Chapter 216 – Chapter 214. Korean Ohtani? (One)
“Hello! Long time no see. This is Lim Jun-hoo!”
“Yes, Junhu. Welcome.”
The player who was registered on the roster in place of Kim Chan-young, who was injured for about two weeks, was my classmate Lim Jun-hoo. It seemed to me that he had a bit of a idioty side, so he wasn’t the type to be a good pitcher, but after listening to him, his grades in the 2nd team seemed to be quite good.
“I will do my best!”
Jjasik, I’m going to clean up after training.
And when the training was over as I wanted, I was able to clean up with Lim Jun-hoo. In the meantime, I, the youngest member of the batting team, and the youngest members of the pitching team cleaned up together, but most of the youngest members of the pitching team were seniors in their mid-twenties, so it was annoying that he secretly hit me.
“Brother! Let’s clean up together!”
“Bitch, is that the youngest thing to do?”
“Your brother is also in sync with me!”
“What are you saying? If I hadn’t been paid, would I have been your senior?”
“Ugh…”
“Baby, work hard! There, the drink bottle fell. Bastard! The ground is like the face of the club that fans come and see. Are you going to leave the trash there?”
“… The janitors clean it all up before the game starts anyway.”
“Bastard! You don’t have to use away teams either! And if the janitor cleans it up, you won’t do anything? Have a sense of ownership, little! Ownership!”
“… A brat.”
“What?”
“No.”
After all, it seems that one younger brother is well taken care of. However, they said it was going to rain, and given that they even trained, it seemed like it would come quite late. I could feel the air around me was full of moisture, and it was almost certain that it would rain. Besides, Kwan Woo said that his knee hurts, so it must be roughly correct. Originally, old people are correct.
After training and cleaning up like that, and going into the meeting before the game, the atmosphere of the players seemed quite bright. Yesterday’s victory may have had an effect, but it was almost certain that I would rest today, so the thought of taking a break seemed to make me feel good.
“Oh, I’m still not awake.”
“Let’s have a drink after we finish.”
The seniors who were about to be canceled in the rain were largely divided into two categories. Either you’ve already had a lot of alcohol, or you’re about to drink. Of course, Woo Kwan-hyung, who is the embodiment of self-management, and Kim Soo-ho, who rarely engages in social activities, didn’t seem to have any intention of drinking.
“Hyung, are you going to the club after today?”
“What club is it?”
“No, my younger brother came up to the first team after a long time, so I have to take care of the air in Seoul. Does your brother know how I feel when I was stuck in Icheon’s poor village?”
Having said this, shall we have a drink with Junhu after a long time?
“Junhoo.”
“Yes, senior.”
“Don’t be a jerk, prepare well for today’s selection.”
“… All right.”
… This idea was shattered by a senior listening to our story. Of course, it was the right story. It’s only been a day since I came up, so I’m going to drink something. Tsk. Kids these days are in a rotten state of mind.
Besides, Lim Jun-hoo is today’s starting pitcher. It was an appointment that revealed the coach’s pitching management plan, saying that he did not want to use pitchers in rotation for a game that would be canceled due to no game or rain. Similarly, the starting pitcher predicted by Charlotte was also a bullpen pitcher who did not appear in yesterday’s game, so it seemed that the two managers’ thoughts coincided.
Anyway, since it was certain that it would rain today, there was a high probability of not pitching a few innings, but even so, it was clear that the results would be bad if I went on the mound thinking about drinking after the starting pitcher. Because there was a 1% chance of not knowing.
‘Well, if you throw well, then you can go and play. I’d probably throw one or two innings anyway.’
“Director, are you here?”
“Okay, is everyone here?”
“Yes!”
Coincidentally, director Lee Soo-hyun also entered the meeting room.
“Now. If you look at the weather forecast today, it says that it will rain heavily from around 7 o’clock, but you know that even if it doesn’t rain right now, there is a high chance that it will be a no game, right?”
