Chapter 66 – Episode 66. A Large-Scale Transfer That Heats Up the Stove League! (One)

[Official] AT, ‘FA’ biggest fish weather stock 6 years, 15 billion won acquisition!

The AT Thunders acquired former San Francisco Giants outfielder Ki Sang-ju (31) for 15 billion won in six years.

Ki Sang-joo played 1162 games in 9 seasons in the KBA League and was a representative batter of the KBA League with a batting average of 0.338 and 181 home runs and 976 RBIs. He played in 316 games over three seasons in the major leagues, batting average of 0.278, 307 hits, 20 home runs, and 122 RBIs.

ㄴ Wow, is the weatherman a true story?
ㄴNext year will be differenthaha
I’m anxious because I’m a baby
B weather master! Weatherman! Weatherman! Weatherman! Weatherman!
I believed you!!!!!
Thank you, Captain Yoon. Thank you, Captain Yoon!
ㄴㅅㅅ It’s just a failure that failed in the majors, so why do you like it?
Yes, the next team didn’t even catch a legend because they didn’t have money~

[Trade] Triangular trade decision including AT Thunders and Jang Hyun-ho! Are you aiming for fall baseball next season?

AT Thunders send outfielder Jang Hyeon-ho to JT Goldeyes…….

On the other hand, Jang Hyun-ho debuted for the AT Thunders in 2016 and played 742 games until 2022, recording a batting average of 0.301, an OPS of 0.798, 862 hits and 98 home runs.

What the fuck are you sending Jang Hyeon-ho?
I’m not fucking kidding, all the bastards I’ve received are awesome.
Baek Jeong-jin is also a promising player, but are you sending Jang Hyeon-ho?
It seems that there was no choice because of the outfield seat
ㄴBut he’s not Jang Hyun-hoㅡㅡ
ㄴThat bastard’s defense was not good, but it seems like he’s a piece of cake.
B and looking for someone to set fire to Jamsil.
ㄴㅅㅅ Bring back Hyunho Jang, bastards

[Official] AT Thunders, a big player in the transfer market! Recruited Jang Yoon for 6 years and 9.4 billion won, and Choi Jin-cheol for 2 years and 2 billion won!

The AT Thunders recruited pitcher Jang Yoon (31) from UG Overlords and third baseman Choi Jin-cheol (35) from Mirae Buffaloes.

Jang Yoon is a starting pitcher with an ERA of 4.09 and 73 wins in 219 games for UG Overlords, and is expected to be a great help to the AT Thunders starting lineup.

…… (Syncopation)……

Choi Jin-cheol is a player who won the home run king four times in the KBA League, and moved from the AT Thunders to the Mirae Buffaloes in 2013 by trade. Choi Jin-cheol’s KBA league record was a batting average of 0.276 in 1430 games, 352 home runs, and 1123 RBIs.

……

ㄴJangyoon is like that, but what is Choi Jincheol’s trash bastard?
Look at the recruitment article right away to cover the trade with N and Jang Hyun-ho, bitches
ㄴ Choi Jin-cheol! Welcome! I’ve been a fan since I was a rookie.
ㄴGive 2 billion to a bastard, old man’s home class
It will be different next year! Ki Sang-joo – Choi Jin-cheol – Kim Soo-ho – Woo Kwan-hyung. Perfect for the KBA League!
I made up my mind and spent moneyhaha
Welcome to Jang Yoon!
ㄴ Stop buying trash bastards like Choi Jin-cheol!

*

‘Whoa, I can do it.’

It’s a training that I’ve done many times, but I couldn’t help but be nervous when I was doing this training. It’s because you’re meeting a major league legend in person.

Deep!

I can feel the heavy taste in his hand. A taste that was not felt when facing high school pitchers. Is this the Guwin who conquered the major leagues? The restraint is formed at 92 to 3 miles (147 to 148 km/h), but the heaviness contained in it was on a different level.

‘Shall we take a break?’

‘It’s okay.’

‘Please explain again. Pete’s ball throws both a fastball and a sinking fastball, so be careful of that. But if you get too caught up in the fastball, you can’t time the occasional curve at all.’

The pitcher I’m dealing with now is Pete Alexander, who dominated the National League since the 1910s. He was one of the best pitchers in major league history, having won 373 career major league victories and won three triple crowns.

‘Pete in 1920 was the best pitcher I’ve ever faced, though he’s been out of date since then.’

The speed is similar to that of pitchers who throw a little bit in Korea. Is it because of the pitching form? The timing wasn’t right. The pitching form, which is thrown quickly as if throwing roughly, continues to distort my timing.

‘Two balls, one strike. As a final tip, the pitchers of that era loved to catch up, so think about that when you go to bat.’

‘All right.’

After Rossby’s advice, Pete Alexander, who was in Rosby’s experience again, threw the ball. I couldn’t get the timing right because of my unique fast pitching form, so I immediately took the bat I was about to leave.

