Absolute on the Mound

9.

“Hooh · · · · · · · · · · · ·. ”

To the extent that a normal person can just take a big breath and then exhale for a long time, that much time.

‘3-ball 1-strike situation. If you are a soldier, you can swing at one of them. If the plan is as planned, grab a strike with a splitter or a high rising fastball, immerse it in a two-strike situation and catch it. But if you keep in mind that you don't like being hit today, you catch it with a heavy heart. ’

“· · · · · · Woooo. ”

After completing all calculations in that short time, Jin Yong exchanged signatures with Lee Ho-chan and threw the ball.

The ball was a two-faced fastball.

But as a typewriter, it wasn't a two-sided fastball.

It flew straight like a foam, believing it was a foam fastball, and when the unsuspecting batsman hit the bat, the snake-like ball needed a different name.

Boom!

After riding Devil's Nine on the magic ball, Soldier Hunt's Bat hurls out a scream.

“Ugh!"

The typewriter also vomited a scream.

It was a blasphemous scream, and the ball protruded out of the sound as a background sound, rolling helplessly in front of the striker.

Lee Jin-yong was the moment to finish off the last eight outcounts with the ground ball in front of the striker.

As always, Lee Jin-yong spit it out.

“Hooray.”

However, it sounded like a long sigh rather than a shout of joy.

In fact, it was sighing.

The reason for the sighing was clearly expressed in the light panel that Lee Jin-yong looked at with the inning end.

Zero to zero.

I told you.

Kim Jin-ho spoke to Lee Jin-yong looking at the number.

I got something on your ankle.

In saying that, Jin Yong did not answer any questions.

Something was stuffy on my chest because I felt like I was blocking his words tightly.

It's stuffy, isn't it? You think I'm crazy because I have something heavy on my chest?

Kim Jinho told Lee Jin-yong that.

That's the burden.

What's on the other side of Jin Yong's chest right now.

The burden of Ace. The burden of knowing that no matter what you do, you have to win the game.

Lee Jin-yong, he had never felt so burdened before.

I had nothing to lose.

A month ago, Lee Jin-yong was a pitcher who should have been satisfied even if he could climb to the top of the pro's mount and get to the top of the mount right now, even if he scored 10 points for 1 inning.

Whatever the batsmen do, it's none of my business. Ordinary pitchers who think like that are never a burden.

At the same time, Jin Yong didn't really care whether the batsmen scored or not.

All you have to do is be good.

Whatever scores the batsmen scored, the only thing that mattered to Jin Yong was his grades that day.

But not Ace.

And that was mostly the psychology of pitchers.

If a pitcher has pitched a 7 inning 2 score in a match, the pitcher will increase his annual salary even if he loses that match.

No one points a finger at the pitcher.

It was for binary purposes.

Whether the batsmen were shitting or not, there was no reason for binary dragons to feel burdened by the fact that they were annoyed.

That's why Ace is different.

However, Lee Jin-yong was different today.

He climbed to Mount Angels today to take his place in Ace.

The moment he realized that, today's game became more important than anything else for Jin Yong.

No matter how good you are, you can't let your team win. You only need Hotu for the five-time pitcher, but you have to win the ace pitcher game without fail.

Kim Jinho laughs at Angels' batsmen coming into Doug's out with his horse.

Kim Jin-ho naturally knew from the moment Lee Jin-yong joined Group 1.

But I don't think this team's gonna make it. The moment I saw Angels' batsmen, I felt it. Oh, these bastards don't want to win, and they don't know how to do it.

Lee Jin-yong, who was coming down the mount to Kim Jin-ho, covered her mouth with a glove.

“What do you do when this happens? ”

One, overthrow the players.

“What about you two?”

Turn the bench over.

“Are the three catching the director's collar? ”

That's like the sixth time, and the third way to do that is to flirt with the coach.

Lee Jin-yong just kept biting his teeth as if Kim Jin-ho didn't need to talk anymore.

I held my peace.

Lee Jin-yong thought Kim Jin-ho was mocking him at this moment.

Then he told him what Kim Jinho really needed to say.

It means communicate with others first. Have you had a proper conversation with the batsmen today?

In saying that, Lee Jin-yong tightly replied without me knowing.

“Yes · · · · · · · · · · · ·. ”

Except the artillery.

Without answering Lee Jin-yong, Doug went inside.

Baseball is a team game. And the important thing about team games is talking.

