Chapter 80 – Episode 79. Anyway, the Old People Are the Problem.

Shoot it The sound of water coming out of the shower echoes through the bathroom. At that time,

“Ha…. I went out as a starter at best, but 3 innings and 2 runs…. My brother is good Hit a home run too.”

Jang Woo’s voice came from a little far away. Why is this bastard talking to you in the shower?

Taking a shower with a man seemed like shit, but due to the nature of group life, this was unavoidable. That said, I didn’t want to talk to a guy in the shower.

‘Still, is it fortunate that there are only two of us?’

Jang Woo-joo and I, who had finished cleaning up the batter’s team and the pitcher’s team, were taking a shower for the last time, so it was just me and Jang Woo-joo in the bathroom. Should be moderately ignored.

“Brother, are you listening?”

‘Ha, that bothers me so much. Should I kill him, Master?’

I called for Rossby as usual, but there was no answer either. Rosby said he was sick of taking showers with chilli chicks. When he took a shower, he disappeared somewhere. … Envy. Later, when I’m a senior, I’ll have to shower by myself.

“Brother, answer me.”

I kept ignoring him, but he didn’t know how to give up. Fuck. You have to answer in moderation.

“Then did you think you would be on the same level as me?”

“I thought so at first…. I saw you training. A little…. I think I am lacking.”

“I have big dreams too. 10 years is too early.”

“Ugh, I want to curse, but I hit Donghyun sunbae’s ball too. Oh yeah. I feel deprived. Why didn’t you go to the major leagues?”

“The deprivation is a baby throwing 100 miles. Then why didn’t you go?”

“I am not perfect. I thought I would be screwed if I went there, so I decided to go to Korea to gain some experience. Like senior Seonghyun.”

“Then go to the volcano like Seonghyeon.”

“What a terrible thing to say…. Okay, hyung, why didn’t you go to the majors?”

“You have to go to the army. Fuck. This fucking country doesn’t do anything for you, but it pampers people. I was going to go to the United States after receiving some exemption from national service. Why?”

There is also a way to enter the majors first and be selected for the national team, but in fact, that was impossible. First of all, in order to be called up to the national team in the major leagues, you have to be a starting player, but no matter how good you are, you have to spend 2-3 years in the minor leagues.

And there was no way that the money-mad major clubs would send me to the national team. There is no club that will show such favor to a player who will leave as a free agent anyway.

Whether it’s a big market club or a small market club, the result is the same. In a big market club, there was no possibility of using me as a starter since I am young and have a low salary, as players who are already receiving high salaries are the starting liners. It will only be registered when the main player leaves the team.

And for a small market club, it was only natural to let them play while adjusting the number of registration days in order to use service time economically.

No matter where I go, regardless of my skills, I am already over 24 years old to achieve results worthy of being selected for the national team. Then it was difficult to be selected as a wild card. First of all, it was clear that the wild cards would be focused on catchers and pitchers, who lack young players, and as all 10 clubs are tangled up, my slots will be small. There was no guarantee that they would be selected.

Well, thanks to staying in Korea, I was able to meet Soyoung, so this is more beneficial. And like Joo Hyeong-jin said, rather than living a life as a fucking minor, bombing while enjoying things to enjoy in Korea and then receiving a guarantee contract and going to the United States suited my personality much better.

“Can the national team say such a thing?”

“Therefore? Shall I tell you?”

“It’s not like that. Under…. Anyway, what’s my problem? No matter how professional he is, 3 innings and 2 runs is not good. Honestly, I was lucky and went all the way to 3 innings. Wouldn’t it be strange if I threw only 1 inning and came down?”

“It’s because of your skills.”

‘This bastard is taking a shower…. Awesome. After I’ve washed this much, I should go out.’

Annoyed by Jang Woo-joo’s question, I turned off the water in the shower and tried to leave. The shower time a man needed was only 5 minutes. 1 minute head, 1 minute body. 3 minutes of sleep.

“Eh? Are you leaving already?”

“Someone keeps making noise.”

“… Sorry. Then finally. What is my problem from the point of view of my brother?”

“You are doing this now.”

“Ah. Jjom! Instead of that, I thought I would give my younger brother some advice.”

“Ha, first of all, you throw like a fool. What do you do when you throw 100 miles? I play drums and janggu by myself, but I only play ball. Just put it in the middle.”

“Yes? Is that because of you? Is your brother a blue dragon? It’s like hitting a home run there.”

“Under…. Because that was me, I hit a home run. Do you think Korean hitters can hit it in the middle of 100 miles?”

A few hitters who seemed capable of hitting passed through my head, but the important thing now was to just end the conversation, so I continued talking to cheer him up. Well, it was also true that most hitters couldn’t even touch it with their bat speed. Because it’s me, it’s a friend.

“Don’t try to save it, look in the middle and throw it. You can’t throw properly even in the middle of you anyway, can you? If you’re lucky, it’ll go into a corner.”

“Yes….”

“And one more conversation in the shower really sucks.”

One last warning. I don’t know if it’s a senior, but dare a young kid talk to me in the shower? That’s not to be said. When I was younger, I couldn’t even step on the shadow of my seniors, but I felt like the world was falling apart.

Anyway, I calmed down Jang Woo-joo and came out to the changing room.

“Baby, you’re talking to me.”

After cursing at the cheeky junior and drying his hair moderately, I put on his clothes and went outside, and an unexpected person was waiting for me.

“Are you out already?”

It was Gu Jin-mo. Why is this human Haven’t you taken a shower yet?

“Yes.”

“Who is in the locker room?”

