-hyung did.

At the end of his match with Mars Rangers, he was able to rank seventh on the portal site search ranking.

On the other hand, there was someone who enjoyed a fame that was completely different from the day before, although he was at the level of fireflies next to the sun.

“Let's see · · · · · · · · how about? ”

Jin Yong Lee.

He was also enjoying his own fame after completing a battle against the Martian Rangers.

In addition, he was preparing for his own fame.

“Is this all right with you? Pretty cool, huh?”

Crazy bastard, I practiced and fell in love with a fan with a single article.

It was a sign exercise, not a contrast.

“You don't even know the word 'crippled'? I don't know when my fans will recognize me and ask for my autograph, but I have to be prepared. ”

Sign for fans, not for contracts.

Baseball players will have one or two wonderful signatures, no matter who sees them.

I don't know the word "gibberish," but I know the word "gibberish."

“You seem nervous all of a sudden, is something wrong? ”

No, I don't.

“I don't think so. You just have a bad tongue. Ah!”

At that moment, Lee Jin-yong, who was practicing signing, activated her Stats window.

[Lee Jin-yong]

Max HP: 80

Highest Binding: 129

Features include: Foam Fastball (E), 2-Sided Fastball (A), Split Fastball (D), Changeup (B), Slider (F), Curve (B)

Retention Skill: Daily (D), Daily (E), Rising Fastball (E), Magic First Inning, Iron Arm (F), Revolver

[Due to the Daily Effect, the Curve's Spherical Rank has increased to B rank.]

“That's what this is about. ”

Lee Jin-yong showed her new abilities to Kim Jin-ho and smiled deeply.

“You can't help but smile as your pupil grows. ”

Shut up.

Lee Jin-yong spins the Bronze Wheel five times for 5,000 points he immediately acquired after learning the skill of Revolver.

[Increases Binding by 1.]

[HP +1.]

[Increases Binding by 1.]

[HP +1.]

Four of them caught on the Bronze compartment and resulted in a restraint and HP increase of 2.

[HP has reached 80. No more health with the Bronze Wheel.]

[Once the confinement reaches 130, the confinement will no longer increase with the Bronze Wheel.]

Of course, we also received some unfortunate notification, but the regret about the notification disappeared as soon as we turned the fifth wheel.

You obtained [Elixir of Metallurgy Acquisition (D rank).]

[You learned Split Fastball (D rank).]

The fifth wheel was a big hit for the silver compartment.

It's a real shitty game.

Kim Jin-ho spit on that again, as always.

God, I'm going to ruin this baby. I'm sorry for your trouble.

“Well done, Kim Jin-ho. Do I have to go through all this trouble for you? ”

And Lee Jin-yong teased Kim Jin-ho like always.

What, man?

“It's a one-sided thing, but it's good to share roles. I play the role of sucking honey, the role of playing Kim Jin-ho. Isn't this a fantasy duet? ”

Ahh! I need to see this guy cry out against me before he dies!

“That won't be possible. ”

How can you be sure of that?

“I assure you, there's nothing you can see before someone who's already dead. ”

Oh, come on!

Kim Jin-ho, who couldn't beat my temper, began to shake his fist excitedly towards Jin Yong Lee.

Oh, I hate you! I want to hit one Taiwan, one Taiwan!

Of course, the fist simply passed through Jin Yong and did not give any harm to Jin Yong.

Rather, Lee Jin-yong asked a question with relaxation in the fist baptism.

“Better yet, you'll be in Group 1 now, right? ”

On what grounds?

“No, it's over if you do it in Group 2, right? ”

At that moment, Kim Jin-ho stopped punching and looked down at Lee Jin-yong.

I'll be on the waiting list first.

“Waitlist? ”

As a matter of fact, as far as Angels I'm concerned, the best-case scenario is no replacement for athletes.

Lee Jin-yong did not react.

It wasn't a question of sleeping with a rebel.

‘That's not wrong. ’

The number of Korean pro baseball leagues is 27. Only 27 can enter the game as first-person athletes.

Naturally speaking, each table manager, coaching staff, and athlete wishes for the 27 rosters to remain unchanged at the same time.

The variation in the roster means that someone went down to the second group, which means that someone showed less than expected.

Well, someone's hurt, someone's weak, so there's a chance.

Of course, you never go through a season without changing your roster.

Of course, someone will come down to group 2 or leave group 1 and the position will be filled to group 2.

Isn't that why it was made in Section 2?

Standby people meant those who could get the opportunity as soon as they got a place in Group 1.

