Chapters 217 – 215. Korean Ohtani? (2)

“By the way, will Maengho go up as a pitcher?”

When director Lee Soo-hyun questioned Lee Ki-chul’s words, a confident voice came from somewhere.

“It’s possible!”

It was Ji Maeng-ho, who was listening to the director.

“Hey, just leave it to me! I will do it.”

“If I can throw the ball well here, I will be like Ohtani…” !’

The reason Maengho said he would climb the mound was simple. Because you want to get attention. Also of great interest. What if I spray good balls like Ohtani here? It was a ferocious tiger whose whole body was already thrilled by the attention it would receive at that time.

“Can you throw well?”

“Because I was a batting ball pitcher!”

“Well, what the players want… Besides, it’s sure to be a no-game in rainy weather, so wouldn’t it be okay to do fan service for the fans who came?”

“Then, let’s talk to Charlotte first, and if she says it’s okay, we’ll post it.”

“Oh yea!”

Get on the mound and throw a good ball to become the center of attention? To Ji Maeng-ho, this temptation was an unavoidable temptation.

‘Fuck it, come on and on, that bastard is doing it, so why can’t it be me? Right, Mr. Rossby?’

‘Yeah, that stupid Ruth is doing it too, so there’s no reason why you can’t.’

In addition, if you look at the location of the dark clouds, there will always be a no game situation. There was also no burden. Even if I can’t throw it, I’ve seen it before. A genius Il-woo chance to become Korea’s Babe Ruth and Ohtani if ​​he throws well.

‘If it’s Ji Maeng-ho… ?’

Director Lee Soo-hyun also saw Ji Maeng-ho, who was full of confidence, and thought that if it was Ji Maeng-ho, it might be possible.

A rookie in his first year of debut batting average of 40%, hitting one home run every two games, and the league’s best effort, defense, and tremendous athleticism that he shows during training. I had no basis for some reason, but I thought I would throw the ball well.

‘Maengho was born for baseball. If this guy even throws the ball well, winning is really not a dream.’

And that unfounded thought turned into a happy circuit, and in director Lee Soo-hyun’s head, Ji Maeng-ho was already a Korean Ohtani. And Charlotte’s answer came. The answer is ok. The Charlotte Blue Mariners were not a bigoted team to stop fan service for fans when a no game was almost certain due to rain.

In addition, if the game was not canceled due to rain, it was a situation where he could knock Ji Maeng-ho off the mound and get the league’s best hitter Ji Maeng-ho out of the game, so it was a win-win situation.

[The match resumes. On the mound… Uh! Ji Maeng-ho is coming up! Fans still in the stadium cheer.]

[Hey, Ji Maeng-ho is coming up. It seems to be fan service for the fans who are still at the stadium. In fact, there are a lot of stories that professional baseball lacks fan service, but I think fans will like it.]

-What? Tired of the mound?
Blah?
You really came up legend

-Kids watching the Gocheok game, quickly go to Jamsil. Ji Maeng-ho is coming up to Jamsil.
Where did you come from?
Mound
Yes

-Wow, damn et-cold ㄹㅇ It’s a shameless fight hahaI’m uploading Ji Maeng-ho here haha
I went crazy really haha

– But honestly, if it were our team, don’t you think we’d be struck out by a maniac?
Blah blah blah blah

-But for some reason, don’t you think Ji Maeng-ho will be able to throw well?
ㄴIf I were the same, I wouldn’t be surprised if that bastard threw 160.
ㄴTo be honest, looking at Ji Maeng-ho’s physicality and athleticism, I think he would just throw 150.

– Ji Maeng-ho was originally a pitcher? Are you suddenly on the mound?
ㄴ Looking at the interview, he seems to have said that he was a bit of a batting ball pitcher in high school.
Oh well then he might be a good pitcher.

-Lㅇ If Ji Maeng-ho does all the pitching well like Ohtani, he will come back.
The scary thing is that he can throw really well.

-Still, didn’t Lee Soo-hyun upload Ji Maeng-ho because he had something on his mind?
I guess I just didn’t upload it without thinking.

As Ji Maeng-ho started pitching, the attention of Korean baseball fans was focused on the mound in Jamsil.

[There is a record of Ji Maeng-ho being a batting ball pitcher in high school.]

[You’re right. As a baseball fan, I am looking forward to what kind of ball Ji Maeng-ho will show.]

[Ji Maeng-ho is practicing pitching. The speed limit recorded on the electronic board is 141 km/h.]

[Oh, restraint is quite good?]

-I just got 141 on the display board haha
ㄴOh, it’s a training pitch. If that’s enough, I’ll shoot 150 degrees, right?

-Wow, but do you have a good posture? Is it tidy?
The pitching form seems to be good.

– Did you just get 144?

-But it’s a bit disappointing to be restrained. I thought Maengho Ji would throw 150 lightly if he had physicality.
ㄴDoes 150 look like a dick?

