Absolute on the Mound

8.

May 5th Children's Day.

This day is known to all Koreans, and the whole country is filled with events for Children's Day.

Korean pro baseball was the same.

For children who would later become their spectators, the Korean pro baseball clubs prepared a grand event.

One of the most sacred events of all time was the Jamsil Stadium.

Angels, Devils and the two teams scheduled a three-year series for Children's Day each season, and the series was called the Children's Day series, making it the most intense match up of the two teams.

Of course, for the Children's Day series, on Friday, May 5, the area around the Jamsil Stadium was a playground for children.

“Kahaha!”

“Ahhhh!”

The laughter of the children who were joyfully running and the crying of the children who didn't like something filled the area around the sleeping chamber.

“Whoa!”

And a man's cheer knocked on the lock room floor.

Of course, in the last case, it was different from the previous children.

What, are you crazy? ’

‘Looks like a lunatic.' ’

"Eye contact is dangerous. ’

It wasn't normal for an adult man with a hat on his head to shout around the sleeping area on Children's Day.

But I liked the look around him.

“I'm finally at the sleeping chamber! ”

Lee Jin-yong, it wasn't just a visit for him to come to the dungeon.

“Hooray!”

All of a sudden.

On May 1st, Lee Jin-yong, who became a qualified athlete as a coachee, was qualified to be a Group 1 call up at any time.

Of course, that meant qualifications, but not call-ups.

Binary purpose now I wanted to slowly wait for the time.

But the opportunity came earlier than I thought.

Angels spent too much bullpen twice during the three-year war with Dolphins starting in May to the end of the 10th, eventually sending a very fatigued pitcher to Group 2 and calling the pitcher to take his place in Group 2.

And Lee Jin-yong became the target of the call up.

“Hoooo, hoooo! ”

From the perspective of Jin Yong, I feel like I received an unexpected surprise.

I'm just so excited it's Children's Day. I'm so excited.

Of course, Kim Jin-ho choked on the atmosphere of Lee Jin-yong.

“What does that mean? ”

You look like a child to a stranger.

“No, I'm 177 and I'm not making any sense. ”

You look like you're about to die just like me.

“Shit, it's really 177! ”

Yeah, if you put your hands over your head, you'll get 177.

“By the way, Kim Jin-ho is right. Never thought you'd be a call-up before the Devils! ”

Along with the horse, Lee Jin-yong remembered what Kim Jin-ho said.

Lee Jin-yong has a high chance of being called up before the Devils, so prepare for the Devils.

Of course, when Lee Jin-yong heard that, she thought that Kim Jin-ho was always bullshitting herself.

Yeah, I told you.

But it was never nonsense.

Rather, it was a result of a very cold judgment and remarkable analytical power, far from nonsense.

Kim Jinho already knew what type of team the Devils were on through Group 2.

A team that is energetic once it catches a win and never misses it easily.

Teams with low inversion.

A team that wins an unconditional match.

When you're dealing with a losing team, prepare a sacrificial lamb for the inning when you lose. Especially when you're dealing with a team that can't be stopped once it hits.

Kim Jinho knew that he needed a defeatist who could clean up a losing match against such a team.

Winning is as important as winning in Pennanthrax.

That's why Kim Jin-ho thought there was a good chance that Lee Jin-yong would get an opportunity before the Devils.

In that sense, Jinjong, you're the only one who can't find a scapegoat.

Jin Yong was a good candidate for defeat.

The first condition of a decapitator is to take Strike, be it a hit or a score.

For example, if you don't catch Strike because you're afraid to score even though you're a defensive shooter, the game will be worse.

From that point of view, Jin Yong had the optimal conditions to become a pretreatment pitcher.

Records show that he had the stamina to complete the match, had the stability of the ball in the strikezone, a great pitch to pull out the ground ball, and now he had the ability to use a splitter to catch the triple.

Of course, it wasn't very good.

The goal and wish was for the fighters of the 2nd Army to take the stage, but no one made a wish that they would be called up to defeat them.

Everyone wishes to be treated like a shining star and be recognized and glamorous on stage in the First Army.

The same was true for Jin Yong.

He knew his reality well.

“Well, I wouldn't be as glorious as anyone else. ”

Lee Jin-yong's gaze at the words led to a long procession of signs from the players who had been prepared outside the Jamsil Stadium.

It's so long that you can't tell who's signing it.

Because of this, Lee Jin-yong examined a guide introducing the players from the Sign Association instead of the players.

The faces of popular players representing Angels and Devils were seen.

In that face was Park Joon-hyung, his face as well.