And Lee Jin-yong wasn't just one of the Second Army fighters because of the last fight, he was going to be named on the waiting list.

The question is, where does the seat come from?

The problem is that if you vote for the standby table like a bank, you're not going up in the first group in that order.

If a speedball bullpen pitcher gets away, there's zero chance you'll get a chance.

If the fast ball pitcher leaves, Group 1 will naturally pick the fast ball pitcher from Group 2.

The same goes for left-handed pitchers. You don't put a yoke in a left hand spot.

Even if not, Group 1 coaching staff prefers fast or left-handed pitchers among Group 2 pitchers.

If you can throw a fastball that is more than 145 kilometers with your left hand, you will reserve your spot in Group 1 somehow, unless your grades are a mess.

It's not like they're bringing left-handed fireballs from hell.

In other words, Lee Jin-yong, who was slow to bind Woo-won, was frankly unlikely to be named on the waiting list.

“So how do I get up there? ”

Well, how much do you spend on two to three consecutive rounds?

“Yes?”

Then they'll call you up just out of curiosity.

“Dammit, you don't want me to finish the match three times? Don't forget the ghost seeds. Make sense of them. ”

Lee Jin-yong thought Kim Jin-ho was teasing him.

As a matter of fact, I did.

It was bullshit to have to finish the triathlon.

The truth came out afterwards.

Otherwise, it would be in your best interest to have a team of three or four get out of the way.

“It's in my best interest to be out of the picture? ”

If you leave the triathlon or the quadruple triathlon, the whole office will move. Most importantly, we can't fit it together. For example, if a left-handed one-point deviates, you put a left-handed ball into a left-handed ball and it becomes a solo bread, but that's not the selection, is it? If you put a swingman into a two-handed call-up, whoever it was, it might become a solo bread.

“So if it's vacant, I'm going to the selection now? ”

How is that possible? Can you put a pro year in fourth place now? It's possible for monsters outside my specifications, and the important thing is that you don't stand a chance unless there's a rift in the entire pitcher's office of First Class Angels.

In that speech, Lee Jin-yong sighed for a short time.

"If you're good and you can't find a seat, you don't have an answer. ’

Better yet, thank that reporter Huang Seon-woo for calling.

“Journalist Hwang? ”

Maybe if you became a Group 1 call-up, the article that the journalist wrote would be helpful. Most importantly, seeing that journalist getting along well with the coaches, it wouldn't be his usual relationship with Angels.

Lee Jin-yong changed her eyes.

“What does that have to do with anything? ”

When you call a player in Part 1, you don't just take advice from Group 2 coaching staff and Group 2 coaching staff.

“Why?

I couldn't believe it. I called up a guy from Group 2 who would do 4, but how many times do I have to do 1 and then go down in a week?

“That's right.”

After all, Group 1 wants to hear from more people. But that doesn't mean we can't take Angels fans and ask for your opinion, does it? I can't ask my family. Then who do you want to ask?

“Journalist.”

As soon as he heard that, Lee Jin-yong took out his smartphone.

Then he sent a text to the number of the reporter who had already saved it.

5.

Boo-hoo, boo-hoo, boo-hoo!

Like a steam train, Huang Seongwoo's expression was filled with complaints no matter who saw the electronic cigarette smoke popping out of his mouth.

"No, is it a crime for a journalist to write an article? ’

In his mind, the call with the head of the Angels PR team came to life.

Angels, head of Public Relations, said:

Why did you write the Fight of Jin Yong?

‘If you're done fighting, you should write a story. The Future League is harder to finish than the pro league. ’

Of course, he was not just angry about the fact that he had written a complete article.

What matters is why you exposed the article to Maine.

Of course, it wasn't just Park Jun-hyung who was exposed to Maine without any process.

Through the lobby, Angels obtained several of the compartments exposed to the main.

It was a car reserved only for Park Jun-hyung.

However, Huang Seonwoo posted a Jin Jin article on that box.

To put it simply, the merchandise on the shelf that Angels made, Huang Seonwoo put the merchandise of his own taste.

Wong Seong-woo, who knows about this floor period, couldn't have known about it.

I had already done it before posting an article about listening to one sound and smoking heavily in the smoking room.

Of course, it was not just because binary dragons were cute.

‘I invested like this, but it's a bust. ’

Invest.

An investment to make a sticky point that players are willing to contact and can't compare to other journalists.

At the right time, a text arrived on Huang Seonwoo's smartphone.

[Thank you reporter. We look forward to seeing you in the future. Loyal!]

Caller is binary.