Following Jin Yong Lee into Doug out, I continued to explain to Jin Yong Lee.

Even if you've been on the same team for over a decade, you can't see it through your eyes. Hell, you've been in the Army less than a month now, let alone 10 years with these guys. But if the Angels only see your eyes and read your mind and your thoughts, then you should just throw away the baseball and give me a fake job.

Baseball is a team game.

Lee Jin-yong, who had heard so many times, felt the most exhausting digging up her heart today.

At the same time, I felt urgent.

‘Kim Jinho, we need to talk. ’

If you really want to win, you don't have to stay here, you have to talk to the batsmen.

I'll give you a tip.

Kim Jin-ho stopped him once again.

Don't expect anyone to take you seriously just because you're coming out. You know, the higher you get from the ground up, the worse they'll get. Even a bunch of pride. And you're telling me you have to score points to win the game today?

Kim Jin-ho looks at the batsmen who take the bat instead of the glove.

Jin-yong, if one of them comes at you suddenly and wants to win today's match, you can throw more than 10 innings! What would you say if you said that? Get the fuck out of here, you son of a bitch, before I give you a hard time! Of course not.

Is that so?

Lee Jin-yong sighed for a long time and fell silent.

Of course, there was no conversation.

Eight horses started without talking.

The Angel batsmen somehow swing their battles to score points that would be the vantage point.

“Big! Big! ”

“Oh, shit, I got you in front of the fence! ”

I swung hard.

“Swing Strike Out! ”

“Oh! The swing was too big! ”

Sometimes I waited.

“Strike!”

“Oh! Just wait for the good ball! We have to cut!”

That was it.

“Strike, out! ”

“Ahh · · · · · · · · · · ·. ”

At the end of the eighth round, Angels finished the inning with a gripping report card called the Triple Killer.

Now, the 9th round started, and of course, Lee Jin-yong took off the jumper and took the glove.

The solemn atmosphere filled Doug out.

"Isn't this really going to happen? ’

‘This is crazy. He's even crazier. ’

Now, instead of finishing the pitcher with a 9 inning drawback, he was nervous about the situation that he might remain a pitcher with a 9 inning drawback without being able to record victory or defeat.

In that tension, Kim Jin-ho said to Lee Jin-yong.

I gave him every tip.

In saying that, Lee Jin-yong frowned.

However, Lee Jin-yong's frowned glances were loosened once again, as Kim Jin-ho said.

Oh, that! ’

Kim Jin-ho smiled slightly at the reaction.

10.

When binary dragons came to the mount with the beginning of the 9th, no one questioned that fact.

“Yiho! Fight! ”

“Howdy, howdy! Please, let's just go with the three of us! ”

Angels fans longed for the sound of the Howl of Jin, hoping that he would spread his howl again.

At the same time, Devil's fans were satisfied.

“This is the end of listening to the howl. ”

“Let's finish this in the toolbox. ”

At the end of this inning, I was satisfied that I would no longer hear the sound of howling.

Starting in that situation, the ninth initial was the toughest inning for Lee Jin-yong today.

It's been hard since the battle against the lead batsman.

“Bowl!”

“Bolnet!”

Lee Jin-yong gave me the ball net against the lead batsman.

I tried the outside battle, but there were a few struggles, and at the same time the batsman chose too well.

“Sacrifice bunts!”

The next batsman then attempted a sacrificial bunt.

Lee Jin-yong did not overdo it but allowed the bunt.

In exchange for catching the 1 out count, the shareholder went to second base.

“Swing Strike Out! ”

After that, Lee Jin-yong caught Trijin.

The crystal sphere is a splitter.

Lee Jin-yong was the reason and reason why the sacrificial bundle was willing to tolerate.

After leaving it in second place for a short time, Lee Jin-yong, who created two outcounts, used a two-center fastball to induce the ground ball.

“The end · · · · · · · · ·. ”

It was a land ball that flew in front of the shooter, and it had been dealt with countless times today.

“· · · · · · · · · · ·? ”

“Ah!”

However, the ball was not handled properly by the striker.

“You idiot! ”

“Thank you, Angels! ”

While the shooter was struggling, the runner went straight to third and the runner stopped at first.

1, 3 shares.

Devils got a chance to score in the first two quarters.

On the contrary, the craziest situation happened for the pitcher.

