Chapter 816 – Episode 803. There Is No Number Nine. (1)

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Yankees reach 90 wins!


… Meanwhile, on this day, the Yankees won 9:1 over the Milwaukee Brewers, thanks to Judge’s 50th home run of the season and Cole’s 20th win of the season, reaching the 90th win milestone. … The Yankees’ record for the most wins in the major league is 114 wins, recorded in 1998, and the Yankees are currently at 90 wins and 27 losses (a winning percentage of 0.769), and are expected to break the record for the most wins…

There are predictions that the Yankees, who are currently enjoying their most successful season, may surpass the 116 wins and 0.763 winning percentage recorded by the Chicago Cubs in 1906…

┗Wow, it’s just the Yankees this year. How do we stop the Yankees?

┗Judge, are you just going to write a career high? Why are these bastards like this when they’re all old?ㄷㄷ

┗┗It’s easy to hit Ji Maeng-ho in front and Soton in the back. The umbrella effect is annoying haha

┗┗I feel pressured when Ji Maeng-ho comes out in front, so I try to compete with Judge at all costs, so I get a lot of good balls.

-Ji Maeng-ho achieves his 80th stolen base! The team lost, unfortunately.


… Meanwhile, Ji Maeng-ho performed well with 3 hits in 4 at-bats, 1 home run, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, and 3 stolen bases, but the Yankees, who were on a 5-game winning streak, suffered a blow to the Washington Nationals and lost.

… Ji Maeng-ho’s 80th stolen base record is the first since Henderson and Coleman recorded it in 1988, and if he attempts to steal bases at this pace, the number of stolen bases Ji Maeng-ho will record at the end of the season will be 108…

┗Wow, the stolen base pace is crazy. Isn’t this really 100 stolen bases?

┗But it’s summer and I run too much. Aren’t you losing stamina? They say the batting average fluctuates around .400.

┗┗But I think I’m good at going back and forth at 40%

┗┗It would be a shame if Fierce Tiger didn’t score 40%

┗┗Didn’t you hit .400 in the last season in Korea?

┗┗But all the pitchers avoided it, so the on-base percentage was over 60% even then

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Yankees win 3:2 over Athletics!


… Jung Woo-sung, who followed Cole in the 7th inning, pitched the 2nd inning perfectly and earned his 2nd win of the season…

┗Jung Woo-sung is secretly using it well lol Pittsburgh Jung Woo-sung Why on earth didn’t he use it?

┗┗There is Major League Jjambap haha

┗But when will the fierce 60-home run hit come out? I want to see it quickly haha

┗┗Home Run Friend 2 games passed

┗┗Then there is 1 game left, because you have to hit 1 out of 3 games haha

-As of August 18th, Ji Maeng-ho is in trouble because he is bombing the Major League.

The Yankees are currently the dominant team in the major leagues, and the Yankees boast an overwhelming batting lineup with 7 players hitting 20 or more home runs. First, the Yankees have the best hitters in the major leagues like Judge, Soto, and Stanton, so I’ll write about them briefly before introducing Ji Maeng-ho’s performance.

Jersey

0.285/0.383/0.672/1.055 132 hits, 50 home runs, 110 runs, 146 RBI

Soto

0.280/0.423/0.591/1.014 119 hits, 32 home runs, 102 runs, 106 RBI

Stanton

0.295/0.371/0.589/0.960 122 hits, 34 home runs, 72 runs, 114 RBI

Just these three players are the best in the major league, but there is a batter who is chewing up all of these players. It is Ji Maeng-ho, a Korean batter. Below are Ji Maeng-ho’s grades,

Ji Maeng-ho

0.400/0.535/0.967/1.502 171 hits, 59 home runs, 187 runs, 145 RBIs, 80 stolen bases, 2 errors

Just think of him as number one in almost every aspect of batting performance in the major leagues. Although he ranks first in RBIs, he is only 1 point behind. If things continue like this, it looks like he will become the first player to hit .400 since Ted Williams, the last major league hitter to hit .400, and surpass Barry Bonds’ 73 home runs, so I’m really looking forward to it.

┗Why is there such a fuss? LOL

┗Yankees batting lineup was crazy, but Ji Maeng-ho was even crazierㅅㅂ

┗I say this because I don’t know much about baseball, but is this an all-time record? Who is this in soccer terms?