Even if I swung at this timing, it was obvious that I would not be able to make a good hitting ball. Pete Alexander’s sinking fastball curves and lands on my knee.

‘Strike.’

‘Did he come in?’

‘Okay.’

‘For now, time.’

‘It’s also a good way to ventilate when fighting isn’t going well.’

So far, Pete Alexander has thrown two sinkers, one four-seam, and one curveball. The curve thrown at the first pitch was lightly filtered out, and the four-seam hit the bat and created a foul. So, what ball will the pitcher throw here?

‘Well…. Do you want to try liver with a curve? Because there is still a ball count left. No, I like to catch up, so I can throw a ball that dazzles the eyes of the batter. Then sinker? But Sinker has already thrown two. Well…. Since the four-seam created a foul, it must be a sinker, right?’

I didn’t think that the pitcher would honestly throw four-seam with an advantage count. I set the timing with the sinker and went back to bat.

Pete Alexander started to wind up again with his signature fast pitching form. The ball leaves the pitcher’s hand and comes flying towards me. It’s a familiar track because I’ve seen it a few times already. I swung the bat at the right timing.

Right!

The batted ball floats high. The pain you feel in your hand tells you that the ball has already been eaten.

‘Pitcher Popfly. Unfortunately, it was four-seam.’

‘Couldn’t you have read my thoughts and throw four shims?’

It was a fantasy that Rosby showed anyway, so there was a possibility, but I knew that it was actually my complaint. After all, this was training.

‘Stop talking like an idiot and do it one more time?’

‘Yes.’

It was swinging a bat in the illusion of Rossby, but it was more difficult than most exercises because it consumed mental strength. However, it is absurd to become the best second baseman in major league history while not being able to properly hit the pitcher’s ball 100 years ago.

I tried to focus on training again. Then, Rossby spoke up.

‘What happened at home in that year?

‘It’s just a bit like going without a championship before going to the US, isn’t it?’

There was something Soyoung asked for, but if you think about it, I would be the best second baseman in the United States, but if I didn’t win in Korea, I felt embarrassed. Can Judge, the best player in the big leagues this season, not win a championship just because he comes to the KBA?

… Well, it might be tough for the AT Thunders. But I’m going to be a greater player than Judge, so I had to be able to win easily with a team like the AT Thunders.

Hehe, I don’t know what’s going on, but it’s a good phenomenon. I have to work hard from now on so I can not fall behind in the majors.’

‘Then is it okay if we cut down on the time we have sex?’

‘You monkey! That’s a different story! I’ve been sticking with her all the time lately, so it was like shit.’

‘Still, he did have sex with other women sometimes.’

‘It is, but….’

After her first sex with So-young, she had a lot of sex with So-young, but she was also having sex with other women. Because everyone has a different taste. Especially, breastfeeding sex with Hyejin noona was the best! It was regrettable that I couldn’t do it now because the due date was only a few months away….

Anyway, it was true that my training increased to a surprising extent by Rossby. I wanted to control my game sense while playing the actual game, but I couldn’t go outside because of the cold weather and was only doing image training with the help of Rossby.

Well, I didn’t really have any complaints because it worked so much better than hitting the ball on a pitching machine.

‘Then thank you again.’

Whoops! Just as I was about to resume training, my cell phone rang. What? It could have been a call from my girls, so I accepted the phone right away.

“Hello?”

-“Brother! Did you hear the news?”

Damn it, it was a boy. The main character of that voice is my draft mate Junhu Lim. Hearing the dull boy’s voice makes me feel like my motivation to train is already dampened.

“What. Do I have to listen to the dull voice of a young cock all day long?”

-“What a lot of women pretending. Done Brother, did you see the article? Was there a fuss?”

“What?”

– “Wow, Jang Hyeon-ho was traded! And we recruited our weather manager!”

“Who is Jang Hyun-ho? The major leaguer who gives the weather? Why is he coming to our team?”

I don’t know who Jang Hyeon-ho is, but I’ve heard of the weatherman. Because he was a hitter representing Korea. He thought he went to the major leagues, but to come back.

‘But wait, Jang Hyeon-ho? Where do you think you heard it?’

-“Wow, you don’t even know Hyun-ho Jang? It’s really bad.”

“So who is Jang Hyeon-ho? He seems to have heard of it somewhere….”

What was the last game I watched? It was probably the AT Thunders’ last game. Oh fuck I don’t know I didn’t want to remember the boy’s name.

-“Jang Hyeon-ho is a franchise star of the AT Thunders. In 2017, his second year, he proved his potential by hitting 10 home runs in Jamsil. And he’s established himself as the AT Thunders’ starting right fielder with an early .300 hit and double-digit home runs every year.”

Well…. Why is this baby so professional? Are you writing a thesis?

-“The 2022 season performance broke the OPS 0.8 wall for the first time since leaping to 13 home runs in 30% 3ri. Still, he can be seen as the outfielder that represents the AT Thunders. Maybe he will be Wu Guan-hyeong’s successor? However, he is receiving a lot of criticism from fans of the AT Thunders due to his vicious pioneering eye, brain-jumping, and defense without basic skills. Laugh.”

