Chapter 771 – 758. Record Destroyer.
Perfect!
Kelnick’s batted ball splits through left-center, once again recording a double.
‘Wow, what day is today? ‘Why is everyone so good?’
I went into this game with the mindset of punishing the arrogant Athletics for deceiving me. The other hitters must have been thinking the same thing as me, as by the top of the 7th inning, we had already scored 20 runs, and Ta was able to step into his 6th at-bat of the day.
The Yankees, where I played, boasted the best batting lineup in the league, and there were games where the hitters scored in double digits about twice a week, living up to their reputation. However, since it was my first time scoring 20 points since joining the team, it felt a bit unfamiliar.
Of course, my 10 RBIs were a big part of those 20 points. Maybe it was because I rested yesterday, but my condition was excellent. I was able to hit a lot of long balls, and since I was a starting pitcher, I was able to get a feel for the batting quickly.
In addition, since the pitchers who came up after the starting pitcher was demoted were on a losing team, I felt like I was playing in the KBA for the first time in a long time, so I was even more attached to the bat.
And the current pitcher, Mueller, is also a complete loser, appearing in 17 games and recording an ERA in the mid-5 range.
The ball I saw from the standby batting box was the type of ball I often saw in the KBA. The average speed of the fastball was around 92 to 94 miles per hour (148 to 151.2 km/h), and the movement did not look particularly good. His velocity was fast for a left-handed pitcher, but even left-handed pitchers didn’t look that fast unless they exceeded 95 mph.
Moreover, the breaking balls he throws are sliders, curves, and changeups, which are my favorite pitches.
He has the advantage of being a left-handed pitcher, so if he goes to the KBA league, he’ll be the 1st or 2nd starter in the league and throw pitches that will hit the mid to late 2-point range, or if he’s unlucky, in the early 3-point range.
In other words, Muller was the epitome of a pitcher who was easy to hit. That style is common in each team’s losing streak. When he gets older, he’ll probably go to Japan or Korea. It seemed like bringing that point forward would also be of great help to his life.
‘It would be better to go to Japan or Korea and receive at least $1 million than to play as a player with the lowest salary here. Well, after all, I’m kind.’
Even the other side can’t believe they plan their lives like this. Even when I think about it, I was a perfect guy.
‘The score gap has increased, so why not try for a cycling hit?’
While he was praising himself like that, Mr. Rossby seemed to know it as well and suggested that he should try for a cycling hit.
‘Hey, you’ve done that a lot.’
However, the cycling hit has already been achieved twice. Besides, it’s just a record in name, and the cycling hit isn’t a very helpful record, so it doesn’t attract attention. Rather, perhaps the most RBIs in one game are more appealing?
I didn’t have that record memorized, but when I hit 8 RBI, the coach asked me if I was hitting 12 today, and when I asked him why I had 12, the coach told me that it was the record for most RBIs in a major league game. I told you.
And the number of RBIs I am currently recording is 10. If you hit a three-run hit here, you would break that record with 13 RBIs, so I was more attracted to the record of 13 RBIs in one game, which has never appeared in the 150-year history of the major leagues, than to the cycling hit, which now comes about 2–3 times a year. .
Of course, this was when I hit a home run, but I was born as a batter and had the opportunity to set such a record, so I didn’t want to run away.
‘So, definitely a home run. Okay?’
‘Hehe, it would be worth watching if I missed the cycling hit and the most RBIs.’
‘… Don’t be unlucky and tell me the pitch type.’
‘It’s a slider. ‘Body side.’
The left pitcher throws a slider towards the body… It seemed like he was planning to throw the ball near the knees, which is the most difficult area for right-handed batters to hit.
A left-handed pitcher’s slider, if thrown incorrectly, was like prey to right-handed hitters, but it was a ball that would cause a missed swing if thrown just aiming for the knee area.
‘Well, there’s no need to compete already.’
It’s not that I don’t have the confidence to hit his ball, but what I’m aiming for right now is a home run. There was no reason to hit a ball that seemed dangerous. Because I still had a curveball and changeup that were my bread and butter, and a fastball with poor movement.
“Ball.”
And as if my choice was right, his ball fell below the strike zone and a ball was declared.
‘Good, I did well not to hit it.’
‘Fastball, outside.’
‘Okay.’
A typical ball combination that targets the body and targets the outside. However, to hit a home run, the best chance was to aim for the inside ball, so I decided not to put out the bat unless it went inside and waited for his ball.
‘… It’s far!’
It felt like the ball was far away from his hand, so I just held on to the bat.
“… Strike like!”
