Chapter 733 – Episode 720. Class Is Forever. (1)
[Reed Ditmus walks down the mound. Today’s score is 4 runs in 6 innings.]
[Ditmus’ pitching was good today, but what will be remembered is that due to bad luck, he gave up 4 runs in the 4th inning.]
[… Ah, second baseman Ji Maeng-ho’s mistake. There will be two runners. Buehler comes down the mound here. Walker Buehler leaves the mound after allowing 2 runs in 6.1 innings. Now Victor Gonzalez is on the mound. … A strong hit to second base! Ji Maengho! Backhand catch! 2nd base is late, 1st base! Out! However, all runners successfully advance to base, and now the situation becomes two outs with runners on second and third base.]
[Ji Maeng-ho made a mistake, but he showed good defense to make up for it right away. The ball you just hit was a very difficult hit, but you caught it with your backhand and caught the batter.]
[Now at bat, number 9 batter, Choi Joo-tae. I hope Choi Joo-tae shows a little something here.]
[Yes. Looking at the records, Choi Joo-tae has a low batting average, but his hard hit ratio is good, and Babib’s is low, right? In short, you are out of luck. I hope Choi Joo-tae breaks from that bad luck and shows something.]
[… The moment I say this, Choi Joo-tae’s batted ball! Cut right and center! Runner on third base goes home! Runner on second base goes home! Tied 4:4! Choi Joo-tae’s timely double that ties the score!]
[This is it! This is Choi Joo-tae! Wow, it’s really cool.]
[The score is now tied 4:4! And two outs, runner on second base. The Angels’ offense never ends. … Out. However, the Angels’ offense failed to turn the game around in the top of the 7th inning, tying the game. The game now goes to the bottom of the 7th inning.]
[… With two outs, Ji Maeng-ho comes to the plate. Ji Maeng-ho is currently on a 13-game hitting streak, and he still hasn’t had a hit today? I hope he continues that record. … Ji Maeng-ho’s batted ball! High! Far! Ah… He gets caught out to left field. Three out.]
[In the top of the 8th inning, rookie pitcher Armando Camacho, who debuted last year, was on the mound for the Yankees. He appeared in 27 games in the ’26 season, going 5-1 with a 4.37 earned run average over 47.1 innings, and this season he appeared in seven games and posted a 2.45 earned run average over 7.1 innings.]
[Camacho is a pitcher who throws a very fast ball, right? Born in 2003, he is the same age as Ji Maeng-ho, and is a promising pitcher who throws an average of 96-7 mph and a maximum of 101 mph.]
[The Yankees’ bullpen is strong this season thanks to fastball pitchers like Mason Miller and Camacho, right?]
[Yes.]
[… The inning ends with a three-way strike! Camacho silences the Angels’ lineup. … The leadoff hitter in the bottom of the 8th inning was second hitter Aaron Judge. … Uh?! You hit it! This batted ball goes to the left wall! Let’s go! Judge’s go-ahead solo home run! Season No. 8! Aaron Judge is the major league home run leader along with Lutchman and Ji Maeng-ho. Score 5:4!]
[… Now on the mound is Yankees closer Mason Miller. … Out! Game over! With a fresh 5:4 win, we set a new opening winning streak record with 14 consecutive wins.]
[Wow, we finally achieved 14 consecutive wins. The coordination of the pitches was very good today, right?]
[Then, we will end the broadcast here with the news that the Yankees have achieved their 14th consecutive win. Caster so far…]
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-Yankees! Write a new history!
… The New York Yankees won 5:4 against the Los Angeles Angels, achieving their 14th consecutive win since the opener. The 14 consecutive wins are a new record for consecutive wins in an opening in the major leagues, and the previous 13 consecutive wins are a new record since 1900, with the Atlanta Braves in 1982, the Millwalk Brewers in 1987, and the Tampa Bay Rays in 2023… Meanwhile, before the 1900s, the St. Louis Maroons won 20 games in a row in 1884. Will the New York Yankees be able to achieve 20 consecutive wins? …
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“If this continues, won’t we win the championship?”
“Let’s win well today and make it 15 wins in a row!”
Is it because we wrote a new history with 14 consecutive wins in the opening game? The team’s atmosphere seemed quite free. There was so much dancing in the locker room before the game started.
To be honest, when I saw them dancing and playing the song loudly in the locker room, it seemed like they were a little too excited, which made me feel a little uncomfortable as a Confucian boy, but maybe because they were on a 14-game winning streak, no one said anything.
‘Tsk, if I had Sangju senior, I would have said something right away…’
If this had been the case at, it would have been actions that senior Sangju, who was the head of the team’s military base (even though he was extremely generous to me), would have caught him by the collar, but judging from the fact that Judge and Cole, who were seniors, didn’t say anything, it seemed like this was a return to the major leagues. .
‘Well, it’s 14 consecutive wins, so it’s exciting.’
In the past, there were some players who sang loudly, but it didn’t lead to a dance, but many of the players seemed excited, perhaps because the 14-game winning streak was a record.
‘Mr. Rossby, did you sing and dance like that too?’
‘Well, you could listen to songs on the gramophone or radio.’
‘Gramophone? What is that?’
