Chapter 488 – Episode 480. Even if We Go on a Winning Streak?

-AT Thunders, 3 consecutive wins!

… The AT Thunders had a nice 3-game winning streak with a sweep win over the Hwasan Falcons. … On this day, Ji Maeng-ho recorded 3 hits in 3 at-bats, 2 home runs, and 3 RBIs…

┗ㅅㅅㅅㅅㅅㅅInvincible AT!!

┗Fuck, Seonghyeon mercenary was hired and attacked

-Official) Currently, the only team capable of winning without losing = AT Thunders.

┗Only 141 wins to undefeated championship!

┗Undefeated and winner

-Should the fans of the royal family AT, who achieved the first place alone, give some feedback? LOL

-Hmm… Am I the only one who feels uncomfortable with the Lightning Nodeuls fooling around from the beginning of the season? But last year, I was stuck underneath

┗It will fail in the second half anyway.

┗┗Now DTD is a thing of the past. Hehe.

┗┗For the second year in a row, the best team in the league is going to have some trouble haha

┗┗Still DTD Taryeongㅋㅋ How are you going to stop the fierce warrior?

┗Last year and the year before last, we struggled a bit in the beginning and went up, but seeing as this is not the case this year, the AT dynasty is now over.

┗┗Dynasty? I can’t stand it, damn it

┗When you have fierce protection, you have to play a lot of tricks. To be honest, if I go with a fierce defense post, I’m sure I’ll fail haha

┗┗The main players are older, and it is normal for them to fail when it comes time to become a fierce warrior.

┗┗Oh, so that means we’ll win 4 games in a row

-Today, while I was walking down the street, I saw an old woman pulling a cart, so I helped her.

┗Etpyeong

┗This is a true review;

┗ㅇㅍ

-Future fans, what is the weekday series rotation? We look like Park Jun-hyung, Lim Jun-hoo and Crongs.

┗Ah, is Crongs coming out? The ball was also tough this year

┗We are Trey-Yang Han-byeol-Jang Woo-joo.

┗┗There is one mercenary left? ㄷㄷ

┗┗I think they were saving it to use in the home opening game.

┗The match-up is disappointing. Personally, I see 2 wins and 1 loss. First, Tray Park Jun-hyung seems to do better as a mercenary Tray, Lim Jun-hoo and Yang Han-byul have a better AT batting lineup, so you can just count on Jang Woo-joo and lose 1 loss. Honestly, if you look at the ball, they are the best in the league

┗┗ㅋㅋ You’re overestimating your own team. Park Jun-hyung is a free agent pitcher, and the Krongs were last year’s champions in most wins and came back with a coat of arms on Friday?

┗┗Apply it? AT fans are really talking haha ​​Seonghyun had better performance in that game, so what are you putting on haha ​​They are rubbing Chronx on Seonghyun. Did you know that the Chronx major universe gap is smaller than the Seonghyeon Chronx gap?

┗Oh my, I was just curious about the starting rotation, so I posted a question, but there’s fighting again. I’ll just write it down.

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“Good! Let’s win today’s game and make it four wins in a row!”

“Honestly, you know that if we win today’s game, we’ll get a sweep, right? Let’s do it well. Junhyung, are you ready too?”

“I’ll do my best to stop it.”

A brief meeting time in front of the dugout before the game starts. The team’s mood was quite bright, perhaps thanks to the fact that they came down to Gwangju after winning three games in a row since the opening game.

Of course, it was natural that our mood was bright. On the first day, Seong Hyun lifted the mood with a walk-off home run in the game, and since he caught all the games in which the opposing team’s foreign starters appeared, the atmosphere couldn’t have been bad in this situation.

It’s been like this since the beginning of the season…

‘Has it ever been like this? I don’t think there was one…’

“Now that I think about it, I think this is the first time a season has started like this.”

“What are you talking about out of the blue?”

I muttered to myself, thinking this was the first time I had had a winning streak like this since the beginning of the season, and the weatherman nearby responded right away.

“I was just talking to myself.”

“What is it? Ha, this guy, are you ignoring your senior again just because you played well this weekend?”

“Hey, when did I ignore you?”

“Think about your actions.”

