Chapter 491 – Episode 483. Let’s Go on a Winning Streak! (3)
“Base on balls!”
Top of the 3rd inning, two outs. Just before my turn at bat, the ball in space suddenly missed the zone by a wide margin, and a walk was declared. Originally, I wasn’t a pitcher with perfect ball control, so I often gave up walks, but since this happens right before my at-bat, I guess I’d like to make fun of him a little.
“Oh my! It looks like our universe was very nervous about meeting you again! “I saw the ball miss!”
Pretending to talk to the catcher, he speaks in a loud voice that can be heard all the way to the mound, and Woo Joo’s expression as he stands on the mound turns into a shit-chewing expression.
‘Transparent bastard. Universe, you still have a long way to go.’
It would have been terrifying if there was a space ball on Seonghyeon’s head, but unfortunately, his head was the universe itself. It’s obvious what kind of ball he’s going to throw.
‘It’s a fastball, right?’
Since I’m a little angry, the ball I’m going to throw this time is a fastball. Moreover, since he hit a home run while throwing a changeup, the ball he would choose is the fastball he is most confident in.
‘Yes, it’s a fastball. ‘Hehe.’
‘As expected, it’s obvious.’
Of course, contrary to what was obvious, it was true that his ball was difficult to hit. When I hit his fastball in my first at-bat, I felt the power of the ball, unlike last year or the year before. Is there really an effect from lifting a lot of weights?
Of course, if you hit it right, it will pass. Still, one thing was certain, since he had a shit-chewing expression on his face, it was that he would enter the zone again.
‘First, prepare to swing.’
When I finished preparing my mind, the guy’s feet came up with good timing. And now the ball has slightly fallen from his hand!
Perfect!
‘Write it. Was it pushed slightly?’
The pain that resonates in your palm tells you that this batted ball does not enter the ground. And just as I expected, the line drive ball slightly missed the foul line and landed in a place where no one could catch it.
“Foul!”
‘163? It looks like you really grit your teeth and throw it.’
Even though Crongs kept the team scoreless, a score was needed. I needed one shot to score.
‘Rather than aiming for a fastball, I should aim for a change that makes it easier to hit a home run.’
It would have been fun to have a power vs. Power battle with the universe, but that wasn’t more important than the team’s victory.
‘Fastball.’
‘Okay.’
Set the timing of your strike faster than before.
Perfect!
Making a foul was easier than I thought because I just wanted to kick it from the beginning rather than trying to hit the right hit. If the ball rolled into the infield like this, it would have been a disaster, but if you want to hit a home run, you have to take that level of risk.
Perfect!
As I kicked the guy’s fastball three times in a row, his expression got even worse.
‘Hey, I wonder if the pitcher shows his emotions on the mound.’
‘Fastball.’
‘Then it will be a ball.’
Maybe I’m just a bit full of jjambap, but I can get a feel for what kind of ball he’s going to throw just by looking at the pitcher’s expression.
“Ball.”
It looked just as expected. Even if I wanted to swing the bat at a ball that went wide outside, I couldn’t swing it. After that, I kicked his fastball about three times, and the moment I had been waiting for finally came.
‘It’s a change-up.’
‘Oh, I thought he was going to throw a slider, but I think he’s more confident with his changeup.’
I thought he would choose a slider rather than a changeup, which hit a home run in his previous at-bat, but the winning shot he chose was a changeup. Seeing the situation where fouls kept coming, he seemed to have chosen a changeup, which was clearly lower than a slider with similar velocity.
‘Well, I’ll eat well anyway.’
Of course, it was impossible to let down one’s guard. His changeup was faster than the changeups thrown by other pitchers, so if he caught it near the borderline, there wasn’t enough time to judge whether it was a strike or a ball. However, considering the nature of the universe as I know it, I didn’t think I would take the changeup out of the zone.
And the space change-up that was thrown, the space change-up that was slightly high from the beginning, flew toward the body. And the moment the changeup changed, my bat had already started to take off,
Ta – Aak!
The moment the ball and bat made contact, a sound as if the ball was being split was heard, and the hit disappeared toward the left wall.
“If you’re going to throw a curveball to the universe, please tell me to make sure to throw it out.”
I think I was planning on throwing a change-up in the zone to shake up the timing and induce a hit, but I needed to let the universe know that it wasn’t working for me.
“…”
And since it’s a home run in consecutive hits, teebagging like this is okay, right?
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[Game over! AT Thunders wins 3:1.]
[Hey, the AT Thunders only had two hits today, and those two were Ji Maeng-ho’s two home runs? It would be really disappointing for the future Buffaloes. And AT Thunders’ momentum doesn’t seem to be going down any time soon.]
-AT Thunders! Defeat Mirae and achieve 6 consecutive wins in the opening season, the team’s longest opening win streak!
… The match between the AT Thunders and Mirae Buffaloes was expected to be a fierce pitching battle as each team’s aces, Krong and Jang Woo-joo, were predicted. And as fans expected, the game developed into a fierce pitching battle. Crongs showed perfect pitching with 4 hits and no runs in 7 innings, while Jang Woo-joo showed decent pitching with 2 hits and 4 walks in 7 innings. However, what decided the outcome of the two teams was whether the batters had long hits.
