Absolute on the Mound

8.

After Kim Jinho succeeded in the Major League, South Korea's baseball was engulfed in a major league fever.

It was also a period of major league fever in Japan.

After the challenge and success of Nomo Hideo, the spectacular appearance of Suzuki Ichiro caused the major league to have a Japanese fever.

So Sagan asked Kim Jin-ho.

What's the difference between Korean baseball and Japanese baseball in the Major League?

Kim Jin-ho answered the question.

“What's the view of Japan and Korea in the Major League? It's like watching high school and middle school. High school student in Japan, middle school student in Korea. ”

The questioner was surprised and asked if there was such a level difference between Korea and Japan.

Kim Jinho answered the question again.

“It's league level. Of course there's a difference. But what I'm trying to say is, as a major league player, I don't really care until high school or middle school graduation. ”

There is a level difference, of course, and there are many other differences.

“Japan can move into the major leagues faster, but that's not how Korea works, right? Just post it now. Japan can enter the major leagues by posting just one season with the permission of the table, but what about Korea? That's why major league scouts stay in Japan and travel in Korea. ”

At the end, Kim Jin-ho gave a very good tip.

“That's why when I was in high school, I was happy to take the backside of the Japanese kids in the youth team, and I did nothit noran. It helps to enter the Major League by completing a single match against the Japanese rather than finishing it for three days in the Cliffs. Know this.”

Use Japan to enter the Major League!

And now I have a player who takes advantage of that advice.

Unlike what it looks like, it's really dense.

Jin Yong Lee.

He was using the Japanese pro baseball league to announce himself to the Major League.

I can't believe I've been so prepared.

Literally.

Lee Young-ye, who is now Lee Jin-yong's assistant and agent, used Japan not only to get into Lee Jin-yeon's major league.

It wasn't just using journalists to publish articles.

[Yomiuri, seriously reviewing Jin Yong's entry!]

[Softbank, It would be an honor if Lee Jin-yong jumped from our table!]

Associates of the two groups mentioned in the article expressed interest in binary.

It was not a car, it was a fact.

“Is this possible? ”

I was surprised at the dual purpose of that.

What do you mean?

“No, using two Japanese divisions without contact with me like this · · · · · · · ·. ”

Or else, when the same article appeared, I thought I could.

However, the fact that the two groups mentioned in the article stood up and expressed interest in themselves was unimaginable.

There's nothing you can't do. As a Japanese table, it's not a losing business.

“Not a losing business? ”

In response, Lee Jin-yong looked at her smartphone.

[Yomiuri, 3 billion yen is a waste to recruit Jin Yong!]

‘3 billion yen. ’

3 billion yen, in exchange for KRW 30 billion.

The money is so small, it doesn't even feel attractive.

“What if I really joined Yomiuri? That would get us in trouble, wouldn't it? ”

If you spend two years on three billion yen of pitchers, that's not what Arigato would do.

Kim Jin-ho, who reflectively answered the question, changed his words.

Spending 3 billion yen on a pitcher like you? Those with rotten eyes will pay the price.

In saying that, Lee Jin-yong poured out empty laughter, and Kim Jin-ho shrugged.

Well, to cut a long story short, it's been a long time since I've been able to stand up to the Major League.

“You do?”

You know what one of the most important things about Japanese kids is? I know American kids. Put your life on it, what they'll look like to American kids. If something like this happens in that situation, the Major League will naturally call the Japanese League and say,

After Kim Jin-ho made my hand into a phone shape, I continued to talk with Gesture calling me.

Hey, Yamato san. Do you really want to spend $30 million on catching some weirdo? So what's the Japanese answer? Actually, I don't have that kind of money. I was bluffing, Smith. Smithsen! Like this, or do we have a lot of money? Can you afford that? I could pay you more. You guys don't have that kind of money? Do you want to say this?

At that, Lee Jin-yong was surprised and asked again.

“That's really how you talk? ”

Something like that.

“You speak real Korean? ”

Kim Jin-ho shouted with a stern expression.

Of course he'll speak English! Anyway, there's nothing you can't do for the Japanese table. That much lip service.

“But there's nothing you can do for me, right? ”

That's why I told you? Lee Yeong-yeon is a great kid. The connections in the back are unusual. Given how short I've been preparing for this, I'm sure you have quite a lot of hotlines.

Hotline.

The word made Lee Jin-yong's face stiff.

“It can't be a bad thing, can it? Yakuzana, the mob, some drug cartel. ”

Uh · · · · · · · ·.

“Huh?"

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

In response to the stigma, Lee Jin-yong's face was stiffer.

Kim Jin-ho comforted Lee Jin-yong.

Hey, don't worry too much. What's more than a ghost to die for? Let's decide which table to go to first. Yeah? Yeah.

In saying that, he looked at piles of documents piled up like a mountain in front of his eyes.

It was a report by the major league members that Lee Young-ye brought for Jin Yong.