But the result is a strike. No matter how much I thought about it, it seemed like a long way off, but when I saw him holding it, I thought the referee was crazy, but I didn’t want to be disadvantaged by protesting here, so I just tilted my head and muttered to myself.
“Hmm… Did this come in?”
The fact that the referee was worried and threw a strike means that even in his opinion, it was ambiguous.
It wasn’t a protest, but as the hitter with the highest on-base percentage in the league and the player with the most walks outside Soto, I was sure the umpire would be put under pressure if I did this.
Probably, the zone will be slightly narrower than before.
‘… If something goes wrong again, all you have to do is throw the bat.’
Besides, it didn’t really matter because if I caught a strike on such an idiotic ball, it would be a record and all I had to do was break the head with the bat.
‘It’s a fastball. Outside.’
‘Anyway, these bastards who can’t throw a fucking thing want this kind of luck.’
Since the ambiguous ball was ruled a strike, you can read the mentality of a guy who wants to rely on luck one more time. And the ball is thrown to a similar position as before. If he caught this ball too, I waited for his ball, thinking about throwing the bat and pretending to make a foul on the next ball.
“Ball.”
Fortunately, this time the ball was declared. Now the count is two balls, one strike.
‘If this is the case, I think it’s time to throw another curveball…’
The best here is a curveball or changeup that comes into the zone. Well, the slider was good too. Unless it was thrown properly in the low corner of the body, the left pitcher’s slider to the body was almost like a batting ball.
‘It’s a fastball. This time on the body.’
However, contrary to my expectation that he would throw a breaking ball, the pitch he chose was a fastball. I guess he thought I wouldn’t expect it since he threw fastballs twice.
Well, I actually thought it was time for a curveball, but that didn’t really matter.
The important thing was that I knew the ball he was going to throw,
Ta – Aak!
… That’s because the guy’s ball hit his body exactly as Mr. Rossby had told him.
-Waaaaa!!!!
The crowd’s cheers get stronger as soon as you cross the fence. When I saw this cheering in a game in which 20 runs were scored, it seemed like the audience knew that this home run was destined to set a major league record.
I raised my right hand and cheered the crowd, then slowly walked towards the base.
‘Major League is easy.’
It’s already a new record in less than two months since debut. Looking back on the fact that in addition to this RBI record, I set several records in just two months, such as the most pitches in one at-bat and the fewest cycling hits in a game, I felt that the Major League was easier than Korea.
Surely listening to the location as well seems to be effective? It wasn’t that difficult because even the guys with poor ball control practiced hitting without listening to the location in Korea.
Moreover, Korean pitchers were busy avoiding me, but here, the fact that they were facing each other head-on was having a big impact on their current performance.
Perhaps, if we give it a few more weeks like this, pitchers will slowly disappear like in Korea.
‘I’ll have to enjoy it a lot until then.’
I didn’t know how long this record would continue, so I returned to the dugout thinking I should enjoy the moment as much as possible.
“Congratulations on your new record, Ji. I can’t wait to see this record achieved with my own eyes…”
“That was fantastic, buddy.”
“You crazy bastard… !”
All of my colleagues in the dugout congratulated me. And the feeling wasn’t that bad.
“But it’s a bit disappointing. I also wanted to see cycling heat. The cycling hit was also a new record. “There are three innings left. Will the at-bat come back one more time?”
… Until I heard Volpi say that if I recorded a cycling hit in this at-bat, that would be a new record.
“What do you mean?”
“There were two cycling hits in one season, but no hitter had three. In the first place, the number of batters who recorded 3 times was probably around 10? There is no number 4 at all.”
Listening to Volpi’s story, I feel terrible. Even if the cycling hit is just a record, it is a rare record, and when I heard that it was the first time to hit three times in one season, I thought I wanted to aim for that too.
‘Fuck, if you had the bases loaded, you could have scored 3 RBIs with one hit and achieved a cycling hit.’
I felt resentful that there were only two runners in front of me.
“But why didn’t you tell me that?”
“Haha, if you had heard this story, you probably would have been anxious to make a cycling hit. “I’m glad I hit a home run thanks to you.”
Fuck, I don’t care about that… Let me just tell you.
No, it worked out better. I was contemplating whether to aim for 13 RBIs or 3 cycling hits in a season, but there was a possibility of missing both, so I thought it would be better to just go to the plate aiming for 13 RBIs.
“Yes, because one more chance might come anyway. And with your skills, you can make a cycling hit any time, even if not today. 13 RBIs is impossible without the help of my colleagues.”
“That’s right.”
