Chapter 26 – 26. The Blue Dragon. (One)

-“Maengho player, at the top level, my heart goes to Maengho player. But it’s not certain. You have to show a good performance in the Blue Dragon to have a high chance, right?”

“All right. A baseball player plays baseball, so it’s not difficult.”

-“Yes. I’ll be looking forward to showing you a good performance in the Blue Dragon. I hope Maengho will join our team.”

“Thank you. Take care.”

The morning of the start of the blue dragon was finally bright. After the first day I met Chun So-young, I decided to sign an agent contract. The SY agency was quite famous, and I confirmed that it was a good contract in many ways.

That’s how the agent contract was successfully concluded, and Cheon So-young’s cell phone number was also obtained. That’s why I was able to contact you before the match like this. Looking at the nuances, it seemed that Soyoung Cheon was expecting a lot from me.

But why would such a person work for AT? He was a young and pretty person with enough money to set up an agency, and he was also a person of ability as he was the head of the operation team. Why would someone like that work for a maggot club like the AT Thunders?

‘That’s the magic of baseball. Even normal people become crazy about baseball.’

‘What do you mean?’

‘Are you sure you’re not a big fan of AT just by looking at it? Otherwise, he has no reason to join a team like that.’

‘I guess so.’

Is baseball that good? After all, baseball has been going on for over 150 years. It was a good thing, though, because it was much better to be in touch with a pretty girl like Chun So-young than to be in touch with dull boys.

She returned her cell phone and got on the baseball club bus heading to Mokdong Stadium. After all the baseball team got on the bus with me last, the head coach stood in the middle of the bus and cleared his voice.

“Big, big. Can you hear me?”

“Yes!”

“Okay. Don’t be vigilant because it’s the 32nd. Let’s win again and show that we are the best school this year!”

“I got it!!!”

The atmosphere inside the bus was bright. In the second half of the weekend league, we also won first place with overwhelming results. Well, at the center of that was my performance by hitting 3 home runs.

I could have played more, but there were definitely regrets. But the pitchers didn’t give me good balls, so I couldn’t help it. Thanks to that, my on-base percentage went up, but I didn’t like it because I wanted to increase my value by hitting more home runs.

“Since Wonho is not on the pitch today, Youngchul, you have to take charge of the mound. You know?”

“Yes! I’ll do my best.”

“Doing well is more important than working hard.”

“I’ll do my best!”

“Fighting is good! Then we set off. Check your seat belt. Do you get everything? Please leave, driver.”

*

“As I explained before coming, the opposing pitcher is Shin Jeong-hoon, who is likely to be the first choice for the Charlotte Blue Mariners. In the second half of the weekend league, he only pitched 2 innings because he was a strong candidate for nomination, but in the Golden Lion period, he gave up 2 runs in 15.2 innings and scored 9 innings in the first half. I believe you will know better without me explaining further. Wasn’t John present at yesterday’s power analysis class?”

“Yes!”

“Okay. Since it is a sidearm, left-handed hitters have to put more effort into it. Of course it won’t be easy. But, you know you have to climb this mountain to win, right?”

“I know!”

“Yes, the opponent is Gyeongnam Jeil High School, a prestigious school in Busan, but which school won the last Golden Lion?”

“It’s Hanche High School!”

“Yes, we are stronger now! Go and break it!”

“The center of Korean sports! Hanchego! Go for it!”

I work hard too. After tasting the victory, did the coach change into a hot-blooded coach? Well, I wasn’t originally a character like that.

I heard from Hyejin noona that the coach is dreaming of becoming a professional coach again. For someone with a career of Lee Gi-chul’s level, it wouldn’t be strange to be a professional coach. However, since that point coincided with the point in time when Hyejin and her sister decided to have a child, maybe it had something to do with it?

However, I wasn’t too curious. Come to think of it, Hyejin noona said she went to the gynecologist today, but I was a little nervous about what the outcome would be. She had been cumming all the time since she had cummed on her older sister Hyejin, so she could expect a little more.

She said that when she had sex with the director, she tried to somehow not get pregnant, but if she did, she wondered if the child would be mine or the director’s.

‘What do you think of Mr. Rossby?’

‘It doesn’t matter whose child she gives birth to. She’ll be a baby monkey anyway.’

‘Ah, stop doing that and answer me.’

‘A boy is grossly insulting. If she had my hands to hold a bat, she’d break your skull first.’

‘… Sorry.’

Hehe, it’s not something you raise anyway, so why don’t you pay attention?’

‘I’m still curious.’

‘Because of her personality, if she were to get pregnant, wouldn’t it be four children?’