It was, of course, not just a power analysis report, but a story about the financial state of the club, or the internal circumstances of the current club.

Power analysis reports for each major league table were not required.

That's because Lee Jin-yong and Kim Jin-ho have both been watching major league games all season, preparing for search, etc.

So where are you going?

“If I could just go somewhere and win the World Series next year, I would go to National. ”

Yeah, National is fine with power.

Washington Nationals.

A major league table in its current golden age.

Toota was a strong pitcher who gathered some of the best fighters in the Major League.

The closest team to winning in 2018 is no exaggeration!

“But I don't think I'll be much of a king there. ”

Therefore, Lee Jin-yong could not choose National.

It's a winning team without you. It's hard to be treated like an emperor even when you're a masked hero.

As Jin Ho Kim said, the National team can win without Jin Yong.

It was a team that didn't even intend to sell their souls for Lee Jin-yong.

“So where are you attracted to Kim Jin-ho? ”

At that time, Lee Jin-yong asked the question, and Kim Jin-ho answered without hesitation.

I'm the Yankees.

“Yankees?”

Major League history is also Yankees history.

Lee Jin-yong tilted her head.

“But Kim Jin-ho said no to Yankees, right? ”

Kim Jin-ho received a love call from Yankees when he was the former dominant of the Major League, but Kim Jin-ho ignored such Yankees' love calls.

And now you want to come back to Yankees?

There were too many big Yankees then. Jitter, Aeroed, Roger Clemens. Above all, I was in full swing when Yankees won the World Series three years in a row and listened to the sounds of evil empires. I'd go to a Yankees like that and ask for number one, and all I'd get was a middle finger.

“Now?”

You won't be able to howl now, but you can rule the team. And in fact, that's the kind of player that Yankees needs right now to keep the center of the team intact. Besides, what if he's league ace? Game over.

Now that you've learned the value of the World Series, you can be king of the Major League as soon as you win the World Series!

In saying that, Lee Jin-yong thought for a moment.

Wearing Yankees' signature pinstripe uniform, even in the Major League, he plays the World Series on stage with an audience of close to 50,000 people.

Lee Jin-yong who imagined that scene said to me.

“I'm not attracted to it. ”

Is that so?

“Above all, I think that if you were Kim Jin-ho, you would want to see the faces of kids in pinstriped uniforms crumpled up in the World Series, rather than standing in striped uniforms. ”

Kim Jin-ho smiled deeply at Lee Jin-yong's words.

What the fuck do you know?

“If you went to the Red Sox with Yankees because you won, that's the end of the story. ”

Lee Jin-yong who was speaking said, looking at Kim Jin-ho again.

“Then where do you really want to go? ”

Kim Jinho replied again.

I told you, I want to go to New York.

New York.

The word crumpled Lee Jin-yong's face.

However, he was surprised and said, knowing what it meant.

“Mets?”

Yeah, I'm fine.

“Why?”

New York Mets.

Thirsty for more than 30 years since winning the magnificent world series in 1986.

The team started the World Series challenge after enduring thirst and teaming up to take on a team rebuilding to win 2014.

Teams that joined the World Series in 2015 and took the glory step by step in the Championship Series covering the National League winners in 2016.

“Mets, haven't you had a bad year in 2017? ”

But the team crashed to the ground two years earlier in 2017, looking so helpless.

It'll be worse if we keep going like this.

Overall difficulty, showing the expression exactly as it is and holding on tighter than a hopeful future, goes back to the bottom! It was a team that made me feel.

“But you're going to a team like that? ”

To be honest, it seemed like the 2018 season of Mets would not be much different from the 2017 season.

“I think it's an old team. ”

Afterwards, the skills of the good athletes gained during the rebuilding decreased and eventually they were expected to fall into a long thirsty season without winning the World Series.

Yeah, you're right.

But Kim Jinho wanted to go to the team.

But I'm confident I'll win the Mets if I go.

“How?”

Cinderguard, Digrom, Harvey.

“Ah.”

Then Lee Jin-yong could see what Kim Jin-ho was saying.

Matt Harvey, Noah Cinderella Guard, Jacob Digrom.

Called the Holy Grail of New York Mets, these three were all bullfighters who turned a 100-mile fastball into a weapon.

Those three, I can make as Kim Jin-ho the second.

Kim Jinho, just like he did.

Think about what a team with three of me would feel like.

In Kim Jinho's words, Lee Jin-yong reminded me of a team of three Kim Jin-ho.

Then he freaked out and said,

“That's terrible.”

It's terrible, isn't it?

“Yes, it's terrible. Look at that chicken belly up there. It's going to be the worst team in the history of the Major League. ”

Yeah, it's gonna be awful.

Kim Jin-ho, who was speaking, tilted his head as if he felt something strange, then looked at Lee Jin-yong and said.

Hey, you don't mean "awful" in other words.