And unlike cycling hits, which I can aim for at any time if I do well, 13 RBIs was something I could never achieve without help from my teammates, so this time, my choice was right.
‘Yes, there is no way I would make a wrong choice.’
I just suddenly became irritated because I heard that I didn’t know, and in the end, it turned out to be right.
‘… But usually, if you do this, you don’t get a chance. … I guess that won’t happen.’
So I suppressed my discomfort and cheered on my teammates, hoping to get one more at-bat.
… The game ended with us receiving three-and-out strikes in succession for the remaining two innings.
‘Fuck, I’m sure I won’t get a chance? There are still 100 games left. … I only did it twice in Korea, but that was because the pitchers avoided it. Oh, no way.’
*
-Ji Maeng-ho achieves a new record of 13 RBIs in one game!
… Meanwhile, in this game, Ji Maeng-ho set a new major league record by hitting 3 home runs and hitting 13 RBIs. In Korea, it is not surprising that Ji Maeng-ho, who achieved various small records including ‘most home runs (75) in a season in a professional league’ and ‘world’s first to hit .400 for three consecutive years’, is writing a new major league record. .
Last April, he set a new record for the shortest game since his debut by recording a cycling hit six games after his debut, and last May, he set a new record for most pitches thrown in one at-bat by throwing 29 wins in one at-bat.
Therefore, it was probably planned that Ji Maeng-ho recorded 13 RBIs today.
…
If Ji Maeng-ho maintains this pace this season, he will record 272 runs, 102 home runs, 228 RBIs, a slugging percentage of 1.121, and an OPS of 1.663, surpassing the 198 runs scored by Billy Hamilton in 1894 and the 198 runs scored by Barry Bonds in 2001. It surpasses the 73 home runs and 0.863 slugging percentage recorded, the 191 RBI recorded by Hack Wilson in 1930, and the 1.421 OPS recorded by Barry Bonds in 2004.
It is not very likely that Ji Maeng-ho will maintain this pace until the end of the season, but watching this rookie hitter’s new records to see if he can break some of these records is also a way to enjoy the Major League this season…
…
Major League single season record/Ji Maeng-ho’s current pace
(*Percentage statistics are based on regulation at-bats (502)
** Cumulative stats calculate a score of 162G assuming that the current pace is maintained.)
Batting average:
Tip O’Neill/0.435 (1887)
Ji Maeng-ho/0.434
On-base percentage:
Barry Bonds/0.609 (2004)
Ji Maeng-ho/0.542
Slugging percentage:
Barry Bonds/0.863 (2001)
Ji Maeng-ho/1.121
OPS:
Barry Bonds/1.421 (2004)
Ji Maeng-ho/1.663
Hit:
Ichiro Suzuki/262 (2004)
Ji Maeng-ho/258
Home run:
Barry Bonds/73 (2001)
Ji Maeng-ho/102
Scoring:
Billy Hamilton/198 (1894)
Ji Maeng-ho/272
RBI:
Hack Wilson/191 (1930)
Ji Maeng-ho/228
Stealing base:
Hugh Nicole/138 (1887)
Ji Maeng-ho/114
WAR:
Tim Keef/20.2 (1883)
Ji Maeng-ho/18.9
OPS+ :
Barry Bonds/268 (2002)
Ji Maeng-ho/321
WRC+ :
Barry Bonds/244 (2002)
Ji Maeng-ho/307
┗What is it about summoning ancient monsters? Haha, except for Bones, everything is from the 1900s haha
┗┗Ichiro Mushi?
┗┗ㅋㅋ If Fierce Tiger changes to a non-productive snappy style like Ichiro, he will probably only get 300 hitsㅋㅋㅋㅋ
┗The record of Fierce Protector is so boringㄷㄷ
┗Can you maintain this pace?
┗┗Honestly, it’s impossible, but it’s hard to be a fierce defender who plays 50 games and summons all-time great hitters.
┗ㅋㅋㅋ How many fucking bones are there?
┗┗Do you think you can get all of those things if you use a medicine for Fierce Tiger God? Haha,
┗┗If it’s a weak Fierce Protector, isn’t that a 50% chance? ㄷㄷ
┗First of all, what is certain is that all percentage statistics, home runs, and scores will be sorted out.
┗ㅇㅅㅁㅎㅅ
┗What is this guy’s record lol
┗Wow, this is crazy
┗The pride of Korea, no, the pride of the world Ji Maeng-hoㄷㄷ
┗GOAT in primate history This must also be the majesty of a fierce warrior.
┗┗ㄴㄴ It’s just carbon-based life form GOAT
┗┗ㅇㅅㅁㅎㅅ
┗┗Siemen…