As soon as you're up, hit two rootas in one stroke on the first spot of the pro, hit the home run in the next, and then play three anthems in the next, making Angels sacred in three days!

Joon-Hyung Park's popularity was incredible because he was a pro this year, and now he has only played three games on a pro stage.

“Park Jun-hyung, I need your signature! ”

“Take a picture! ”

“Your face is so small! ”

The line in front of Park Joon-hyung was longer than the other players, and the evidence was that there were more women than children.

“Park Jun-hyung's marking is gone! Not anymore! ”

Furthermore, at the Angels store, which was located at the entrance to the third floor of the jamboree field, baseball fans were able to mark Park Joon-type's back number too much on striped Angels uniforms.

What a rush!

Even that fever was a start.

I thought you said he was gonna teach you the Sita Daisy or the Girl Idol Group.

The role of watching Sita in today's children's series and Sita with one of the popular girls from the Idol group daisies was also Park Jun-hyung's.

“Damn, I can teach you poetry. ”

For reference, Daisy was also a girl idol group that Lee Jin-yong liked.

Don't be so discouraged. If I go up on the mount today, Jinjong will sing for you. I'll sing you 10 songs from Daisy's. Thank you, right?

In Kim Jin-ho's words to comfort Lee Jin-yong, Lee Jin-yong sincerely replied.

“Lord Mahabanyavaramil.”

Hey, hey, hey! Why the sudden blasphemy?

“I don't have a spark. Tsk.”

Look at this guy.

Those two conversations didn't last long.

“Jin-yong Lee! Let's go say hello to the director! ”

Now we have a situation where we can't laugh anymore.

9.

Bong Joon-sik supervisor.

He won 123 matches during his current career and was a worthy pitcher in Korean pro baseball history.

His nickname in his time was Serpent.

The reason for the nickname was because I could see it in his eyes.

The gleaming eyes that seemed to be between the eyes of a serpent's tear were so full of spunk that he had to spit.

‘Jin Yong Lee.’

He was looking at Jin Dragon with the same eyes as that viper.

‘A pitcher with qualities that even the director of Group 2 could not fathom. ’

In fact, Lee Jin-yong's call was not solely made by Bong-sik's supervision.

He was the Head of the Guernsey Operations Team.

“It's for Lee Jin-yong, there's a lunatic in group 2. ”

Bong-sik then spoke to Woo Ji-wook, Group 2, and from there he heard about Lee Jin-yong.

“I want to see where Lee Jin-yong can go, and I want to see him on a pro baseball stage. ”

It was outrageous, and at the moment of hearing it, Bong-Joon-sik asked one last person about Lee Jin-yong.

“I don't know if it'll help the team, but it'll be fun. ”

It was the word of reporter Hwang Sunwoo, and Bong-sik, the director who heard about Lee Jin-yong from three people, eventually had to call Lee Jin-yong.

And now that Jin Yong was in front of me.

‘There is nothing to see. ’

To be honest, what I could find in Lee Jin-yong's appearance immediately was weakness, not exclusivity.

Can't even imagine this little pitcher standing on a mount and doing something about the big batsmen.

However, Lee Jin-yong did not look away from Bong-Joon-sik's eyes at this moment.

Rather, I was facing it.

Curiosity, nothing else.

‘Not just any guy. ’

It was not clear that he was curious to see the director holding his life-threatening position for the first time, and that he would be able to show normal people.

Of course, Bong Joon-sik did not intend to treat Jin Yong Lee specially.

And Lee Jin-yong was also not a player who showed something that deserved special treatment.

“Your role is to be a defeatist. ”

Bong Joon-sik's supervisor immediately informed him.

“Stay in Bulpen while the team loses. And when you get to the mount, all you have to do is finish the inning as soon as possible. ”

That was a cruel thing to say.

I mean, you're the first stage, and you're the big dog on the stage that you really want to step on.

But on the contrary, that was the reality.

Talented people are commended from the beginning and begin their careers on the path of glory, but those who don't are forced to climb to the bottom.

Because of this, Lee Jin-yong didn't really feel the irony of that fact.

And I wasn't interested in that.

“I have a question. ”

“Tell me. ”

“So am I going to stop one inning, or am I going to keep throwing as long as I can? ”

The Bon Temps director tilted his head.

It was my first time.

Although the player who received this notification was a ringleader, it was the first time for Lee Jin-yong to react like this.

However, the Bon Temps director flashed his eyes sharply.

‘That's not funny. ’

He thought Lee Jin-yong was fooling around on the stage in Group 1.

If not, there's no way to say that you can defeat the batsmen if you climb into the mount.