“Laugh? Bitch, don’t read the Godmu wiki and tell me what you know. When did you search?”

– “Wow, how did you know? Reading Godmu Wiki.”

“Some kid asks who the baseball player is, and you answer that?”

-Haha, I heard you. Anyway, Hyun-ho is also a really good outfielder, but he left the team. Anyway, that’s why the internet went crazy. Saying that you sold Hyun-ho Jang.”

“So you called to tell me that? Recruiting a weatherman is interesting, but isn’t there a need to do it over the phone?”

– “It’s cold. Anyway, it looks like a mess, so take a look. The fan site is all over the place right now, saying Jang Hyun-ho was sent.”

“You’re calling me for nothing, hang up asshole.”

I roughly hung up on him and tried to focus on training again. By the way….

‘Honestly, I’m a little curious.’

So-young’s request to win the championship was still fresh in my head. To be honest, since baseball is not a sport to be played alone, the level of teammates was important.

‘Lim Jun-hoo, it seems pretty shocking to see that bastard making a fuss. Shall we take a look?’

I picked up my phone and searched for Jang Hyun-ho’s name.

‘Uh, isn’t this monkey kid that kid?’

‘Do you know someone? How amazing. Mr. Rossby knows someone in Korea.’

‘이 빡대가리 새끼야. You were the outfielder I saw then. I missed the easy fly. It was so shocking that I still remember it. This kid left the team. That’s great.’

Somehow it creeps into my mind. That was the outfielder I saw then.

‘Good for you. Honestly, I was shocked too.’

Looking at his face, I thought I would also remember that time. Anyway, I clicked on Jang Hyeon-ho’s article at the top.

“A triangle trade between AT Thunders, JT Goldeyes, and Shinra Triggers, including Shock and Jang Hyun-ho. Really, everything is shocking.”

Looking at the content of the article, there was nothing special. After sending Jang Hyeon-ho to JT Goldeyes and acquiring a quarter-final player and a prospect, he sent the quarter-final player from JT to Shilla Triggers and AT Thunders received two second-tier players.

“Kang Se-ho, Baek Jeong-jin, and Kim Yun-ho. Who are these guys?”

Two pitchers and one outfielder. Well, it didn’t seem like something I would care about. You just have to train.

Now, when I was about to do my real training, the phone rang again. When I checked the screen, it was Lim Jun-hoo again.

‘Should I take it or not?’

I thought about it for a while, but if I didn’t answer, I thought I’d call until I answered, so I forced myself to pick up the phone.

-“Bro bro! Real big news! Big news!”

“What else?”

-“I heard you signed a contract with Jang Yoon and Choi Jin-cheol! What? It really went crazy this season. Wow, aren’t we going to win?”

“Choi Jin-cheol? That sediment? Why did he come to Jamsil?”

Choi Jin-cheol was a typical upper-wing hitter, so he did not fit well with Jamsil. Isn’t that what i’m talking about? Anyway, he debuted at AT Thunders, but he hit the wall called Jamsil and was traded to Mirae Buffaloes, where he proved his skills and went to the major leagues as a hitter.

How can I say the dark history of the AT Thunders?

-“Ah, it’s trash. Jin-cheol Choi also played Tarzande in the major leagues. Anyway, I recruited three free agents. Ah, is that why I sent Hyunho sunbaenim to match the cell cap? Anyway, it sucks.”

“Take a bitch training. To see you in the first team next season.”

– “Thank you for your concern. My brother trains hard too. Go for it!”

This time he hung up before I hung up. What? This baby.

Anyway, Jang Yoon and Choi Jin-cheol were players I had heard of. In particular, Choi Jin-cheol was the player who won the home run king in the 2021 season. Of course, because of my age, 2022 perished like a dog.

If it is worthy of the nickname Old Man Jeong, should I say that it is a move worthy of a nickname? Anyway, his words aroused curiosity again, so he entered the baseball tab and was noisy with the AT Thunders’ aggressive recruitment of free agents.

“Um, 2 billion in 2 years? He gave away a lot.”

Last year, Choi Jeon-cheol’s grades were 0.230/0.311/0.475/0.786, which was disappointing compared to the value of the name Choi Jin-cheol. It seemed that there was no club that would burn a large amount of money, 2 billion won in 2 years, but that team was the AT Thunders.

My head hurts. Woo woo. Then the phone vibrates again. Lim Joon-hoo Why does this bastard keep calling?

“Bastard! Stop calling me You keep calling and talking about idiots!”

– “Have you seen the news? The players recruited… , Are you a fierce tiger?”

A soft voice, completely different from the thick voice I expected, rides on my cell phone and sticks to my eardrum. A soft, tickling woman’s voice, completely different from the cocky voices of dull boys.

… It was Soyoung.

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