Chapter 776 – 763. Plural. (1)

“Kwaaaaa!”

“Colt! Are you okay?! Holy shit… !”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

In the middle of a cluttered infield, he steps on second base and sends out a soulless apology. However, everyone seemed to be busy with themselves, so no one paid any attention to me.

“You, you bastard…”

After the second baseman was taken into the ambulance, the shortstop looked at me and gritted his teeth, but nothing happened. They probably felt that this was an unfortunate ‘accident’.

‘Well, I didn’t go deep on purpose, my foot was stuck between the base and my spikes, so it’s hard to feel strange.’

Still, if the pitcher throws a bean ball because he could, he would run to the mound, get ready to hit the pitcher in the back of the head, and wait for several minutes.

“Strike! Out!”

The game proceeded uneventfully as Judge struck out.

‘Uhm… Surely Skubal is Skubal? He doesn’t waver here and strikes out.’

However, behind Judge was Soto, who showed off his good hitting skills by hitting a triple today.

Ta – Aak!

“Run! Run!”

Soto’s batted ball amazingly cut through right-center, and I slowly made my way to home.

“Out!”

And Soto, who was running past second base and all the way to third base, gets out at third base and the out count goes up. It wasn’t a ball that would run to third base, but Soto seemed excited. As I entered the dugout, leaving Soto behind and giving a high five,

“Ji. Are you okay? Hmm… It was a terrible accident. Don’t worry too much though. When you play baseball, things like this and that can happen.”

Judge, who came to meet me, seemed to be worried about my mental state and gave me various consolations. Of course, my mentality was strong, so I told Judge it was okay and sat down.

‘It’s a bit disappointing. Don’t those bastards even retaliate when their colleague gets hurt?’

I wanted to relieve this lingering feeling by clearing the bench…

Usually, when something like this happens, an empty ball is thrown, but perhaps because the game is tight, or because he was trying to throw it at me, Skubal calmly throws Stanton out and the inning ends.

After that, the game went on without any problems, and my third at-bat came in the bottom of the fifth inning with one out and two bases on base, with the score still at 1:0.

‘Then shall we take a look?’

The current situation is 1 out and 2nd base. Even if an empty ball was thrown, the empty first base would be filled, so it was the perfect situation to throw an empty ball.

I waited for his ball, prepared for the unexpected empty ball,

“Strike!”

Contrary to my expectations, Skubal chose to fight head on.

‘Tsk, that’s not fun.’

Still, I’m glad I didn’t show my son fighting. With full concentration at bat, the game progressed to a full count,

‘Changeup, outside.’

Perfect!

I pushed the guy’s change-up and the ball headed to the right.

‘To second base!’

‘Okay!’

He ran to second base with the intention of sending one more player if he blocked the base again, but that did not happen as the second baseman cut the right fielder’s throw outside the grass.

‘2 points for this. If you get just one more point, it’s a safe bet…’

The score is now 2:0. Victory was almost within reach if one more run was scored, so they were ready to run home at any time and waited for hits from the batters behind them, but unfortunately, the inning ended with Skubal catching Judge and Soto.

After that, I continued to play without letting go of my nerves, but what I was expecting didn’t happen. Although Rodon allowed one run, the relief pitchers that followed ended the inning without allowing any runs, and we also gave up one more run, so the score was 3:1 when the game ended.

So the first game of the series against Detroit ended without any problems after one player was taken out,

“Ji Maeng-ho! “You came to see your son too!”

“… Huh?”

“What can Seungwon learn from?”

“… Various things? “I think it taught me a lot?”

“Under… Really. “I can’t stop you.”

… After the game, he returned home and was scolded by Soyoung, but Seungwon’s first intuition ended with him winning.

*

-New York Yankees, 3:1 win!

… With Rodon’s pitching of 5.1 innings allowing 1 run and Miller’s 1.1 innings pitched, the New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers 3:1… Meanwhile, Ji Maeng-ho added one point that day, reaching the plateau of 100 points (55 games). …

┗Wow, fierce tiger, you already have 100 points.

┗┗I think I’ll score 200 points this season haha

-Colt Keith cries over injury

… In the bottom of the third inning, Keith, who moved to catch the catcher’s throw, accidentally got injured when his body overlapped with Ji Maeng-ho… The Detroit Tigers said they would need to undergo a detailed examination to find out, but they suspected an ankle fracture…

It is known that ankle fractures require a rehabilitation period of about 6 to 10 weeks, but it is possible that it may take longer depending on the progress…

Meanwhile, Colt Keith debuted in 2025 and recorded a batting average of .201.8 with 8 home runs. Last season, he recorded a batting average of .205.1 and 14 home runs. He has the potential to grow into a leading second baseman in the Major League. Showed.

This season, Keys was having a career-high season with a batting average of .209 1 %, an OPS of 0.890, and 13 home runs, and among American League second basemen, he was achieving the second-best performance after Ji Maeng-ho, which was disappointing for Detroit fans. It gets bigger…

┗ㅋㅋㅋ He blocked the base from the first inning, and he did a good job chasing the base blocker.

┗┗The player got injured, and the criticism was harsh haha

┗┗Injuries, rashes, and shit. Aren’t you prepared to get yourself hurt and prevent things like that?