Well, what about my behavior? Anyway, I heard you like finding fault. I wanted to sit on the bench because it was annoying, but if I didn’t answer, he would get upset and make me hit him again, so I answered the weather warning carefully.

“That’s right. “When I debuted, I was in last place, and last year too, without me, they were struggling in the bottom tier.”

“Uh… ? That’s right. I think this is the first time since I came to AT that I have had a good start at the beginning of the season.”

Hmm… Well, it was clear from the beginning of the season that this kind of atmosphere would be awkward. Because Gigi Joo also moved in the year I joined. … Wait, so that’s your motivation for joining?

“Sangju, what did you think when you first came here and were put in last place?”

“… Huh?”

“No, it’s our motivation for joining. “I’ll speak more comfortably.”

“… “Is this guy crazy?”

“Evil! Evil! Joke! It was a joke! Senior! Evil! Stop! Stop! Stop hitting me!”

… The hands of those who joined the team were quite spicy. No, are your feet spicy because you were kicking them? As I ran away from the weather, my seniors started laughing when they saw that.

I feel like I’m dying from pain, but I just smile…

“Sangju, then I’ll catch the kid.”

As expected, Senior Gwanhyung!

“Brother, leave it alone. Meng Hao needs to be beaten like that regularly.”

… Fuck.

“Evil! Stop laughing and stop me! Fuck Kim Hyun-seong, I saw you smiling.”

“What are you going to do if you see it? This guy only thinks about bullying his juniors…”

“I’m sorry!”

Was it thanks to my sincere apology that it reached Ki Ki-ju? The kicking of the weather warning has finally stopped.

“Okay, sit down.”

“Yes? Why all of a sudden?”

“You asked. “How did it feel to come?”

… Fuck, I asked for no reason. There are about 10 minutes left until the game starts. The thought of hearing the weatherman’s nagging at that golden hour made his head ache.

‘Fuck, this is why I tried to ignore it earlier, but I ended up talking to myself for no reason…’ .’

“What did you think when you first came? Fucked. I thought so. From spring camp…”

Still, I was lucky today. Because I didn’t start with the story of playing for the San Francisco Giants. In the worst case, when I started talking about the season, the bus on the expedition was difficult.

“… I also felt like I was trying to have fun while training. And the director at that time was Sands. That bastard who ran away. No, it’s ridiculous to think about it. Sans, what kind of supervision is that bastard running away from? Anyway, director Lee Soo-hyun came and it worked out well. Didn’t you see Director Lee Soo-hyun play when you were young? Well, probably all left-handed hitters of my generation have imitated coach Lee Soo-hyun’s form at least once. The home run hitters are Joo Hyeong-jin, and the middle and long hitters are Lee Su-hyun. Ah, Kwan-hyung was good too, but he felt like he was a generation behind.”

‘Fuck, today isn’t Hancheol days, it’s high school days? ‘Please save Mr. Rossby!’

Of course, there was no answer from Mr. Rossby. I’m sure he went to watch the cheerleaders. … Bastard.

“…, …, … Hey, hey. Are you listening?”

“… Yes.”

“How far did you go? That’s right. So I liked AT when I was young. AT was popular when I was in elementary school. In addition, Director Lee Soo-hyun’s batting was good, and when Director Lee Soo-hyun went to Hyeonseong, Gwanhyeong came out and did well. But I was selected in one season during the draw. So that’s what you thought, right? Are you filtering me out? AT was behind. So, when I was at, I really gritted my teeth…”

‘Fuck!’

It was Hwicheol’s voice that saved me as I was swearing inwardly while listening to his baseball life.

“Senior, it is a national ritual.”

“Already? Wow, we haven’t even started yet… Tsk. “Let’s go out and do the national ritual.”

Still, it was fortunate that he didn’t say he would talk about it later. Although there was a lot of talking and nagging, Gyeonggi-ju was a professional among professionals. Because I wasn’t the type of person to talk nonsense during the game.

“Thank you, Hwicheol.”

“Yes? “What is it?”

“Just say thank you, asshole. “Get on base today.”

“Yes.”

And the national anthem sounds in my ears. The national anthem sounded very sweet today. And the game started with a first pitch hit. My heart is pounding.