While Crongs gave up 4 hits as a single, Jang Woo-joo allowed both of his hits to be home runs, leading to the game being played. …
┗2 hits but 2 home runs lol It must be such a shame.
┗Ah, is it Ji Maeng-ho again? ㅅㅂ Shouldn’t this kid be sanctioned at the KVA level, so he can’t hit home runs?
┗ I’m really curious how long the winning streak will be.
┗It’s been going up so much since the beginning of the season. How much can it drop?
┗┗Still on DTD haha. Just mind your own team^^
┗This year is so fucking overwhelming, isn’t it? Why is it doing well?
┗┗So, didn’t you think that the batting line would be a bit sluggish at the beginning of the season because of the two-goal hitter?
┗┗ㅇㅇ However, although he only played 6 games, he was a pitcher overall. Ji Maeng-ho is crazy.
-Why AT Thunders is still a strong team.
… Last year’s winning team, AT Thunders, is in an unusual mood. The AT Thunders, who took the series with a sweep in yesterday’s game against the Mirae Buffaloes, tied the team’s record of six consecutive wins in an opening game. What’s scarier is that AT’s momentum doesn’t seem to be stopping here. The AT Thunders’ pitching and batting staff worked well together to achieve a sure victory, and the next day, the batters scored many runs…
In fact, there were many experts who predicted that the AT Thunders would do well at the beginning of the season, but there were not many who predicted that they would show such an overwhelming performance.
The reason is because of the expanded strike zone. As the strike zone expanded, pitching hitters were expected throughout the league, and many experts predicted that this would act as a negative for AT Thunders.
The AT Thunders won the league title two times in a row last year and the year before, but their strength, as everyone acknowledges, was their overwhelming batting lineup. However, in a situation where the strike zone was expanded, no experts thought that the AT Thunders would continue to maintain such a strong batting lineup, so the rule change was likely to be bad news for AT.
However, at the beginning of the season, experts’ expectations were completely different. Rather, AT’s pitching staff, which was considered a weakness, benefited from the strike zone and showed improvement over the previous season, and AT’s batting line still showed strong performance.
Of course, AT’s batters were not unaffected by the changed strike zone. Kim Soo-ho, who had been the number one hitter until last year based on his excellent pitching plan, was lowered into the batting lineup, and there was a feeling that other hitters had not yet found their form.
However, AT’s batting lineup had Ji Maeng-ho. Ji Maeng-ho recorded 5 home runs in the last 5 games…
┗I played 6 games, what’s the excitement? You bastard, take down the article right now
┗What is it? It’s so weird.
┗Why is this article coming out after only 6 games? LOL
┗If you think it will fall after this article comes out, ㄱㅊ! Haha,
┗ㅋ Looking at this guy’s article list, he’s a legend haha
┗The winning streak is going to end because of this guy. If the winning streak is broken, go to the headquarters, Sibaluma
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“Strike! Out!”
‘Oh, fuck. ‘It always happens like this after dealing with the universe.’
I’ve felt this since last year, and it’s always been like this after I advanced the timing to deal with Woo-ju. Well, because it was Munhak today, I felt like I was aiming harder, but I wasn’t hitting any good balls throughout the game.
My performance today, including at-bats, is 1 hit, 2 walks, and 2 RBI in 3 at-bats. The line drive hit the wall directly and resulted in a double, but I wasn’t satisfied with this result. Does it feel like a loss if you don’t hit a home run in literature?
“Good! Let’s close the bottom of the 9th inning and win 7 games in a row!”
However, contrary to my feelings, the team atmosphere was good. Even if I performed slightly poorly, the other hitters supported me and the game was already decided. The score was 9:4. Although starting pitcher Jang Yoon performed poorly today, allowing 3 runs in 5 innings, he scored 7 runs while on the mound and completely destroyed the UG guys early in the game.
“Wow, it’s death?”
“No, I was the only one who played poorly.”
“You are too greedy. If he gets 1 hit and 2 RBI in 3 at-bats, does he do well?”
“I’m not even your brother. Do you think you’ll be satisfied with that?”
“It’s cheap. Just focus on defense.”
“Yes.”
Still, teasing Yoon Seong-tae seems to have eased my irritated mood a little? Is it because I lightened my mood by teasing Yoon Seong-tae like that?
“Na na na!”
“Out!”
From his first at-bat, he succeeded in catching an elusive batted ball that fell on the foul line near first base and right field,
“Out!”
“Meng Hao, thank you!”
I was able to catch a straight line drive hit by diving.
‘Wow, this will be added to Ji Maeng-ho’s defense highlights, right?’
Although the score difference was wide, it was a defense that I would be satisfied with even if I held on. The final out count was high in the outfield, but the game ended as Ki Ki-ju caught it in front of the fence. Even though I performed slightly poorly, I was happy to set a new record for the team’s opening win streak.
“[Williams! There is an interview with a broadcaster a little later, so get ready.]”
“[Okay.]”
However, wouldn’t it be a bit annoying to lose an interview on a day like today when the team set a record? Well, it didn’t make sense for him to be interviewed since he hit the final home run, but it was still annoying to have the spotlight taken away from him.
‘Fuck, tomorrow I will really show you.’