Chapter 795 – Episode 782. End of the First Half. (1)
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Ji Maeng-ho, June Player of the Month and Rookie of the Month!
… Meanwhile, Ji Maeng-ho succeeded in losing three times in a row, recording a batting average of .376 and 16 home runs over the past month.
Ji Maeng-ho’s grades over the past month are as follows.
0.376/0.525/0.989/1.514 35H 16HR 45R 39RBI 19SB 1CS 28BB 13K
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Player of the Month
AL: Ji Maeng-ho (NYY)
0.376/0.525/0.989/1.514 35H 16HR 45R 39RBI 19SB 1CS 28BB 13K
NL: Shohei Otani (LAD)
0.311/0.403/0.719/1.122 35H 12HR 25R 34RBI 1SB
2W 2L 3.26ERA 33.1IP 47K
Pitcher of the Month
AL: Tarik Skubal (DET)
2W 3L 2.18ERA 33.0IP 28K
NL: Jack Gallen (ARI)
2W 1L 1.99ERA 31.2IP 34K
Rookie of the Month
AL: Ji Maeng-ho (NYY)
0.376/0.525/0.989/1.514 35H 16HR 45R 39RBI 19SB 1CS 28BB 13K
NL: Emmanuel Rodriguez (STL)
0.320/0.452/0.550/1.002 32H 5HR 26R 19RBI 1SB
Relief pitcher of the month
AL: Joan Duran (MIN)
0W 0L 11SV 1.50ERA 12.0IP 13K
NL: Josh Hader (CIN)
0W 0L 11SV 0.00ERA 11.1IP 18K
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┗Record of Fierce Protector, now he finally looks like a human
┗┗Where do you think that is a person? LOL
┗┗Just about 1.5 will come out if Judge or Otani burns it.
┗┗Well, sometimes it comes out when you have a beautiful month
┗┗The scary thing is that this is Ji Menghoi’s career low record
┗┗Have you definitely lost stamina?
┗┗It seems that it is because there are more pitchers who avoid it, and the frequency of walks increased toward the end of June.
┗Is the MVP almost decided? Ji Maeng-ho in AL, Ohtani in NL
┗┗It seems like the Rookie of the Year Award has been decided between Ji Maeng-ho and Rodriguez
-Camacho, fall!
… The Yankees took the lead with Judge’s three-run home run in the top of the third inning, but the lead did not last long. Singer, who appeared as a starter, gave up 3 runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning… And in a critical situation in the 6th inning, the Yankees replaced him with Camacho… However, Camacho hit 3 home runs in 3 innings and allowed 3 runs…, Ji Maeng-ho’s double in the top of the 9th inning chased down one run, but ultimately could not turn the game around.
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┗Sssssessesesssss again back home
┗┗Have you have seen the Doltingri bullpen once or twice? Only those who use it keep using it
┗┗ㅅㅂ Camacho was 12 games in a row without giving up a goal, but is it true that he changed it so much that he gave up 5 goals in the last 3 games?
┗ㅋ Yankees fans have so many pots, it’s a win now, so I have to run. What is the reason for sparing the bullpen? Aren’t you saving it to win?
┗┗No, you idiot, if you keep going like this, you won’t be able to pitch properly in the fall. It’s already at the level of confirmation for fall, so we should save on players.
-Ji Maeng-ho’s birthday celebration from the Yankees! Hit the White Sox mound!
… Thanks to home runs by Ji Maeng-ho, Judge, and Stanton, the Yankees won a resounding 17:5… … Meanwhile, Ji Maeng-ho fired a congratulatory gun to celebrate his birthday and hit his 49th home run of the season.
┗ Wow, the strong man has started to hit hard too ㄷㄷ 5 home runs in the last 10 gamesㄷㄷㄷㄷ
┗┗Stanton’s last 10 game record: 0.410/0.489/0.821/1.310 ㄷㄷ Didn’t you buy strong FA Lloyd? Looks like I’ll be signing a contract for another 10 years haha
┗┗But looking at what you’re playing these days, it looks like you’ll be signing a contract, right? The season results were selected well
┗┗Which order?
┗┗0.286/0.369/0.595/0.964 23 home runs, 70 RBI.