… I’m angry. I was so angry that the few breaks before the game ended with just hearing nonsense about weather warnings, so I needed a place to vent my anger.

‘Tray? This bastard ran away. Really.’

Today’s future Buffaloes starting pitcher Trey was a left-handed pitcher who threw a fairly powerful ball, so much so that he was selected as the starter for the home opener, beating out Jang Woo-joo. A fastball around 148 to 153 km/h and a slider in the low 130s to low 140s. Additionally, he is a pitcher with a solid repertoire who throws sinkers and changeups when facing right-handed batters. Moreover, the control he showed in the exhibition game was at a high level.

Many experts selected him as the most anticipated foreign pitcher this year, and power analysts and coaches made a fuss.

However, is it a flaw that he mainly played in the bullpen during his major years, except for his debut season, and has never returned to the starting position for a season? A pitcher who has no weaknesses other than physical weakness.

Just watching the video, he was a pitcher who was a disaster for average hitters in the KBA league. … Only for most hitters in the KBA league. And I wasn’t most of those hitters.

‘If you only look at his skills, beating him up is a good way to vent his anger.’

His heart is already shaking as he thinks about beating him up.

“Strike!”

‘Oh, the ball is nice?’

And the guy’s pitch, which I checked at the standby at-bat, didn’t seem to be much different from what I saw in the video. The first pitch he threw against Jeong Hwi-cheol was a 151 km/h fastball. After that, he continued to throw sliders and struck out Jeong Hwi-cheol in a 6-pitch game.

“Sorry…”

“It’s okay. Actually, I didn’t expect much.”

After giving a little encouragement to Jeong Hwi-cheol, who gave him an apology, he walked to the plate. Well, it would be a lie if he said he wasn’t disappointed, but it was true that he didn’t have any expectations. It would be difficult for a left-handed hitter to hit a pitcher of that caliber.

Although he wasn’t as good as Seonghyun, even the league’s best left-handed hitters like Suho, Ki Ki-joo, and Williams didn’t seem to find it easy to hit his pitch. The director was also conscious of that and left today’s number 4 to senior Jincheol.

However, what I regret is that I didn’t see the sinker or changeup he throws to deal with right-handed batters? However, since the changeup can be filtered or thrown over the fence, the only pitch that really needs to be kept in check is the sinker.

‘It’s a sinker.’

‘Okay.’

Since it was my first pitch from a pitcher I had never seen before, I waited for the first pitch with the intention of watching.

“Ball.”

A sharp sinker that flies toward the body and bends toward the zone. If he didn’t know it was a sinker, he would have flinched because he thought it hit the body.

‘From the first pitch to the body? ‘Kang passed.’

‘Fastball.’

His next pitch is a fastball. I set the timing by watching the guy’s pitch at the standby at bat, so I’m ready and waiting to hit the guy’s ball at any time. And the guy’s hand was swung.

‘… Outside!’

Perfect!

The ball, which seemed to have been hit by the tip of the bat, flew toward right-center, perhaps farther than expected.

‘It’s a little light?’

Even though it didn’t hit the center of the bat, the ball travels quite far. However, I thought it would be difficult to go over the fence, so I quickly ran toward first base. And the batted ball hits the fence and bounces.

‘Sweet, third base is ambiguous.’

Perhaps because the outfielders stayed back from the start, their follow-up movements were quick, and the timing was difficult to run to third base, so I just stood and went to second base.

“Meng Hao, the double was good. “How about the ball?”

The coach who brought a base-running glove asked me a question with an expression that was half happy and half worried. I felt half happy because I had hit a double, and half worried because I was worried that other batters would be able to hit Trey’s ball.

“It’s a little light, isn’t it? Do you feel like you can get over it if you just get it right? Coach, don’t worry. “I will beat you up.”

“Yes, I believe it. “It’s Meng Hao.”

At my confident answer, the first base coach smiled brightly and walked back toward the first base.

‘For now, one out. ‘Shall we start with 1 point?’

One out, second base. Normally, I would have sent a signal to Ki Ki-joo, but honestly, I didn’t think I would be able to attack the left-handed hitter even if I told him where his pitch was, so my goal was third base.

Now was the time to run.