Chapter 151 – Chapter 149. New Wind. (2)

“Director, it’s late….”

On Monday, when there was no game, he gave me enough rest and sex, so I was in the best condition, but strangely, even after 30 minutes of training, coach Sands did not show his face on the training ground.

After 30 minutes of warming up, the most senior batting coach of all coaches, Kim Byeong-cheol, was leading the players.

“The coach is also late, so should we run one more lightly?”

One more lap? Isn’t it bad?

“I am okay.”

The eyes of the seniors pierce the skin. But maybe it was because I took a break from games on the weekend, I felt like I had a lot of stamina left.

“Oh hey, that ignorant bastard.”

“Hyung, then, like the senior two hyungs, they hit me hard.”

“Maengho, are you going to hit me?”

“Ah, why am I hitting you?”

“Yeah, seeing as they chat, I guess they have more energy left?”

“”No!””

“Use only half of that voice for competition. Why is the dugout so quiet these days?”

“I train hard in the morning, but I don’t have the strength to scream. Coach! In that sense, can we rest a bit until the director comes?”

The weather manager, who liked the training, suggested taking a break with the arms on. Certainly, Ki Sang-joo came out without missing a single game, so he seems to have had a hard time. Somehow, seeing that they didn’t call me to do special training like these days, it seemed like a situation where even the weatherman was physically sent.

Of course, people who have never played it may ask what’s hard about just standing there, but it goes without saying that the pitcher’s stamina was consumed, and the fielders were also pretty hard.

In any situation, if you are concentrating to the extreme, fatigue will come. And players who don’t focus like that don’t rise to the top. The reason why even amateurs make mistakes in games is because of that kind of concentration.

Anyway, if you focus on each pitch of the pitcher, the two hours pass without knowing how it goes, and the amount of running not only standing in the stadium but also making cover plays or relay plays is considerable. Especially infielders and catchers.

… Are you a little comfortable in the outfield? I’ve never played an outfielder, so I’m not sure, but it must be difficult anyway.

‘What’s hard about being an outfielder? He just needs to stand.’

‘Is that right? Baseball is also an infielder.’

‘Right. Because the outfield is where those who were weeded out because they couldn’t see the infield go. Ruth didn’t have any talent, so he fell into the outfield.’

‘… I’m jealous again.’

‘As a hitter, he may be great, but as a fielder, I’m one step above.’

‘Yes Yes. I’m sorry.’

Ignoring Rossby’s nonsense, I, like the other players, sat on the floor.

“Then let’s rest for a while until the director comes back.”

“Coach. But what about us? Even the pitching coach didn’t come.”

“No manager, no Suko, no Tuco? What? Did you have a drink with me yesterday?”

“Well, looking at the director, it’s worth drinking these days. The media said it was a piece of shit.”

“What can I do? It’s your fault.”

“Coach. Are you telling the manager about this?”

“I’m closer to you than you, son of a bitch.”

“So what do we do?”

“Hey, the pitchers come and take a rest.”

As more than 20 men gathered in one place after working out, I felt the smell of sweat wafting through me.

‘I’m going to lose my mind if I stay in a place like this any longer.’

‘I agree.’

“Hey, Maengho Ji, where are you going?”

“The bathroom.”

When I got out of the sweaty place and went to the bathroom, I saw the manager of the club running from afar. That face full of bewilderment. Did something bad happen?

After leaving the manager behind and going to the bathroom, the resting players looked quite dark.

“Brother, what’s going on?”

I immediately went up to Yoon Seong-tae, the most easygoing person, and asked why the atmosphere was like this.

“I haven’t been able to contact the director.”

“I’m not a kid, so I can’t get in touch. For nothing….”

“Mind! It’s not that I’m worried, it’s not because I let my training fall behind and I don’t lose.”

“Okay? It’s funny when you think about it that way.”

Certainly, as Yoon Seong-tae said, director Sands’s unauthorized tardiness was absurd. The person who emphasized training like that is late without permission. Besides, no contact.

“I’m not a kid who doesn’t go to school. Why aren’t you answering the phone?”

“I mean.”

While I was talking about Sands with Yoon Seong-tae, someone spoke to the hitting coach.

“Coach! I think the director will be late today. Can you get some rest?”

It was Park Jun-hyeong, who took the mound as a starting pitcher in Sunday’s game.

“Ugh. Could it be? Didn’t we have too little rest?”

“Yes. Ha, honestly, maybe it’s because the coach isn’t a pitcher, so he pitches too much.”

“Okay? What does Tuco say?”

“To be honest, I’m saying this because Coach Smith is almost at the level of a manager….”

“Bitch, but what’s a cochine?”

“… Sorry.”

“You guys and the director, huh? Ignoring it as a foreigner, you can’t do that. Know?”

“I wasn’t ignoring it.”

“Okay, take a break for now. I’ll go find out too. Didn’t you buy something? Gwan-hyung, take care of the kids.”

“All right. Please go.”

When the coaches, including the hitting coach, left the training ground and only the players remained, complaints began to emerge from all over the place. Judging by Park Joon-hyeong’s way of speaking, it seemed that the pitchers were also dissatisfied.

‘Somehow the atmosphere looks better than when we were bankling. After all, do we have to gossip to get together?’

‘Making enemies is the basis for solidarity.’