“Wow, Lee Jin-yong is going to mentalize. ”

“That's not Mental enough. ”

“Lee Jin-yong admitted to defending the party even though she blew up a skirt today? ”

If we don't catch the game soon, we're going to be losers.

However, Lee Jin-yong grabbed the next batsman in a grave rather than a situation like that.

3 splitters.

As if to see, I threw only the same three old bells and made the batsman swing three times.

“Hooray!”

I willingly shouted at it.

And those who were watching the match smiled with applause at Jin Yong.

“If you take Angels now, you won't score at the end of the ninth round. That's it. ”

“What's wrong with nine innings and a bad pitcher? ”

At that moment, everyone watching the match sent sympathy to the pitching of the quarrelsome binary dragon, not to Hotu.

Under such sympathetic applause.

Chubbuckuck Chubbuck, Ji Jin-yong who came down the mount entered the doughout.

“Good work.”

“Well done!”

And in the encouragement of the athletes and coaches coming out of the game, Jin did not answer.

Instead, I wore a jumper that was cut in half and only left to the right.

Huh?

What the hell?

At that moment, Doug was frozen solid.

Only one.

Suck it.

Kim Jin-ho smiled at Lee Jin-yong.

“Jin Yong Lee!”

At that moment, Bong Joon-sik's director called Lee Jin-yong close to him.

11.

10 Inning pitch.

It is in some sense a more difficult pitch than a duel.

In the beginning, all pitchers are honed to throw only nine innings, and at the same time burn themselves.

At the end of the ninth inning, no pitcher left any capacity with 10 pitchers in mind.

He wants to burn everything he owns to the last ninth inning and be white ash.

Further in, the coach staff will not allow the pitcher's back plate, even if the pitcher himself keeps his or herself occupied.

The impact of 10 inning pitching on your body and fatigue has never been properly proven.

There is no coaching staff to take that risk when the pitcher doesn't know what to pay for throwing another inning.

“I'll publish it 10 times. ”

Therefore, when Lee Jin-yong said what she wanted, Bong-Joon-sik's supervisor asked instead of permission.

“Convince me. ”

“I'm the best, so I have to go. ”

In response, Bong-sik, the director, looked at Jin Yong Lee with a nonsense expression.

“Oh, I'm kidding. I'm sorry."

Lee Jin-yong urgently apologized to that face.

I immediately told him the real reason.

“Can you convince me that you are a nine-niner and have no results? ”

“Unbelievable. But that doesn't give you a reason to take the risk and mount you. ”

“Yes, but my 10 mounts is the only way to increase my chances of winning today's game by one percent. ”

“On what grounds?"

“If the pitcher throws 10, the batsmen will work hard enough to pay my fine, even if they're sorry. ”

In response, the Bon Temps director sighed for a long time.

The sighing director takes off his sunglasses and rubs between his eyes.

Then Bonjour, who wore sunglasses again, looked at the ground of the ninth horse, which is just beginning.

“In July 1996, a pitcher in the Major League did something similar to you. Despite a 9 inning dot pitch, the team failed to score and the battle went on to the top of the mount 10 times. But by the end of the 10th round, the pitcher had gone up 11 times and eventually made the first 11. ”

Story of the past.

“But the eleventh horse riders beat the reverse Turon Homerun and turned the pitcher who finished the eleven innings into a victorious pitcher. ”

The story of the 11 Inning Finals remains legendary in the Major League.

“Do you know who the pitcher is? ”

“I was Kim Jin-ho, a linebacker in the Cardinals vs. Cubs game on July 1, 1996. ”

Kim Jinho, his story.

“Do you know what that pitcher said after that? ”

“I believed you. My team will bring me victory. ”

In Lee Jin-yong's words, the Bong-sik director nodded.

“You only have to throw it 10 times. ”

Permission has been denied.

“Then on the tenth horse, the batsmen will be a little late, but they will bring you victory. ”

At the same time, Bong-sik supervisor inspired Lee Jin-yong with the greatest hope and courage he could bring to life.

“Thank you."

In fact, Lee Jin-yong shouted.

Kim Jin-ho, on the other hand, said incredibly.

I said that in the game? Strange · · · · · · · The 11th time I've been on the list was just a helpless protest with my team members.

And shortly thereafter, when Angels failed to score the 9th horse and the 10th round, which was extended according to the rules of the Korean Professional Baseball Commission, started.

“Huh? Howdy! ”

Lee Jin-yong came to the mount.

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