┗┗He almost broke his finger in the first episode?

┗The fierce god of defense has become a competitor haha

┗┗Competitor (WAR1.0)

┗┗WAR is 6 times higher, so what are the competitors? LOL

┗Ji Maeng-ho, even when he went to America, he couldn’t break his habit. I think someday that bastard will come to his senses after getting beaten so hard.

┗┗? What does it mean to not be able to change your habits? Anyone who sees it will think it was done on purpose haha

┗┗ㅋㅋㅋ Anyone who sees it will see itㅋㅋㅋ

┗┗100% Don’t you know the personality of a fierce warrior on purpose?

┗┗If you want to change your fierce self-defense habits, you probably need to bring a UFC fighter with you.

-But those DEET bastards are so scary haha. A colleague’s foot is broken, and they won’t take revenge on that?

┗It’s not intentional, but isn’t it a bit ambiguous?

┗┗ㅋㅋㅋㅋ It’s just a part of 100 hits, but it’s a shame to get hit by that

┗┗But the kissing feet are too close to the base, so it seems ambiguous?

┗┗ㅋㅋ Honestly, if he had the athletic ability of a fierce defender, wouldn’t he have been able to fold it before hitting his foot?

┗┗That’s right

┗Didn’t you buy it because you were fighting for first place in DEET? It’s not much different from the club

┗┗ㅇㅇ I guess that’s why it’s like that? Probably, if the score difference increases, there will definitely be a ban. Haha, ​​Rodon and Skubal also throw a lot of threatening balls.

*

“That bastard, he did that on purpose, right?”

“Umm… It’s ambiguous, but… It is certainly true that Colt was blocking his feet.”

“Fuck! Does that matter now? You know this because you’ve run it all, right? “I could have folded my feet there.”

“That’s true.”

The meeting room of the Detroit Tigers where the power analysis was completed. The players gathered together and watched the footage of Keys’ injury. The players were each frowning at that terrible scene, but the reason why they watched the scene without taking their eyes off was simple.

If it turns out that Ji Meng Hao did it on purpose, he would have to avenge his comrade as always.

During yesterday’s game, I wasn’t sure whether Ji Maeng-ho did it on purpose or not, and since it was a game for Skubal, the team’s ace, and the team was competing for first place in the district, the game went off without a hitch, but today was different.

Of course, that’s not to say that today’s game wasn’t important, but since revenge couldn’t be put off any longer, Detroit’s players were trying to justify their actions.

However, the more I watched the video, the more I couldn’t find anything unusual about Ji Maeng-ho’s tackle. Ji Maeng-ho’s tackle moved naturally along the path, and Keith’s foot was blocking the second base.

There is suspicion, but it is an ambiguous situation where it is difficult to find evidence that it was done intentionally. In addition, the discussion was going sluggishly because the players were wondering, ‘Even though we are partners, did they intentionally target our ankles?’

And in that situation, someone spoke up.

“Ha, my colleague was injured, and he looked like a moth… What does it matter whether that bastard did it on purpose or not? “Colt was hurt.”

The person who said those words was Badu, the team’s number one hitter and left fielder. As the name suggests, Badu, who is black, was a player with a height of around 180 cm and a muscular body weighing over 100 kg, and was famous for his rough personality within the team.

“I recognized that bastard from when I first met him and did that ceremony. Anyway, don’t stop me today. “I was patient yesterday because it was Tarik’s game, but today I’m going to do what I want.”

In fact, Badu had been thinking about making an example of Ji Meng-ho even before Keith got hurt. The reason is because of Ji Maeng-ho’s behavior in the last game against the Yankees.

The last Yankees game held at home. Ji Maeng-ho had a cycling hit in that series, but because of his behavior of hitting a home run before hitting a home run and the celebration of pointing his bat like a sniper after hitting a home run, I was determined to punish that arrogant guy someday.

And now. A colleague was injured because of his actions.

Whether he did it on purpose or not, there was no reason to endure it when there was such a justification.

“Badou, but you are a beast. What are you going to do?”

“Hmph, you should do the same. “Do you know that some people are so bad at sliding that they don’t do it?”

The expressions of the Detroit players, who were planning on hitting an empty ball at best and ending the game, subtly change. And among them, the pitchers have smiles on their faces. Ji Maeng-ho’s bench clearing of three Texas players was such a hot topic among players that martial arts experts came out and analyzed it on various sports channels, so he was reluctant to step forward and hit the empty ball.

Especially considering that Seager still plays as a designated hitter wearing a mask to fix his nose, he didn’t necessarily want to step up and hit an empty ball to Ji Meng-ho.

In the meantime, Badu said he would solve the problem, so it was natural that the pitchers would have smiles on their faces.

“Okay, badu. “Then I’ll leave this matter to you.”

“Hmph, get ready to run. “I’ll give that arrogant guy a bowl of mukbap today.”

His position is second base. As long as I got on base, it wasn’t a big deal to make rough contact with him. Just like that guy did.

‘Let’s see if you can laugh like that even after being bullied by me.’

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. The blade of revenge was aimed at Ji Maeng-ho.