‘Is it?’

Hehe, even when I was a coach, there was a time when I was responsible for a joint job while plowing up some idiots….’

‘…….’

I was just grateful that I wasn’t playing under a manager like that.

*

An hour before the game started, the atmosphere in the locker room was quite raucous. The reason is, of course, because of Sands coaches and foreign coaches who haven’t come yet. He’s been asking everywhere from the front desk, but he’s told by So-yeong that he still can’t be reached.

So-young’s voice on the phone was so cold that even I was scared…. How can your face and voice, which are so relaxed during sex, become so cold when only baseball is involved? It was a very mysterious thing.

“Now. I know it’s messy. Nothing really changes. Know? The lineup goes as usual for now. Jangyun, you know today’s selection, right?”

“Yep.”

“Still, I’m glad you were selected today. I will do my best to replace the pitcher. Call me if you feel like it’s going to be difficult. Okay?”

“All right.”

“Then, coach Dae-yoon, please be the pitching coach for today.”

‘Still, I’m glad I have a bullpen coach.’

The atmosphere in the locker room was chaotic, but hitting coach Kim Byeong-cheol was trying to keep the team in order.

“Coach. But isn’t the director really wrong? I haven’t been contacted and haven’t come until now.”

“Well…. Well. I told the police, but I’m an adult man so I don’t know what will happen. And it’s a bit strange that all three of them aren’t coming…. Ha, I don’t know. Manager, please let me know as soon as you get in touch.”

“All right.”

“Then, let’s go as usual for now. I’ll call you from the lineup. Maengho, Suho, Sangju, Bore, Jincheol, Kwanhyung, Seongtae, Yuncheol, Jooyeop. OK? Fierce tiger Doesn’t that mean you lose the sense of the game just because you took two games off?”

“No.”

With Rossby and imagination training, batting sense was sufficient. Besides, I was confident because I was training based on the KBA players I met during the break.

A little break before the game after the hitting coach’s lineup announcement. Kang Joo-hyun, who had been called up to the first team before Kang Hee-seok before Hwasan, approached me. Instead of me, you played second base before the volcano and recorded 2 hits in 9 at bats, right?

“It’s a fierce tiger.”

“Yes, senior.”

“Tell me if it sounds difficult. Because I am behind you.”

Kang Joo-hyun’s expression when he said that looked quite nervous. I feel like I want to show you something, but I can’t help it.

“Ah, tell Seongtae more than me. I am okay.”

“Confidence is good to see. I had a time like that too.”

The eyes of Kang Joo-hyun, who were facing each other, felt as if they were looking at something other than me. Perhaps he is recalling his past self. When Soyeong took me to the 2nd team stadium, I remembered that Kang Joohyun also said that she was pretty good in high school.

But Kang Joo-hyun is Kang Joo-hyun. I am myself. I had no intention of being pushed back as a candidate thinking about the past like Kang Joo-hyun. In the first place, even Kang Hee-seok couldn’t push it, and the guy who started in the 2nd Army and I are on a completely different level.

“Joohyun hyung. How about the fortress 2?”

As I and Kang Joo-hyun were talking, Yoon Seong-tae approached me before I knew it. Maybe it was because they were both in the 2nd Army, they seemed to be close.

“Group 2, it’s the same.”

“Are there any good kids?”

“There is a kid from JT. Outfielder, Baek Jeong-jin.”

“Ah, I was traded with Jang Hyeon-ho.”

“Oh, he was pretty good at it.”

“Infield?”

“Infield. Well, nobody but me. In the outfield, the rookie this time also plays pretty well.”

“New man? What is my motive?”

“Oh, is it Jeong Hwi-cheol? There’s a kid who came in as a report. Contact was good.”

“Hmm…. Is he that tidy?”

Well, it seemed like he had a knack for matching. Although I remember stealing my home run more than that.

“Wow, come to think of it, I’m hanging out with Hyunho-senpai today.”

Today’s opponent is JT Gold Eyes with Jang Hyun-ho, who was traded last year. There, Hyun-ho Jang came out as the number 3 hitter and heard that he was doing a decent job. Thanks to that performance, JT was also currently ranked 5th.

“Hyeonho, seeing that bastard go out and do well, I wonder if I should go out too. Jamsil is too big.”

“Ah, the two of them were motives. Brother, but don’t go out. Ji Maeng-ho, this bastard is such a sucker that hyung will push you away?”

“Seong-tae, don’t worry about your position. Because that home run number one.”

“I’ll hit four of them today and follow you.”

“Isn’t it five? Still can’t do it for me So, just try.”

If you want to be on the same level as me, you have to bring Choi Joo-tae. Well, the defensive sum was better with Yoon Seong-tae, who I trained with all winter. Anyway, I left the two infielders behind and went out of the locker room to talk to Soyoung on the phone one last time before the game.

-“……….”

Won’t you answer the phone? Are you very busy? Well, the manager and coaches must be busy with the first missing person. Even when I called earlier, I said that I was forced to take time. Just then, Soyoung received a call.

-Soyoung: Sorry, sister is too busy. I don’t have time to talk.

-Me: Nope. Anyway, I’m going to play soon.

-Soyoung: Sorry, I played well today. Be sure to win Understand?

-Me: ㅇㅋ

I wanted to give the busy So-young the gift of victory today.