And Ji Maeng-ho’s pitching practice. The average speed recorded by Ji Maeng-ho in practice pitches was 143 km/h. He was not a remarkable restraint, but neither was he a negligible restraint, either. Of course, it looked disappointing in the eyes of the fans who were expecting Ohtani from Korea.

‘Whoa, is this good enough? It seems that the speed limit is about 10km/h compared to high school. I really don’t know if I’m making my debut as a pitcher after doing this.’

However, unlike those reactions, Ji Maeng-ho was satisfied with his own achievements. Compared to when he was a batting ball pitcher in high school, he increased his velocity by about 10 km/h. At this speed, there was not much difference from most players in the KBA.

‘The mound is a bit muddy, but it’s not enough that he can’t throw it. Show it before it rains again.’

There are three types of pitches Ji Maeng-ho can throw. A fastball, a slider, and a curveball. These are breaking pitches that I cried and learned to help the team in high school, but to show them in the pros like this.

‘It’s also something people don’t know. This is why I have to work hard.’

‘Show me, Ji Maeng-ho. What kind of guy are you.’

‘All right. Mr. Rossby.’

And even Rossby, who thinks that his apprentice could surpass his rival, Ruth. Ji Maeng-ho, who has a confident personality, coach Lee Soo-hyun, who acknowledges Ji Maeng-ho’s athletic ability and baseball skills, and Rossby, whose judgment is clouded by an inferiority complex toward Ruth. Ji Maeng-ho’s mound appearance would not have been possible without at least one of the three elements…

“Play ball.”

The game resumed and Ji Maeng-ho’s first pitch was thrown.

Ta-evil!

‘… Uh?’

[This ball goes over the fence! Batter Park Hyeon-seop’s home run! Season 2 Home Run! He is Park Hyeon-seop who looks bewildered even when he hits him!]

[It passed cleanly.]

-? What was it just
B what?

-? What is Ji Maeng-ho?

-Are you getting over that?

– HahaIt was uploaded for entertainment purposes. What would be

-That’s right haha

-To be honest, if you’re an Etbung who didn’t even expect it, it’s ahhhhh
Blah!
Blah!

-Wow, but it’s boring. I didn’t come here for fan service, knowing it would happen like that. Ji Maeng-ho’s personality is crazy.
ㄴㄹㅇ To be honest, when he signed the autograph, he had a look of shit on his face, so I thought he had a bad personality, but he’s a pro.
B As expected, Maeng Ho-sin. I sincerely commend you.

-To be honest, playing well is also a good game, but since he is sincere in fan service like that, I can’t help but love Ji Maeng-ho.
B I admit it. The only fan service GOAT in history, Ji Maeng-ho.

-Is the game a joke? All of a sudden, you hit a batter and hit a home run, and this isn’t some kind of baseball for kids.
ㄴIt’s just a fan service car, but you’re so serious. It’s a no game anyway.
Let’s laugh and have fun.
I agree with the author’s opinion. Ji Maeng-ho didn’t like it because he didn’t seem to be sincere about baseball from the time of the ceremony.
Ha, that’s why baseball is losing popularity these days. The fans can’t enjoy it, so what?

‘Fuck, this isn’t it…’

It was unplanned for Ji Maeng-ho, who even imagined winning the Cy Young Award as a pitcher and the Hank Aaron Award as a hitter, to hit a home run from the first pitch. And among the three people who made a revolutionary contribution to putting Ji Maeng-ho on the mound, people slowly began to realize the reality.

The first of these was Rossby.

Hehehahahaha. Well, so you are haha, it’s been a while since I had another fun viewing.’

Next was Lee Soo-hyun, the director.

“… Didn’t this coach, Meng-ho, say he was a batting ball pitcher in high school?”

“Yes. The ball was so good to hit and the form was beautiful, so my teammates liked to hit the wild tiger ball. So when I was coaching the youth team, I took Maeng-ho as a batting ball pitcher. Haha, now that is also a memory.”

“But why recommend… ?”

“Ah, the manager said he was worried about the pitcher management. Since there is a no game scheduled anyway, wouldn’t it be better for the fierce tiger to throw than to raise the pitchers for nothing? It becomes fan service.”

“Ah… Okay.”

“Even in the Home Run Derby, if Maengho throws a batting ball, the batter who hits the ball will probably win first place. Haha.”

A batting ball pitcher. A batting ball pitcher is a pitcher who throws a ball for the batter. Such a role that revives the hitter’s sense of hitting and revives his senses.

Coach Lee Soo-hyun’s rosy imagination of dreaming of winning by using Ji Maeng-ho as Ohtani collapsed, and Lee Soo-hyun quickly realized how stupid he was.

‘Well, no matter how good Maengho is at baseball, he cannot be a good pitcher. I hope it rains soon.’