“If you want to throw a lot, I'll do it. ”

Bong-Joon-sik was willing to give Lee Jin-yong an opportunity.

I was going to keep him on the mount until he was beaten as he wished.

In the words of such a bone-setter, Lee Jin-yong clenched his fist.

“Thank you!”

And Kim Jin-ho, who was looking at such a bone-setter director, said.

It feels right. What else is coming out of it?

10.

Immediately after speaking with the director, Lee Jin-yong was briefed by the table officials.

Of course, because of the Children's Day event, the sleeping areas were noisy.

“Hurry up and clear the ground! ”

“Where do I put the event items? ”

“Move to the warehouse! ”

In that mess, Lee Jin-yong honestly did not hear any staff directions.

I can only hear one.

“We have uniforms in the locker room. ”

That was all Lee Jin-yong heard correctly, and of course, when the guidance was finished, Lee Jin-yong headed to the locker room.

Fuck!

Welcoming such a binary dragon was a ferocious swearing speech.

“What?”

When Lee Jin-yong entered the locker room amazed by the swearing speech, what caught his eye was a large white pitcher with a kidney that would be 2 meters tall.

Benjamin?

Benjamin Phillips.

Angels was a foreign pitcher who recruited $1.6 million in annual salary to win the 2017 season.

He was, of course, also the owner of a glamorous career for his salary.

He was part of the Major League St. Louis Cardinals and had nine major leagues in one season with a 15-18 defense rate of 4.50.

It was a great thing.

Nine major league pitchers proved to have been a relief for a season.

When he saw that countless players had not even stepped on the major league stage, and that even the Korean pro baseball players had challenged the major league stage and had mostly drunk and returned, he was not lacking to be called a monster in Korean pro baseball.

And it was doing the right thing.

He competed in five games in April, culminating in 36 innings and maintaining a defensive rate of 2.75 with a three-way two-game finish.

Angels, of course, was scoring him for the first Children's Day Series with the Devils.

Fuck! ”

He was going crazy in the locker room.

Fuck! Fuck!

In Benjamin's cry, Kim Jin-ho from the Major League gave an interpretation.

That's what I just said.

Lee Jin-yong looked at Kim Jin-ho like that with a fat face. That didn't need to be interpreted.

At that moment, Benjamin started pouring his horse like a bullet, as if he was rapping on his smartphone for a long time.

Then Benjamin stops speaking as soon as he finds Lee Jin-yong.

Lee Jin-yong smiled awkwardly and introduced herself.

“My name is Jin Yong Lee, I'm Rookie. Rookie pitcher, new pitcher! ”

In the introduction, Kim Jinho shook his head, covering his face with one hand, and Benjamin went straight through the locker room with his smartphone.

Lee Jin-yong said in the locker room that was so quiet.

“Did I say something wrong? ”

And you think that's a good thing?

“Didn't the meaning work? ”

He must have known you were a lunatic.

Lee Jin-yong kicked his tongue in Kim Jin-ho's words. Honestly, I couldn't argue.

“Do you think there's something more wrong? I just saw you yelling at me. ”

I've invested in you, and you know what it's like to blow my salary like that, to go to Chicago and do something about it before I smash your head in, and it's not normal to see me say that.

“Yes?”

At that moment, Lee Jin-yong was surprised and looked at Kim Jin-ho.

What? I'm sorry.

Kim Jinho greeted with a fat expression.

“Did you really say that? ”

Uh, yeah.

“Kim Jin-ho heard that correctly? ”

Hey, I'm a major.

“Yes, Major, who told Mark Maguire that Triangle K stands for Kill Yu. ”

That was when I was a kid!

At that moment, Kim Jinho stopped speaking and looked at where Benjamin had disappeared.

I mean, if you talk about it, it's a bit of a waste of money. You have family, right?

“My cute daughter lives with me in Korea. ”

Would he have told his wife the story of his annual salary?

“Do I really need to tell my wife and daughter the bad news of the only division on Earth? I'd keep my mouth shut. ”

But now that the money's gone, does he think of the batter on the mountain, or does he think of the investor?

“I don't think I remember either of you. I think I'm just gonna fuck around. ”

At that moment, the atmosphere of Kim Jin-ho and Lee Jin-yong changed.

They look like predators who smell food.

Jin-yong.

“Yes.”

What do you think I'm gonna say?

“Break it up as recruiters who invest $1.6 million a year in big matches, leagues 3rd and 4th, rivalry rivalries and such matches are likely to hit the Devils early? ”

Lee Jin-yong, he began to look forward to his first pro back as a gift for Children's Day.

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