‘It’s done. ‘A baby that smells like milk.’
‘… ‘Frame.’
Anyway, I didn’t want to dance with sweaty men, so I immediately packed up my gear and came out to the dugout.
“You came out first?”
Well, there was one person besides me who was in his right mind.
“Because I don’t like that kind of atmosphere.”
And Stanton answered my question by shaking his head.
“You’re such an oldie.”
“… “What?”
“I braid it too.”
“Haha. That’s why you didn’t wear it there.”
“That’s right. “What?”
“But I don’t think it’s good for a friend who is too young to not participate in team activities. It looks like the kids had a party yesterday to celebrate their 14th consecutive win, but it looks like you didn’t go there?”
As Stanton said, there was a small party yesterday to promote friendship among the players and to celebrate the team’s 14th consecutive win. Of course, I didn’t attend because I felt like it was a waste of time to attend a place like that when I didn’t have enough time to have sex.
“Is Stanton gone?”
“Please feel free to call me John.”
“Has John gone?”
“No, if you go to a place like that at this age, younger people won’t like it.”
“Ah… “You were upset because I didn’t invite you?”
“I said I wasn’t going.”
From what I saw, it seemed like he was still upset because he didn’t get an invitation, but I didn’t want to open up any painful wounds, so I just nodded quietly.
“But, is it always this noisy in the locker room?”
“Well, because Latin kids are so exciting.”
Does Stanton seem to be displeased with such an atmosphere? Still, I felt like I couldn’t talk about it because the center of Latinos was Soto, who was the core of the team.
‘Soto is enough for Stanton to give up.’
Well, at first glance, it seems like he has a personality that dislikes such disputes.
In fact, until I saw Stanton, I had the image that he was just a big guy with a fiery personality, but the Stanton I’ve seen so far was a veteran who just did his job quietly, probably because he’d had his grades for several years.
Of course, he wasn’t what he thought, but he was also a person who liked to brag. Judge’s appearance yesterday, when he boasted that he had matched the number of home runs with me, made me think it was a bit fair.
‘Definitely a veteran should have this quiet image.’
There were many veteran seniors during my AT days, but my favorite senior was Suho, who was quiet and charismatic. Senior Gwanhyeong was very kind to me, and senior Sangju spoke too much?
Senior Jincheol had some charisma, but there were times in his later years when he was so focused on grades that he would throw tantrums.
“But you little guy, why didn’t you go to the party? “Aren’t you having trouble adapting?”
“I don’t even have time to have sex, so why do I drink with men?”
“… … Crazy guy.”
Anyway, as I was talking with Stanton, the team’s players began to come out to the dugout one by one, and the opposing team’s dugout also began to be filled with players.
“Hey, Ji. Why didn’t you come yesterday? Yesterday was fun.”
And Camacho, the only person of the same age on the first-team roster, came up to me and talked to me. Since he was the only one of the same age, we became a little closer to him over the years, but he seemed bored because there was no one of his same age at the party yesterday.
“Camacho.”
“Huh?”
“The time of a $55 million player is different from the time of a $810,000 player.”
“… “This idiot.”
“Uh huh, how can someone with the lowest salary talk to the highest salary on the team?”
“Ugh.”
After playing around with Camacho like that, it was already time for the first inning to start, so I grabbed my gloves and headed to the field.
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[The final game of the series between the Yankees and Angels. Will the Yankees be able to extend their winning streak since the opening season to 15? . Today’s starting matchup features Brady Singer from the Yankees and Griffin Canning from the Angels on the mound.]
[Both players have an ERA in the mid to high 4-point range, but Singer was recruited by the Yankees as a free agent this season and recorded very good results, recording an ERA of 1.72 and two wins over 15.2 innings in two games. I’m doing it. Although Canning is not good, with an earned run average of 5.63 and one loss in three games, he has posted similar records in his career and in recent years, so this matchup is very interesting.] 〈 Br〉
[Then, I will call the Angels’ lineup. Batter number 1, Kyron Paris… … Then let the game begin. First batter Paris at the plate and Singer on the mound. … Oh, the ball Paris hit went toward left field…, Ah! I can’t catch this ball. Paris to second base! Let’s go! Safe! Paris hits a double as the leadoff hitter!]
[Actually, the ball just hit was one that Verdugo, the left fielder, had to settle for, right? A player with the same level of defensive skills could handle this easily, but he failed to start with the first step and missed the ball. It must be really disappointing for Singer, right?]
[… Langford’s hit is caught by the second baseman and goes to the first baseman, one out. But Paris went all the way to third base. The crisis with one out and third base comes from the beginning of the first inning. … Custard gets on base with a walk. Trout, the number 4 hitter, now comes to the plate. Trout has a batting average of .208 and one home run this season.]
[With one out and 1st and 3rd bases, Mike Trout comes in. In fact, Trout is not the same as he used to be, but he is not an easy hitter. In the previous year, he showed good performance by hitting .206 with 36 home runs and an OPS of 0.896. In this series, he appeared in two games and recorded 3 hits in 8 at-bats, improving his batting skills. Singer must be careful.]
[… The situation was driven to two strikes. Singer’s third ball… ! Trout hit the ball! The batted ball flies high behind the center fielder!]