“Yes.”
“Don’t overdo it and get injured, let’s go in moderation, in moderation. Got it?”
“All right.”
“Okay, today’s meeting is over. Take care of your condition. It was raining yesterday, but we had a hard time playing.”
“Thank you for your effort.”
There was definitely a rain forecast, so the meeting was smooth. Director Lee Soo-hyun didn’t seem to want to attend the meeting passionately until a day like today.
“Oh, is it not raining from now on? I just want to go to work…”
It was such a wet day when a senior’s words resonated in the meeting room, but no one denied it.
*
[Hello! Jamsil is the venue for Game 8 between the AT Thunders and the Charlotte Blue Mariners. Commissioner, there was a rain forecast today, what do you think?]
[There is a high probability that today’s match will be a no game. All other stadiums except Gocheok Dome have already been canceled, and there is a forecast of rain in Jamsil from 7 o’clock, so there is a high probability of a no-game declaration during the game.]
[That’s right. However, there is a chance that it won’t rain, so the players will have to play their best. Even in Jamsil today, although the number is smaller than usual, fans came to visit us.]
[You’re right. Players always have to show their best. Because there is a possibility that the game will proceed normally, it is possible that painful results may come out after playing complacently.]
[Besides, aren’t the two teams competing for 5th place? The AT Thunders are in 5th place with 39 wins, 31 losses and 2 draws, and the Charlotte Blue Mariners are in 6th place with 35 wins, 33 losses and 4 draws. If this match proceeds normally and loses, it may produce meaningful results in the ranking fight.]
[In that sense, Charlotte’s defeat yesterday was really painful. Because the number of rides increased. Actually, although it is June, it seems that the team that can go to fall baseball has been decided to some extent. That’s why, from Charlotte’s point of view, the remaining confrontation is quite important, right?]
[Yes. You’re right. The match begins now. Charlotte Blue Mariners’ first attack. We’ll call the lineup. They are Jeong Su-yeol (#1), Hyeon-seop Park (#2), Won-seong Choi (#3), Kang-beom Kang (#4), Campbell (#5), Jin-beom Kim (#6), Woo-jun Jang (#7), Chan-woo Yang (#8), Ji-hoon Lee (#9). Is there any difference from yesterday?]
[That’s right. Yesterday, on a rainy day, we had a bloody battle that went to the 12th overtime, but since most of the main players have been replaced, it seems that there is no problem with coming out today.]
[Now, I will call the defensive position of the AT Thunders. The starting pitcher will work with catchers Lim Jun-hoo and Han Young-jin, who were registered yesterday. The infielders are Kim Sang-min, Ji Maeng-ho, Yun Seong-tae, and Kim Su-ho from first base. From left fielders, the outfielders are Ki Sang-ju, Kim Joo-yeop, and Lee In-hyuk.]
[If you look at the AT Thunders’ defensive position, it is a defensive position that has arranged physical strength, excluding veteran players such as Choi Jin-cheol, Jeong Yun-cheol, and Woo Kwan-hyung. Well, if the game goes normally, these are players who can come out as a substitute at any time.]
[Now, number 1 hitter Jung Soo-yeol comes to bat.]
Jamsil’s mound that has been coming up for a long time. In the opening series, after a humiliating pitching of 4.1 innings and 4 runs, Lim Jun-hoo worked hard with a bone-to-bone heart after going down to the second team. The source of his efforts is his desire to return to Seoul.
For Lim Jun-hoo, a Seoul native born in Seoul, Icheon, where the 2nd District Stadium is located, was a very boring city. Moreover, it was all the more so because he noticed that he was leaving the dormitory just because he was a rookie.
Lim Jun-hoo, who worked hard with the determination to go up to Seoul again, was able to show decent results in the 2nd division. As the effort was added to the player who was talented enough to be selected as the 1st in the 2nd round, it was easy to break through the first team of the AT Thunders, where the pitcher’s defense was thin, and Lim Jun-hoo was able to rise to the first team by taking advantage of Kim Chan-young’s injury. .