“Of course. Would I have written a horrible expression imagining three very ugly pitchers hanging around Doug? ”

Kim Jin-ho made a fat face in Lee Jin-yong's words.

The atmosphere before the storm.

Hoooo! Hoooo! Hooray!

At that moment, the ringtone of the smartphone rang, and Lee Jin-yong quickly answered the phone.

“Yes, Lee Young-ye. Oh, yes. Ah! You can see the director? When? After December 11th? Anyone you want? Are you sure?”

The day of the promise has come.

9.

Storybrooke's flower is a Wintermeeting.

Around mid-December, the leaders or officials of 30 major leagues come together at this meeting for the trade of the top athletes who are likely to close a huge FA deal or become trades that will later change the history of the major leagues.

Of course, the attention of all major league fans was focused on the Wintermeeting that began on December 9, 2017 at the Swan and Dolphins Resort in Orlando, Florida.

And the eyes of the 30 major league members who attended the Winter Meeting focused on the two.

“I knew there were other nerves out there. ”

“There are two monsters coming from Asia. ”

Japan's next monster Otani Shohei declared himself in the Major League through posting.

And Lee Jin-yong, who created the impossible in the history of Korean pro baseball in 2017.

Currently, the interests of the 30 major league members were directed solely towards the two players.

“It's not easy to catch a player with heart and soul, not with money. ”

Moreover, the recruitment of the two athletes did not require a lot of money.

To be precise, according to the regulations of the Major League Secretariat, I was unable to spend large sums of money on them.

The rules of the Major League Secretariat dictate that the total amount of money used to recruit overseas players, not players recruited through Draft, was determined.

The amount varies from table to table, but is usually less than or equal to seven million dollars a year.

“I saw the Dodgers' faces, and they were all dying. ”

“If you don't win next year, you'll have to prepare for a really long winter, because it's practically impossible to catch two players. ”

For a team that had already spent less than a million dollars recruiting two players overseas, such as Dodgers.

“You missed the big fish trying to catch the runt. ”

Currently, the money in the Major League is so high that even though the team within three fingers is so rich, they can't afford to catch a really important player, so they are really going to die.

“Everyone will die. I'd rather it be settled by money, but it's not. ”

“It's not about money, after all, is it? What about you?”

Because of this, the major league groups were currently offering a wide variety of conditions for recruitment of two players.

“Well, I feel like a tailor. ”

In other words, it was not money, but a fight about who made the clothes that the player wanted better.

“The Japanese know their taste, so they get a quote, but the Korean side has no information. · · · · · · ·. ”

Among them, there was insufficient information about binary.

After making a suit for someone you've never seen, you should expect it to fit you.

That's why the captains were so eager to get information about the other party's binary at the Winter meeting.

It was also their own deal for the officials to talk.

I'll give you the information I know about binary dragons, so give it to me.

That way, if you combine information together, you can make clothes that better fit the body of binary dragons.

Officials attending the one-time meeting, of course, paid attention to the director's movements, among other things.

“Sandy's coming through. ”

Sandy Elderson.

That's why he was so focused on his movements, the current director of New York Mets.

It was also why Director Sandy Elderson muttered in such a small voice that he couldn't hear him around as much as possible.

“Make an appointment now. Winter meetings? None of this matters. ”

Leader Alderson, he has a valuable meeting opportunity that cannot be compared to Winter meetings.

10.

December 11.

On the day the snow falling out of the window made it clear that winter had now come, Incheon Airport was full of reporters.

“What are you doing over there? ”

“Oppa, I think you're a celebrity! ”

Seeing the crowded press corps, I wondered which celebrities had come to see this.

The doubt didn't last long.

“Hooray!”

A sudden burst of two letters, the people at the airport could immediately see who the journalists were trying to cover today.

“Oh, it's Yi Hou. ”

“Ew? Who's that? ”

“Yes, Hou. ”

“Hooray?”

“Yes, wow. ”

“Is his name Hou? ”

“No, I mean, what was the name of · · · · · · · Wait a minute? ”

Lee Jin-yong, he appeared at Incheon International Airport.

“Jin-yong Lee, you're going to New York. Are you signing with Yankees? ”

“Jin-yong Lee, can you tell me which division you're in contact with? ”

“There's still a story about going to Japan. Is it true?”

As he appeared, reporters continued to ask questions without rest and without reason.

In that repeated question, a man followed behind a slutty binary.

Lee Young-ye.

Huff!

In his appearance, the press stopped asking questions.

“I'm sorry, I can't tell you what binary players are for right now. ”

It was a complete blockade.

Gulp!

Perfect blockade to make journalists who are spouting questions into puppets that swallow only their teeth!

In the silence that was created, Lee Jin-yong stood up in front of reporters and said.

“There's only one thing I can say. ”

At that point, all the attention on the left was placed on Lee Jin-yong, and in his gaze, Lee Jin-yong raised his thumb.

“Hooray!”

Lee Jin-yong, he left to go to America with that word.

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