Chapter 813 – Episode 800. Amazing! (1)
[… In a situation with two outs and first and second base, the second baseman makes an error and the bases are loaded. Now Lindor is at bat.]
[While Lindor had a batting average of .207.5 last year and hit 21 home runs, he is slightly underperforming this season, hitting a batting average of .205.4 and hitting 14 home runs. This kind of results are not worthy of the name Lindor, so I hope that he can use this opportunity to bounce back…]
[Lindor’s first pitch hit! Back to the pitcher! Three out! Carlos Rodon saves without conceding a goal! We continue our scoreless pitching in the 4th inning!]
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‘Phew, I almost got screwed.’
With two outs, I fumbled the ball and unknowingly hit the ball high, but fortunately, Rodon cleaned up the bases loaded situation created by an error and the inning ended.
“Rodon, I’m sorry.”
“Are you okay. You gave me 1 point. “Something like this happens when you play a game.”
Maybe it’s because we’re winning after 4 scoreless innings, but Rodon accepts my apology so gently that I feel bad for criticizing him in my mind.
‘I can’t believe you were swearing at this person. Let’s reflect, Ji Maeng-ho.’
‘… Why does Mr. Rossby say that?’
‘Reflect, you bastard.’
I tried to reflect, but Mr. Rossby somehow made me not want to reflect. No, and if he had pitched like today in other games in the first place, there would be no reason for me to curse inwardly. Isn’t it Rodon’s fault?
In the situation just now, if I had struck out with two outs, there would have been no reason for me to make an error, so it was Rodon’s fault.
‘Tsk tsk. How can a person be so ugly?’
‘You learned everything from Mr. Rossby?’
‘… I’ve never done that.’
Seeing as there was no double swearing, it seemed that Mr. Rossby also felt his responsibility. When I was enjoying the joy of victory for the first time in such a long time,
Ta – Aak!
A lively hitting sound was heard at the plate.
“Run! Juan!”
“Juan! Juan! Juan!”
Soto hit a double and succeeded in reaching base as the leadoff hitter. When the second half of the season started, and I was sluggish, Soto, who was hitting multiple hits, was so sluggish that he could only hit 3 hits in the past week, so I didn’t have high expectations, but I thought that Soto was Soto.
“Strike! Out!”
“Out!”
However, regardless of Soto’s leadoff hitter getting on base, Lamudio continued his pitching by striking out Stanton and grounding out Vientos to shortstop.
And at bat, the number 7 batter is left behind. Since the opponent was a left-handed pitcher, I thought that there was no way Verdugo, a left-handed hitter, could hit, so I was about to grab my glove.
Perfect!
As expected, Verdugo’s batted ball rolls toward third base.
‘Tsk. I wondered why the leadoff hitter got on base.’
He put his glove on his hand while thinking that, but the third baseman’s throw passed over the first baseman’s outstretched mitt.
‘Huh?!’
“I missed it! Three leaves! Three leaves!”
The second baseman who was covering caught the ball quickly, but the result was 1st and 3rd base.
“Base on balls!”
And Lamudio, who showed violent pitching without being swayed by my ceremony, must have been mentally shaken by his teammate’s mistake, and gave Volpi a walk, leaving the bases loaded with two outs.
“Ji. Get ready.”
“I’m doing it.”
Now at bat is Torrance, the number 9 hitter. Since I was the next batter, I put down the glove I was fiddling with and walked to the waiting box.
Perfect!
And Torrance’s first pitch hit was slow toward the shortstop and third base,
“Safe!”
One point is added as catcher Torrance creates an infield hit.
‘With just one mistake, everyone from the pitcher to the fielder lost their mentality.’
It was hard to believe that the team had shown such overwhelming pitching until recently that they gave up surprising errors, walks, and infield hits.
I can feel the flow of grand slams.
‘Let’s go. Mr. Rossby.’
“Base on balls!”
“… Huh?”
The pitcher’s grinning face comes into view. His face seemed red even though he had dark brown skin, probably because he was angry at himself for not being able to hit a single ball in the strike zone.