‘You're noticing faster than I thought. There's definitely something. ’

He smiled as he read the text he sent.

“Sir!"

At that time, a junior reporter entered the smoking room.

In his appearance, Hwang Seon-woo looked behind him and said.

“What happened all of a sudden? ”

“Angels!”

“Angels what? ”

“We've got trouble! ”

He frowned and said.

“That's how a journalist communicates? When, where, who, what, how, why! Don't you know this?”

“Yun Seop from Angels has now left for Yokohama, Japan. ”

“Yang Yun-seop?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“I don't know. But it's obvious why the pitcher's going to Yokohama at this time of year, isn't it? ”

“Yokohama would have gone to Minami deduction. ”

At that moment, Hwang Seonwoo changed his face and immediately took out his smartphone. Then something started looking for names of people who might be helpful in this situation.

Then the last thing he said to his follower was,

“Before May, Tim's native Ace was surgery. ”

“Angels, what will it be? ”

“What the fuck happened? ”

At that moment, Hwang Seon-woo who found something's name immediately called. Then I started talking in a fluent Japanese language.

“Kimura Award, reporter Hwang Sun-woo. Yes, yes. By the way, do you happen to know which surgeon called Yang Yun Seop, a pitcher from Seoul Angels, met at Minami Institute? Yes, please. ”

A few hours later, Hwang Seon-woo called his subordinate reporter and said.

“Put it on alone, put up a story. Yang Yun-seop's elbow injury is the end of the first half. ”

6.

Yang Yun-seop.

Seoul Angels, 8 years of professionalism.

Orthodox wooden pitchers arrested at 140 kilometers to the contrary.

Known for his proficiency in a variety of varieties, he was a pitcher who excelled at 1,051 innings, guarding the mount of Seoul Angels for seven years.

However, his defense rate was only 3.30. He was a reliable ace, also known as a native ace, with the exception of foreign pitchers.

Of course, for Angel, who invested more actively to win than ever before, he was irreplaceable and irreplaceable.

“The result?"

But now, there is a problem with Yang Yun-sub.

“A piece of bone was found on your elbow. ”

After he finished the back panel, he started complaining of severe elbow pain.

“What's the doctor's opinion? ”

Angels then sent him to the Minami deduction hospital in Yokohama, Japan, known for pitcher surgery and rehabilitation.

“He says it's best to do the surgery. Rehabilitation will eventually get you surgery next year. ”

And it was only 20 minutes ago that the doctor concluded that he needed surgery.

“Yang Yun-seop, what are your intentions? ”

“I don't know what's going on, but I think you want to do the surgery. I've also thrown patience, but for Yoon Seop, you know, more than this season. ”

“Next year will be more important. It's the season to qualify for FA. ”

Moreover, given the situation, there was a higher chance of Yun Seop getting on the table.

The worst-case scenario imaginable.

“This is insane.”

But the worst part was that I couldn't even afford to express my opinions in this situation.

“Let's start with four draws and pull forward one selection at a time. ”

Spitting out the pudding doesn't make the miracle of disappearing the piece of bone on Yang Yun-seop's elbow.

Above all, it was not only the absence of Yunseop that the nine gangs greeted him vigorously, but it was also a very intensive thunderbolt.

“Bring back the fifth prize. ”

“Yes.”

Of course, now is the time to somehow fill the gap in Yang Yun-seop.

“And this is a scouting report from Group 2. ”

“You see?”

“Yes, I reviewed it briefly. ”

“Do you have a player you can use as a starting point? ”

Furthermore, if the workaround failed, we needed to be prepared.

“If I had been honest, I would have voted. You don't have a very well-curated team at your table? ”

“That's right."

“But if there are criteria you want, I will deduce the athletes for the criteria. ”

The Bon Temps supervisor pondered for a moment what Tutsu said.

First, he analyzed the situation.

‘It is difficult in many ways. ’

The current situation was difficult enough to say that the pitchers coming up from the 2nd group were the worst.

In the absence of a sudden native Ace pitcher, the Second Army player is in a collision without knowing what his job will be.

‘It's not a special situation to care about. ’

In this confusion, it is frankly difficult to care for and care for the pitchers from Group 1 coaching staff.

Also, Group 1 is not a place like that.

It's not a stage for adults and callers, it's a place where you have to do whatever it takes to get there.

‘No new breasts. ’

It was Bon Temps's judgment that a pitcher with a mental and hard heart was needed more than ever.

"Hmm."

At that moment, a player thought into the head of Bon Temps's director.