“Anyway, Director. It’s not that I made a recommendation for nothing.”

“Is that so?”

“Because the ball of the fierce tiger is so good, there is a downside that the swing of the hitters who tasted the fierce tiger ball gets bigger. Do you know Will the hitters be aiming for a home run in tomorrow’s game?”

Haha. I hope so.”

And one person who has not yet realized and returned to reality.

‘Fuck, it’s just luck. You have to be lucky. How could my ball go over that easily?’

Maeng-Ho Ji’s second ball in his professional career left Ji Maeng-Ho’s hand at the Jamsil Stadium as it started to rain again.

Ta-evil!

[#3 hitter Choi Won-seong’s home run! This hit goes over the right wall!]

‘Fuck, what is a pitcher? Let’s type.’

Maeng-ho Ji began to face reality only after hitting his second home run. And with Ji Maeng-ho’s realization, heavy rain began to pour.

Ta-evil!

Ta-evil!

Ta-evil!

-Wow Ji Maeng-ho hit home run for 5 consecutive hits
ㄴ He’s 7, but he’s already hit 5 times in a row? But Jamsil can’t be canceled? What is it?
It’s not a friend, it’s a hit haha
No?

Until the game became a no game, Ji Maeng-ho set a record of five consecutive home runs, and that record was unfortunately washed away by rain.

*

“Hello, Ji Maeng-ho! Could I possibly interview you?”

“… Yes?”

“Could we hear about the reason you went on the mound at yesterday’s game?”

“… Of course it’s fan service. Even though it was clear that we would be in a no game, we stayed in the stands and took the mound for the fans who were cheering us on.”

-Galjupical. Mound appearances are fan service. ㄹㅇ Ji Maeng-ho is an idiot who only knows about fans.
I worship. GOAT.
ㄴ Missing fan Ji Maeng-ho…

– To be honest, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a baseball player as fun as Galju. ㅇ ETR, STS seem to be at the highest level
ㄴI’m sorry, but what are ETR and STS?
ㄴ Entertaining power and star quality.
No!

-I was moved by yesterday’s game. To be honest, if you get hit on the mound like that, no matter how many hitters you are, you will be embarrassed and your record will be stuffed. I guess I couldn’t.
ㄴㄹㅇ To be honest, when I saw Ji Maeng-ho’s ceremony, I scolded him for being an idiot with no fundamentals.

-Ha… Are you the one who dominated the bulletin board again in one day? I can’t dry it. The only GOAT in history.
ㅇㅇㅅㅇ
ㅇㅇㅅㅇ

-From now on, I withdraw my support for Ji Maeng-ho. Starting today, Ji Maeng-ho and I will get out of the supportive relationship and become one body. An attack on Ji Maeng-Ho is regarded as an attack on me.
B Ji Maeng Ho, my love. Ji Maeng-ho, my light, Ji Maeng-ho, my darkness. Ji Maeng-ho, my life. Ji Maeng-ho, my joy. Ji Maeng-ho, my sorrow, Ji Maeng-ho, my pain. Ji Maeng-ho, my rest. Ji Maeng-ho, I.
ㄴ Jimen, I pray toward you today.

– A very cool kid. A bastard who only knows fans, a bastard who is baseball itself. Ji Maeng-ho GOAT.
The mindset must be acknowledged.
B Skills, personality, face. A bastard who has everything, so he’s an enviable bastard, but he’s a good bastard if he’s careful with his mouth.

-When Ji Maeng-ho came up to the mound, he thought he was joking and cursed at you, but in today’s interview, he said it was fan service. It seems that I have been looking at Ji Maeng-ho through colored glasses. I reflect.
ㄴ It’s because our Maeng-ho interviewed without thinking. He’s a serious player about baseball and fans. I’m glad the misunderstanding has been cleared.

-Huh, if this is enough, you can say that all the top league players wear STS. In the baseball community, there is only the story of Maeng Ho-sin. Here, too, only half of the story is about the god of war.
ㄴSince when has this been a baseball community? Wasn’t it jeongtteokgal?
ㄴ Even if you don’t watch Joseon baseball, you have no choice but to admit Maeng Ho-sin. It seems to work in the lower leagues as well.
ㄴThere is only Maeng Ho-sin in the higher leagues who has both fun and skill.
If this is enough, you can say that it is Galju…

-Honestly, it’s fucking fun to see Ji Maeng-ho. He hits home runs well and is funny when he does unpredictable things on the pitch. Fan service is also good. Now, when he is not playing against our team, he seems to cheer for Ji Maeng-ho. I enjoy seeing it.
ㄴ Me too haha ​​Just hitting a home run is cool, and it would have been better if it was our team. ㄲㅅ

In this way, Maeng-Ho Ji was able to be recognized by all baseball fans for his skill and fan service, and Maeng-Ho Ji’s popularity reached the upper limit with fans of other clubs beyond the AT Thunders.