‘No, if the fucking pitcher is like that, maybe change it.’
After an error, a walk and an infield hit. Anyone can see that it is inevitable that the pitcher will be shaken, but I was angry at the Mets coaches who did not change the pitcher and turned my opportunity for a grand slam into a walk.
And the incredible faith of the Mets coaches continued in Judge’s at bat.
‘Wow, you’re not going to change even if it’s like this? ‘Read, read.’
They don’t change the pitcher even though they are facing a judge in a situation where an error, a walk, and an infield hit have been added to the list of walks. What on earth is this? But my curiosity did not last long.
Ta-ah!
-Waaaaa!!!!!!!
-Jersey! Jersey! Jersey!
It was because a cool blow from Jersey satisfied my curiosity.
‘Tsk tsk, you finally hit a home run. If it’s going to be like this, it’s right for me…’
The Mets’ mound was replaced only after giving up 7 points. I heard from Jia that they were nicknamed the ‘Amazing’ Mets, and it was definitely a series of surprising pitcher changes and amazing situational judgment. I sighed with relief that our manager, Mattingly, wasn’t at that level, and our offense ended when Soto hit another double and then Stanton struck out.
After that, it was a series of one-sided matches.
Although Rodon gave up two runs in the top of the fifth inning, Volpi’s two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning and consecutive walks by Na, Judge, and Soto, who appeared as leadoff batters in the bottom of the sixth, resulted in the bases being loaded with one out,
Ta – Aak!
Stanton once again hit a grand slam, bringing the score up to 13:2.
In the top of the 7th inning with the score at 13:2, the person who came on the mound was senior Woosung, who had joined our team through a trade.
Low pressure situation with 13:2. Is this the perfect situation to put a veteran pitcher acquired through a trade on the mound?
“Meng Hao, will you help me defend well?”
Senior Woosung, who was on the mound, looked at me and spoke to me, probably a little nervous.
“Of course, senior. But, you don’t plan on losing 9 points, do you?”
“Haha, I’ve been playing baseball since elementary school, and I’ve never had anything like that, so don’t worry.”
The speed of the first pitch thrown with such confident words was about 93 miles (149.6 km/h).
‘I was worried because he only played in Triple A season, but I guess that won’t work because he has the advantage of being underhand.’
It was a slightly slower ball compared to the heyday when the average speed was in the low to mid 150s and the highest speed was in the mid to late 150s, but it seemed like it would be enough to prevent garbage innings.
The reason we brought in senior Woosung in the first place was not to improve in a close game, but to prevent a situation where Camacho would come out again by having the bullpen score in a game like this, so it was enough for us to have senior Woosung prevent garbage innings. .
From the 7th inning, when senior Woosung came out, the 9th inning arrived with neither team scoring a point.
“Out!”
“Out!”
Senior Woosung is still on the mound. Seeing that his velocity was still hovering around 145 to 150, it seemed like he had the stamina to last about 3 innings.
‘Phew, I was worried that they might have recruited an old person, but it still prevents the garbage.’
Perfect!
And as the ball hit by the opposing batter floats high above me, the final out count goes up.
“Meng Hao, can you give me the last ball?”
“Yes? This one? “Why?”
“This is my first save since coming to the Yankees, and I have to keep it because I don’t know when I’ll be able to get another save.”
Come to think of it, 3 innings was a save, right? I passed the ball I caught to senior Woosung.
‘Whew, I hope you keep throwing things like this from now on. ‘I feel bad for swearing at my senior.’
Honestly, if I came out and started a fire in a close game, no matter how kind I was, I could have committed the disrespect of swearing at my senior, so I ended the first game of the subway series against the Mets with the thought that it would be nice if senior Woosung continued to throw the ball like he did today. It happened.
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-The ‘amazing’ mistake that resulted in 7 runs, crying over the Mets’ mistake!