“Is there a use for binary? ”

Jin Yong Lee.

As soon as the name was mentioned, the pitcher's face was hard.

“Yes, but are you sure you want to call this player up? ”

Lee Jin-yong was also well aware of the pitcher coach.

Once you're a pitcher in the Future League, it's worth remembering.

But the problem was that there were more impressive and negative things for binary.

“No matter how hard you try, you only have 120 Fastball arrests. You won't survive a day in Phase 1 because you're a Phase 2 level, a type you've never seen before." First of all, isn't it a year now? ”

“The restraints are steadily rising, and the last full pitch record shows that restraints have been restored after seven times, which can make things better. ”

The bong-setter immediately denied what he had to say.

“Of course, Group 1 is not a stage for growth. ”

The director knew that calling up Lee Jin-yong wasn't the answer.

I just remembered the name and mentioned it.

“We have to put out the fire immediately, so raise the essence guard. ”

Essence Protection.

He was one of the veterans who was now running for Angels II, turning 31.

Athletes who do not excel at professional level, including confinement, but have the ability to survive in a world of tough professionals to be treated as veterans.

He was the most reliable player I could pull out to stop the fire.

“Yes.”

Because of this, Tutsu Coach did not put a horse in front of his name.

“But even if the Essence Guard falls, ”

On the contrary, I did not know how long it would last.

If the Essence Guard was really a viable player in the 1st Army, there would be no reason for such a player to be in the 2nd Army.

Furthermore, the Essence Guard itself was in some way a card like a joker that was used to rush out of an emergency situation.

Joker that takes time to rewrite once written.

With a Joker like that, we should now have a new Joker in place.

“Pass it on to Group 2. Ask him to pick 3 cards from the pitchers in the atmosphere that he thinks will work in group 1. ”

“I'll get right to it. ”

The conversation was over.

Tootsu coach stood up, and Bong-Joon-sik's director stood up.

“Then tell your story to the pitcher and get ready for tomorrow's match. ”

“Yes.”

Today is Monday, April 24, and what they need to prepare for is a three-year battle with Incheon Sharks, which starts tomorrow.

7.

Monday, April 24.

When the sun goes down and the night goes dark.

“I got a call from Seung-ho. He's gone to Incheon now. ”

“Sunbae Jung? ”

The Icheon Champions Park was more of a night out than ever before.

“No wonder he's going up. You're the only pitcher who can put out a fire, right? ”

“Damn it.”

“What the fuck? You don't want me to call you up? ”

“Honestly, this isn't an easy opportunity, is it? ”

“Well, no one can replace you. There's nothing wrong with a call up. ”

Yang Yun-seop's departure was like that.

Raising all the pitchers of the Second Army.

In a way, it was unclean.

The pain of others, the pain of the team pillars, doesn't fit at least with the word angel.

But at the same time, it was something you had to have to survive on the pro stage.

“That's right. I'd do anything to get into Group 1. ”

However, for the Second Army players, the first stage was a stage where they wanted to go up, no matter what they did.

Not being able to go to the 1st Army with those who are breathing only for it was that everything that had lived through baseball until now had turned into nothing.

“Is this the end of the call-up? Is there any more?”

“I don't know. But at least now that you're out of commission, we'll have to choose someone to fill that rank. ”

“You mean the next call-up ranking candidate. ”

“Even if it's not, Jung might not last long. Honestly, it's not a skill that will last long in the 1st Army. Most importantly, Yang Yun-seop can't be too spicy, right? The entire First Battalion will be overloaded, and then someone else will be out. ”

That's how the Angels II pitchers stayed up all night.

“Trouble. ”

It was the same for the group 2 coaching staff.

“Trouble is, we still have to have a candidate. ”

“That's right."

Yang Yun-Sub's departure was soon a crisis in Angels' hands, and the Second Army had no choice but to enter the emergency system.

“Plan your schedule by selecting players for Group 1, regardless of their grades right now. ”

First of all, Group 2 supervisors abandoned their Futures League grades.

I wanted to use it on the stage to find pitchers to replace Yang Yun-sub, not to make a career in the future.

This means that you have to completely cancel the schedule and create a new schedule.

“Let's start with a coffee machine. ”

“Yes.”

Of course, the coaching staff were prepared to stay up all night.

In that situation, he was the only one who spent a long night blindfolded.

Jin-yong? Jin-yong?

“Ho · · · · · · · · · ·. ”

Are you really sleeping?

“Right · · · · · · · · ·. ”

Are you serious?

Lee Jin-yong, I slept through a long night.

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