‘It’s a little reassuring to hear Mr. Rossby say that.’

“Oh, Maeng Ho, are you meditating again? It’s a complete routine now.”

“Senior Meng Ho, you have to go to the waiting at bat.”

Are two batters out already? Tsk. Useless babies. I spread my arms before grabbing my bat and stepping into the waiting box.

“Senior, this is an arm guard.”

“Are there any other colors besides this one?”

“Sorry. Senior Joohyun has already kicked it.”

“Mr. Ha, I know that a bastard with no skills is pretty….”

As I raised my arm and stood still, the junior put an arm guard on my arm. And another junior also put a protector on his left ankle.

“Thank you, let’s go.”

“Yep! A home run please.”

The reason why they bowed while filling me with protective equipment was simple. Because I was good at baseball.

In order to go to college while playing baseball in Korea, there must be competition performance or awards. And the higher you go, the more chances you have to build that performance. Usually, the minimum number of at-bats required to go to college was 40, and for pitchers, 10 innings were pitched.

But what kind of coach can put up a candidate for an evenly matched game and turn it into a mess? Besides, Lee Ki-cheol was a manager who thoroughly competed for victory.

Unless they play as many games as possible to create garbage innings, it is a long way off for guys with poor skills to participate. I was the only savior to them, who made garbage innings with home runs.

When I was busy during the game and couldn’t wear the protector, a junior put on the protector instead, and it became a kind of ritual for me to wear the protector.

“Jitterbug! Strike out!”

“Ha, fuck, I’m ready, but I’m striking out. Hey Joohyun!”

“Ah, brother.”

“Fuck, can’t you get on base? I want you to step out a bit so you don’t miss me.”

“I’m sorry.”

“And that’s my favorite color, so wear another color from now on.”

“Yes.”

Our team’s third hitter, Lee Ju-hyeon,’s expression rotted. Looking at the guy’s expression, I laughed inwardly. Apparently, until the beginning of this year, he looked at me like a bug and ignored me. How does it feel to be ignored by me? Just imagining it was refreshing.

‘What can I do? These guys can’t even go to college without me.’

‘I don’t have the idea of ​​a team at all.’

‘Eh? Team? Why is Mr. Rossby calling the team?’

Hehe, it’s nice to see the progress. After all, no matter how young a monkey is, they have the ability to learn because they keep hitting it on the head.’

‘The team is a piece of shit. After all, they’re the ones I used to ignore.’

“Seniors. The glove is here!”

“Yes, put mine in my place and keep the black arm guard. Because I only wear it.”

“Yes!”

My junior gave me his gloves, put on my bat and protective equipment, and went into the dugout. After all, baseball is a good thing to see. It’s so comfortable.

I took my glove and went on the ground.

“Seniors. I will believe you.”

Today, starting pitcher Park Young-cheol took off his hat and said hello. He became a faithful follower after saving me a few times on defense during the game.

“Okay. Send it to me And it doesn’t matter if you get a hit, but don’t just throw a ball. Even if you get a hit, I’ll give you points, so just reduce your defense time.”

“Yes! Please today.”

After entering the ground and spinning the ball a few times, Gyeongnam Jeil High School started batting order at the end of the first inning. It’s the first time I’ve seen them in person since I was eliminated by the others in the Golden Lion.

“Play ball!”

When the game started, Yeong-chul put a fastball in the middle.

‘You look pretty good today? After all, it’s not like I’ve been eating main meals since the 2nd year for no reason.’

As I expected, Yeong-cheol quickly dealt with Gyeongnam Jeil High School’s bottom-of-the-1st offense, leading all three batters to hit all three batters with five balls.

“Brother. I finished it quickly like you said, so please give me a score!”

“Yes, wait.”

After finishing my defense, I entered the dugout, and my juniors greeted me with water, bats, and equipment.

“The water is done.”

“Yes!”

The guys quickly filled up the equipment and looked at me with expectant eyes. Will you score a lot today? It seemed that the inner thoughts were coming all the way here.

‘Okay, I’ll try my best for you worms.’

After swinging my bat a few times in the waiting at-bat, I walked to the at-bat.

“How are you?”

‘First, say hello to the referee. How about the catcher? Looking at his face, he is very frozen. I won’t go easy. Mr. Rossby, please.’

‘Okay.’

‘But, that bastard is a piece of shit, so you don’t have to tell me where the meat is.’

Shin Jung-hoon, the starting opponent, is a formidable guy who throws two-seams with a maximum speed of 153 with a sidearm close to underhand. Besides, he has a 110km/h curve with an off-speed pitch, so he’s a pretty tricky guy.

‘Do you keep shaking your head? What?’