┗┗It’s so boring haha
┗┗Honestly, it’s because he’s buried in JJJ, but his tanton shoes are almost MVP-level faces haha
┗Fierce Protector ㅅㅊㅅㅊ
┗┗How can your birthday be on July 4th?
┗┗This kid is just born with it haha
┗┗I just know… I know that it is fitting that Shindo Ji Maeng-ho’s birthday is on July 4th…
┗┗? Isn’t God right?
┗┗Fact) The fierce god can choose the day he will be born.
-Wow, looking at the photo of Judge, Soto, Stanton, and Cole posted on the fierce defense star’s stargram, I can’t help but feel that this guy is so successful haha
┗But doesn’t this guy usually post stories? It’s been a long time since I posted a story
┗┗I just text back and don’t really post messages. Sometimes, I click the like button on my girlfriend
-Japan’s ace VS Korea’s home run king! Who will be the winner?
… Meanwhile, in the final game of the series, Japan’s ace Sasaki and Korea’s home run king Ji Maeng-ho will play.
Sasaki made his major league debut in 2025 and appeared in 26 games, recording an ERA of 3.05 and 189 strikeouts in 150.2 innings, winning the Rookie of the Year Award with a record of 6 wins and 4 losses in the season.
And in 26 years, he appeared in 34 games and recorded an ERA of 3.59 and 231 strikeouts in 200.1 innings, winning 16 wins and 6 losses on the season.
Sasaki, who proved why he is Japan’s ace for two years, appeared in 17 games this season and recorded an ERA of 4.02, 97 strikeouts, and a record of 7 wins and 5 losses in 94 innings, falling slightly lower than the previous season. However, in the last 5 games, he recorded an ERA of 3.14 over 28.2 innings…
Meanwhile, Ji Maeng-ho has batting average (0.416), on-base percentage (0.545), slugging percentage (1.070), OPS (1.615), hits (119), home runs (49), runs (135), RBI (109), stolen bases (58), and walks. Ranked first in various batting records including (84), WAR (10.5), wRC+ (296), and OPS+ (318.8)…
┗An article about Japanese player Koroshi came out again haha
┗┗Murakami really sucked up the number of views haha
┗I don’t know if Sasaki is the ace or Otani
┗┗That was already aggroed last time
┗┗Oh really? ㅈㅅ
┗ㅉㅉ It’s so fucking disgusting that you bastards are being aggroed by Japanese players. The fact is that all Korean major-leaguers are screwed except Ji Maeng-ho and Joo Seung-cheol.
┗┗Go Young-hwan is doing well?
┗┗Jung Woo-sung and Choi Joo-tae are almost on the verge of retirement. Haha, Jung! Woo-sung had 0 call-ups, Choi Ju-tae hit .203 with 2 home runs. He just needs to retire before it gets ugly haha
┗┗ Wow, that’s disgusting. Choi Joo-tae’s career total is idiot 30.2. Jung Woo-sung’s career total is idiot 11.4. Except for Ohtani, there is no hitter in Japan’s active career whose career total is higher than Choi Joo-tae’s idiot?
┗┗Gukbong bastards, why are you leaving out Otani?
┗┗ㅋㅋ This season seems to be a career high for Otani, but it’s right up there with rookie Meng Ho-shin! Ta-ta-ta-ta!!!
┗┗Somehow I won the Gald Cup haha
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‘It’s a fork ball. ‘Low on the body.’
“Strike!”
Sasaki, who boasts the fastest speed in Japan, was showing off his stuff as if he had not received the Major League Rookie of the Year Award for no reason.
‘The forkball is definitely fast.’
Even the angle at which it fell at a speed close to 150 km/h was different from a normal splitter. Normally, a falling ball with this fast velocity would have a small angle, but Sasaki’s fork had a fairly large angle.
The reason why a guy who has such a good ball and achieved good results in his 1st and 2nd years is struggling now in his 3rd year is because of his weak point, the two-pitch.
Even with fastballs approaching 160 and fastballs approaching 150, he was bound to get hit by major league batters if he was an easy choice, and by the third year when his eyes had become accustomed to his pitches, his ERA dropped to 4 points.
When I see a guy with such a good ball scoring in the 4-point range, I think that no matter how good the ball is, it will be difficult to survive with two pitches.