… Meanwhile, in the top of the 4th inning, third baseman Barty made a throwing error on Verdugo’s ordinary ground ball to third base…
… The Korean duo, who had a meal together, also contributed to the Yankees’ victory. Batter Ji Maeng-ho recorded 1 hit in 2 at-bats, 3 walks, 1 home run, 3 runs, and 2 RBI, while pitcher Jung Woo-sung pitched 3 scoreless innings, allowing 5 hits, and striking out 3, earning his first save of the season…
┗ ㅋㅋㅋ Mets true story ㅅㅂ Rodon is a baby idiot, so if you hold it a little more, you will win unconditionally.
┗┗ㅋㅋㅋ Intelligence is real? I didn’t put this on wax haha
┗┗Rodon came out, but you’re crazy for betting on wax.
┗Keung’s fierce home run and Jung Woo-sung’s save!!! Master~~!!!
┗If you look at the fact that the Yankees were able to block even if they made a mistake, and the Mets immediately gave up many runs when they made a mistake, it seems that there is a reason why a strong team is a strong team.
┗┗Isn’t it strange that Rodon Jjambap is stopped by one mistake haha
-Recent status of fans who transitioned from idols to baseball.JPG
Wow, am I the only one laughing when our maengjjoo hands over the ball at the end? In America, I was playing baseball with a smile on my face, but look at my smile when a Korean senior came. Maengho♥Woosung lives forever!!!!!
┗Wow… There’s still a fierce female fan haha why is there?
┗┗Fucking face haha
┗┗ㅋㅋㅋㅋ He was handsome like a man haha
┗┗ㅉㅉ It’s women’s natural instinct to want to be dominated by an alpha male haha
┗Alpes Uuk…
┗LOL When guys from Ewha Womans University who don’t have money write shit criticizing players on the community, female fans buy them uniforms, tickets, and merchandise. Why are these bastards so damned? LOL
-Yankees win 8:3 over Mets!
… The Yankees hit Mets’ ace Peralta and won their second straight win in their local rivalry. … The Yankees took the lead with Judge and Verdugo’s home runs and Buehler’s 6 scoreless innings… The Yankees are now scheduled to head to Citi Field, the home of the Mets, to play the remaining two games.
┗Wow, this guy Peralta is paid $35 million, right? How can you throw worse than how strong you are? ㅅㅂ
┗┗Senga is Ace
┗┗But you pitched well the past two years. Have a drink
-Yankees win 9:1 over Mets! 3 consecutive wins in rivalry!
… Aided by Singer’s 1-run pitch in 7 innings and Ji Maeng-ho’s home run, the Yankees won their 3rd straight win in their rivalry game against the Mets…
… Meanwhile, in the final game of the series, the Mets announced Senga (21G 11W 2L 3.25ERA) as the starter, and the Yankees announced Cole (23G 17W 2L 2.97ERA) as the starter…
┗Mets, let’s win one game
┗If it’s Senga vs. Cole, it would still be worth watching haha
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The final game of the series against the Mets was a matchup with Senga, the Mets’ current ace.
To be honest, the game against the Mets so far was so easy that it was boring despite its name as a match between local rivals, but it seemed like it would be a fun game with Senga coming up.
Senga was the only member of the Mets’ starting lineup who was mostly scoring in the 4-point range, but was scoring in the early 3-point range.
Due to the hot summer weather, it was unfortunate that Judge, who had been very active in the last three games, was slightly dehydrated and was left out of the lineup, but we were not anxious because our starter today was Call.
The Mets’ batting line scored 7 points in the last three games. It didn’t look like they would be able to beat Cole, who was on pace for the most wins with 17 wins with an offense that scored 2 points per game.
‘Then, shall we take a look at Japan’s best skills?’
Although many Japanese pitchers have been destroyed over the years, the best pitcher in Japan has always changed.
The remaining pitchers are Senga and Ohtani, who are standing in front of me right now. Senga has been the best pitcher in Japan since he hit a home run against Ohtani in the All-Star Game, so I was honestly curious as to who would be the best pitcher in Japan if Senga was destroyed.
‘Then Yamamoto will be pushed out? Hmm, I hope both Otani and Yamamoto come out before the Dodgers. Smash them both to pieces. Well, I guess we’ll have to destroy Senga first.’
So I went into my first at-bat with the intention of destroying Senga.