“There is no one in the locker room. Is Jang Woo-joo taking a shower?”

“Okay? Come in and see.”

Something felt strong. What’s going on? Years of group life experience tells me. This is the feeling of a set. Following Gu Jin-mo into the room, only the sound of water could be heard in the quiet locker room.

“Hey.”

“Yes?”

“Under…. What’s your ceremony today? What did you do with Japan?”

“Did you just do it?”

I also thought I made a big mistake. You’re scaring people with something insignificant.

“But, since they are all seniors, shouldn’t we do it in moderation?”

He didn’t curse, but his tone was quite cold. But it was funny to hear that it was only about that much. Maybe if Rossby had seen this scene, she would have laughed out loud.

“Then, it’s a come-from-behind home run, so stay still?”

“…. It’s not like that. No, not this one hey! You should listen to what your seniors say. I’m talking back. Are you crazy?”

Ha, fuck. Because this country has a problem. Fucking senior and junior culture. What are you proud of being old?

“…….”

“This bastard, doesn’t talk and just stares? Are you rebelling?”

What do you mean This braided baby.

“Just with some shouting. Oh yeah.”

“Are you screaming? Hey! You have to do it in moderation, in moderation. Throwing a dog forcibly. Are you provoking me?”

“If you play hard, you can do that. Anyway, if we’re going to talk about this, I’ll go in first.”

“Do you go in first? Is your senior funny?”

“Am I really going to be your back? Am I alone? Or are you an AT senior? Well, we just met at the national team in moderation, but let’s stop pouring out our emotions on each other.”

“That one? Don’t pack this baby? Under… , I can’t give it to you.”

The guy raised his fist in anger.

“Are you going to hit me? Did you hit me then? Oh, I’ll have to pay for it.”

He felt his face turn red and his hands tremble.

“Oops. Anyway, it’s not a national university or a ball, so let’s do it in moderation. I’m going.”

“Hey, can you afford it? Suho is with me right now? Sangju is also my junior?”

“No, what are you going to do to make a man feel ashamed? So is it No, I have to tell a story that makes a little sense. I knew. And so on What kind of ceremony did you do?”

I didn’t need to hear more, so I left her Gu Jin-mo and went out of the dressing room. Awesome. It would be a bit annoying later, but there was no reason to hear such nonsense.

Anyway, the old people are the problem.

*

“Hey, do you have anything to say to me?”

I was lying on the bed and using my cell phone, but the weather manager who came back to the room suddenly started talking to me. Oh, let’s talk about baseball again. After preparing my heart, I turned off the i-tube I was watching and sat down to answer the words of the weatherman.

“Yes. Don’t you?”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

“You said you broke up with Jin-mo today?”

“Ah…. Is that it?”

“Is that it?”

Looks like this kid is really screwed up.

“Yes. And it’s not that I’m sorry, I’m talking nonsense.”

“What did Jinmo hyung say?”

“No, the ceremony is too much or something. Seniors. Can’t you hit a come-from-behind home run and do that?”

“Well…. That’s right. But Jin-mo hyung isn’t the kind of person to say something like that?”

“I do not know.”

“Anyway, Jinmo hyung was very angry. Tsk, I don’t really want to scold my juniors that I cherish, and I don’t know the situation, so if you meet Jinmo-hyung, say sorry and tell me that you’ve been scolded a lot. Understand.”

“Yes.”

‘What, is this the end?’

‘Why?’

‘Sweep, I wanted to see something interesting after a long time. Too bad. Rather than that, play the one you saw earlier. It’s nice to be able to see women with these little things these days. Women know how to change their clothes. Why didn’t I have something like this?’

‘All right.’

“By the way.”

Just as I was about to watch iTube again, the weather manager called. What is it this time?

“It was 2 hits in 4 at-bats today, right? Hit a home run.”

“Yes.”

“How was it?”

“It was good.”

“Okay. That’s a good thing. But baseball is a sport. It’s a sport where there is a higher chance that a home run will come out with a hit.”

“Yes.”

“I was lucky to have a batting average of 50% today, but will I be able to maintain that 50% throughout the season? That’s something even God can’t do. So, the most important thing is that you need to think about why you didn’t get a hit in that at-bat. Right?”

“… Right?”

“Then shall we start with the first at-bat? Did you hit a fight? What were you thinking when you hit two seams?”

… Shit, Gu Jin-mo might be better.

“Look. It’s a ball called fighting spirit. In fact, it is a ball that curves toward the body when a pitcher throws it with the same hand. That means there’s a high chance of hitting a ground ball. When I was in the US, there was a pitcher who threw well. Do you know Britton? In fact, two-seam and sinker are almost similar pitches. If there are more movements, it can be considered a sinker. If it falls off, it is a sinker. But even in the majors, they didn’t really differentiate between these things. There was a kid named Belt, and this bastard said he couldn’t tell them apart when he was at bat anyway, so he said what’s the point of a name. Anyway, this is not important….”

“… Yes.”

A new type of advisory firm? Rosby had already left my side when the meteorological nagging began.

“So the point is that the trajectory of the bat is important against a ball with a lot of movement like this. Okay? It would be nice to hit it right in the sweet spot, but that’s not always the case. The trajectory of a pitcher’s ball is not always constant like in a game. Didn’t you hit a two-seam grounder in your first at-bat? Oh, I can’t put it into words. Hey. Grab your bat and follow me.”

Fuck. Just say it openly like Gu Jin-mo! So that you can run into it!

“What are you doing? Aren’t you bringing a bat?”

‘He said he didn’t do a special hit! Shit!’

… After that, I practiced the Mechakucha swing with Ki Sangju.