Also, I was a little annoyed because the strengths other hitters had against Sasaki had nothing to do with me.
I wasn’t familiar with his pitch, but he was a two-pitch pitcher, so I couldn’t take advantage of it.
‘I’ll just have to get used to it first.’
To deal with a pitcher who throws such a fast ball, the key is to become as familiar with the ball as possible.
‘It’s a fork ball. ‘Low towards the body again.’
“Ball.”
‘It’s a fastball. High on the body.’
“Ball.”
‘It’s a fastball. Outward and high.’
“Jitterbug! Strike!”
As if he knew how I felt, he threw the balls in proportion and brought the count to two balls, two strikes.
‘… Is it natural for the ratio to be correct since it is a two pitch?’
‘It’s a fork ball. ‘Low towards the body again.’
And in a two-strike situation, the ball he chose was a forkball low to the body. Since I’ve already seen the ball twice, I’m already familiar with its trajectory to some extent. If he came in low and clumsy, I decided to hit the ball and waited for his ball.
‘… ‘Two three!’
And then I hit the bat right at the guy’s ball that seemed to be falling about a ball low from my body.
Perfect!
But the result was a ground ball to third base. I ended up hitting the top of the ball with the guy’s forkball, which fell lower than expected, and the ball bounced once on the ground and flew toward third base. Fortunately, the speed of the batted ball was quite fast, so I ran to first base as soon as I hit the ball.
‘I fell in!’
‘Great! What about second base?’
‘Second base is impossible.’
Fortunately, the batted ball passed the third baseman’s glove and resulted in a hit.
‘Okay, the forkball is worse than it looks. Check the forkball.’
The guy’s forkball fell lower than expected, but he confirmed it and even hit a hit, so it was definitely a good deal.
‘Then shall we run slowly?’
The second batter of the day was Soto, who started in place of Judge, who was given a rest. Soto was the type to swing at a ball whenever it was in his zone, so I ran from the first pitch to second base.
‘It’s a fastball. ‘It’s the body.’
Although it was a fastball, I studied the timing of his slide step during power analysis class, so I was able to steal the timing perfectly the moment he threw the ball.
“Safe!”
The second base umpire also saw me stealing a base with ample timing and declared a triple.
‘Shall we run to third base?’
‘It’s a forkball.’
‘Okay.’
And the moment you take advantage of his forkball and run to third base,
Perfect!
“Foul!”
A foul was called when Soto cleared the ball. It was a foul hit when I had almost reached third base, so I couldn’t help but feel annoyed and went back to second base for a while. Soto started to repeatedly foul the guy’s balls, and I had no choice but to give up on stealing third base.
‘It’s already been a bit hot these days, and it’s irritating, so I guess I just shouldn’t run any more today.’
After making that determination, Soto started picking out balls like a ghost, and a walk was declared.
‘Fuck, it’s not even a tree frog… Do you really want to keep me in check? These days, your eyes have become a little more like a jersey.’
Now the situation is 1st and 2nd base with no outs. And at the plate was Verdugo, who batted third today. Verdugo has been showing good batting, recording 3/4/5 in the last 10 games, and he was a pretty likable guy, except for the one time he hit himself in the face before the game started.
Was my treatment effective?
Perfect!
And this time, as if there were still any effects left, Verdugo lightly pushed the ball against the edge and succeeded in calling me home.
‘1:0? They say he’s a Japanese ace, but it’s not that difficult, is it?’
Despite scoring the first run, the out count is still 0. In that situation, Stanton came to bat,
Ta – yep!
“Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go!”
“Jean! Jean! Jean!”
“Are you going to blow another one? … Ah.”
“Wow, this was caught in front of the fence.”
Stanton scored one more point by making a large outfield fly that was caught right in front of the fence.
But unfortunately, Stanton’s score was the last score scored in the first inning. Verdugo suddenly ran to second base as if the manager had come up with a plan, and Ohhapi, who came to bat, struck out swinging, resulting in two outs at once.
The good news is that although there was an unexpected play, it didn’t give up momentum. Gilbert, who started today, pitched well against the White Sox batters, and no more runs were scored until the sixth inning, and the score was still 2-0 when I hit my third at-bat.
‘I’ve seen it three times. Should we go ahead and play it now?’