Jamsil mound Lim Jun-hoo, who came up after such hardships, did not want to go down to the 2nd team anymore.
‘The first button is important. The first button.’
Lim Joon-hoo catches everything. And the first ball thrown.
“Strike!”
The first pitch was a strike. The speed limit recorded on the electronic signboard was 151km/h, as if it was not useless to be so desperate. It was a fairly fast pace for a pitch thrown in the first inning when his body wasn’t fully relaxed.
– Im Joon-hoo, that bastard is fine haha
Is the ball a bit heavy?
At the beginning of the b season, he threw like a bx, but today he looks like a human.
-But when does it rain?
Do you think it will come soon?
ㄴㅇㅇ If you look at the location of the dark clouds on this site, they will come down soon.
[Lim Joon-hoo catches a one-out! A good start.]
That’s how Lim Jun-hoo got his first out count and it started to rain. The forecast was scheduled for 7 o’clock, but it rained a little fast. Because the people involved in this match were already preparing, the match was immediately stopped due to the rain.
“Ha, I wanted to throw some more…”
“Junhoo, you worked hard.”
“No. Director.”
“Yeah, I think it will end like this today, so keep icing.”
“Yes.”
There was only one hitter who came up to the first team and faced, but Lim Jun-hu put on a satisfied expression. Of course, there was no record of this game, but it was true that the first-team hitter was out anyway.
‘Let’s remember this feeling. There’s no such thing as going down to District 2 anymore.’
Lim Jun-hoo began to play icing, carving the memory of the first-team mound that he had come up after a long time in his heart.
*
“Ha, why don’t you declare no game when you’re down like this?”
“Well, because there is a procedure.”
About 30 minutes after the rain, when the players of both teams were almost ready to go home, the weather suddenly began to clear.
“Uh?”
“What?”
“Manager. What is the weather like now?”
Today’s starting pitcher was dropped and icing was already completed. Director Lee Soo-hyun was taken aback by the sudden clearing of the sky.
“Oh, they say stop for a moment. About 15 minutes? Then they say it will come back down.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. They say rain clouds are coming.”
“All right.”
And a tarp that is slowly being removed. The ground looked pretty good, probably because the tarpaulin, which was newly purchased from the club, did its job so well. If the ground conditions were this good, we had to endure about 30 minutes before the rain came back.
‘Who should I use? Did you use all the bullpens yesterday? Today is Wednesday, considering the rest of the game this week, I need to turn to Woo-jin, who threw a little bit yesterday.’
“Coach. Is Woojin ready?”
“Oh, it rained so I couldn’t prepare. But Woojin takes a long time to warm up…”
“Ummm, so who are the bullpen pitchers left who don’t need to warm up?”
“Jaehyun doesn’t need to warm up, but he threw a lot of balls yesterday.”
At the pitching coach’s words, manager Lee Soo-hyun’s head throbbed. It was a game that would be canceled anyway, but that didn’t mean the pitcher wouldn’t be there. However, putting Lim Joon-hoo back on the mound means that the icing has already been completed, and the young player could be injured.
It was then.
“Director. I know of one pitcher who throws some pitches and doesn’t need to warm up.”
Lee Ki-chul, who was listening to the story, added words to the conversation between the two.
“Huh? Is there such a pitcher that even I, the pitching coach, do not know about?”
The pitching coach questioned Lee Ki-chul’s words. However, Lee Ki-cheol continued his words with a confident face.
“Yes. Wasn’t that fierce tiger my student in high school? At that time, he threw a batting ball, and he was in the middle of 130, and no matter how many times he threw the ball, he didn’t get injured, and it was pretty good.”
It was a pretty tempting suggestion for manager Lee Soo-hyun, who used up all his pitchers yesterday in an all-out war.