‘It seems to reject the curve sign. He has a two-seam grip in his hand.’

Yes, is this an ace? The aces of the school who were dealing with me for the first time always used to be stubborn in their first at-bat. Of course, if you hit a home run, etiquette is injected.

“Time!”

He took a break, so I shouted time and swung the bat with a full swing.

Hung! Hung!

The sound of bats cutting through the wind overpowered the surroundings. Looking at the gunner’s expression, his face was more stiff than before.

‘Two-hearted.’

Hearing Rossby’s signal, I set my body timer to his two-seam timing. Then the windup started and I swung the bat at the right timing.

Whoo!

Huh?

“Strike!”

Wow, look at the two-minded angle. Surely there was a reason for the primary nomination in Charlotte? His two-seam curled into my lap like a snake.

‘Mr. Rossby, where was the catcher’s mitt?’

‘In the middle.’

Write. I saw it in the middle and threw it. Is this a movement? Since it was early in the game, the chances of mismatches were low.

If so, should I aim for a change ball?

‘Tsk tsk, are you always going to avoid it like that? Split the zone in half, discarding all balls coming in and hitting only balls coming out. Then I’ll be right in the middle.’

‘All right.’

Also Mr. Rossby. Where is the major jjambab? Taking Rossby’s advice, I reset the zone and went to bat. Shin Jeong-hoon’s expression on the mound was a slightly mocking one.

Yes, it’s good to eat a swing, right? Let’s do it.

‘Two-hearted.’

Don’t miss this time! The trajectory of the ball feels far outward. This ball!

Right!

I hit the ball and threw the bat nicely. Then, slowly step back toward first base and watch the ball fly away. The ball I hit was flying high and far toward the left wall. Continue to the left, to the left, to the left….

“Foul!”

Fuck. Did I give you too much power? The batted ball continued to bend and went out of the pole. I shyly picked up the bat from a distance and returned to the plate.

“Wow, this doesn’t go over? Good luck.”

“……. Did only Judy live in Tusten?”

“What is Judy? Use standard language And hyung is all worried about you. If you throw two-seam again, the electronic signboard will be smashed.”

“Two there. Be quite.”

“Sorry.”

“Okay.”

I apologized to the umpire and returned to my at-bat. The exchange of autographs at Gyeongnam Jeil High School took quite a long time, probably because of the large foul home run.

‘Curve.’

Yes, I’m scared to death because I’m hit like that with two-heartedness, right? As if my thoughts were correct, the curve thrown by Shin Jeong-hoon bounced off the front of the batter’s box and went wide.

“What? You thought it was a soft ball? Isn’t the mound too far away? I can’t come home.”

“… Be quite.”

“Half words. I was late, how old are you?”

“If you keep talking, it’s a warning.”

“Sorry.”

“Okay.”

Since you scratched it a little, are you going to throw a two-seam?

‘Two-hearted.’

The catcher was also from Gyeongsang-do, so it was also hot. When I scratched it slightly, I saw that he threw it with two-seam.

‘Be careful. The mitt is toward the body.’

… Shit.

The ball left the pitcher’s hand and flew toward me. Without flinching, I caught the ball while glaring at the pitcher. The two-seam he threw seemed to be caught very close to my knee. I was a little scared, but I couldn’t let go of the momentum, so I continued to glared at the pitcher.

Were you scared? Baby, I can’t even make eye contact.

‘It’s a curve. Since the meat is in the zone, it must be a winning shot.’

‘Yes. I will swing it this time.’

‘Yeah, the speed wasn’t that fast when I saw it earlier, so if it doesn’t seem like it, I can put up with it, right?’

‘Absolutely.’

An obvious move to show his body and strike out with a breaking ball. Even if you know the type of pitch, no idiot will be fooled by the curve, and I was not that idiot. This time, I matched the timing to the curve and waited for his pitch.

And,

Fuck!

The curve lifted at the right timing soared into the sky with a clear sound. There was nothing to see. I walked with the bat, threw it toward the dugout, and put my hand to my ear. Then, with the big ball I threw, the quiet baseball field became noisy as if a war had broken out.

Of course, most of it was from our dugout.

“Wow!! Ji Maeng-ho! Ji Maeng-ho!”

“Senior Maengho! I believed you!!”

“Crazy bastard!”

“Brother Fierce Tiger! I love you!!!”

Suckers. Throat is good. But what kind of kid is the last one?

Blank. The ball that hits the top of the signboard falls back into the ground. As I stepped on home plate, I muttered in a voice that only the catcher could hear.

“Have you seen it? Ham said he was spraying billboards.”

Dialect, is this the right way to do it?