┗┗If Pele is Ruth, you can just say he is at the level of Messi,

┗┗Messi is the soccer GOAT

┗┗So, Ji Maeng-ho is the baseball GOAT

┗┗Shouldn’t we still accumulate more?

┗┗Once it ends like this, the impact of the season will be GOAT

┗┗Then it’s about Jinyu haha

┗┗07Not Kaka?

┗┗You guys are so excited ㅅㅂ Who are Jinyu and Kaka

┗┗Then how big is Otani?

┗┗If Ji Meng-ho quits, Ohtani will fly haha

┗┗? Are you comparing Otani and Naldu? Just the personality is on a different level haha

┗But isn’t Josh Gibson the last hitter to hit .400?

┗┗Who is Josh Gibson?

┗┗There are black players

┗┗The Negro Leagues are not treated lol

┗┗No, the Major League also acknowledged it, but you treated it like a distant person and didn’t do anything?

┗┗The fucking record is almost gone, so there are only 40-60 game records, so how can they treat that as a record? Also, there was a team where ordinary people played at the Negro League level, so how can they treat that record as a matter of fact

┗┗Are you a raceist?

┗┗It is okay to discriminate against black peopleㅇㅇ

┗┗When I searched this guy’s post, I saw that he was making a fuss about Korean players being racially discriminated against. Haha, he’s a legend.

┗But did the kids who watched KBA think Ji Maeng-ho could do this much? I say that because I’m not interested in baseball, but I think I saw an article saying he just hit .400

┗┗I didn’t know this much, but I expected that he would do well

┗┗ㅋㅋ The performance was similar in Korea as well. You can just think of Ji Maeng-ho as the Maginot line of performance that a modern baseball player can record. It is scientifically impossible

┗┗Ji Maeng-ho’s grades are scientifically impossible?

┗┗As expected, he is a fierce warrior who surpasses even science

┗┗ㅇㅅㅁㅎㅅ

*

‘Ah… It’s so fucking hot.’

The air conditioner was blowing brightly in the clubhouse, but the heat didn’t seem to go away. I think they said the weather would get cooler after mid-August, but it still felt hot.

‘Sseuup, it’s definitely because I went on a lot of expeditions on planes, or maybe it’s because it’s hard, and it’s hot.’

The batting line was having a hard time due to the continuous brutal away schedule and the heat, so it seemed like the hot weather was putting more of a strain on me physically than usual, perhaps because I had been trying to steal a lot recently to help the team win.

‘Well, it’s still better than early August.’

The weather was too hot in early August, so after hitting home runs in two consecutive games against the Mets, he was able to hit well, but his batting was not so good to the point where he recorded no home runs in seven consecutive games, but he still hit two home runs in the past week. If it was fortunate, it was fortunate.

Of course, I wasn’t the only one experiencing this heat. Stanton was suddenly on fire in August, but the heat was hitting the team so hard that Judge was unable to hit a home run in 9 consecutive games and Soto was unable to hit a home run in 11 consecutive games.

Well, the situation was the same for other teams, so the team was still doing well.

Anyway, it’s mid-August, when the players are getting tired of the heat.

‘Oh, what the fuck?’

When the clubhouse door opened and hot air came in, I felt instantly irritated.

“Hello, I’m just going to pick up a few interviews.”

The person who irritated me was a reporter who visited the clubhouse for a pre-game interview.

And then the reporter approaches me.

“Hello, Ji.”

“Oh, well.”

“Oh my, your expression doesn’t look so happy.”

“Because the day is too hot.”

In addition to Soyoung’s request to always be kind to the reporter, there was also an earnest request from Director Eric, so I hid my irritation and answered the reporter’s words as kindly as possible. It seemed like the reporter’s target today was me.

“Are you saying you feel a physical strain?”

Anyway, what are reporters? Even if you’re just a little bit kind, you’ll cross the line like this.

“… Is this an official question?”

“Oh, well, maybe?”

“Then I’d like to say no.”

Haha, of course it’s Jigachad.”

“Jigachad? What on earth is that? “Sometimes they call me that on the Internet.”

“Ah, do you know the word Gigachad? There’s new advice that has been popular a few years ago: be a real man. Adding the last name Ji makes him look like a manly man.”

“Oh, I’m not familiar with new words.”

“Haha, Ji’s English is a bit old-fashioned.”

What? Are they subtly criticizing me for not being able to speak English because I’m Asian? Are you really a racist?

I looked closely at his expression, but unfortunately, I couldn’t see any sign of that clearly. When I stared at him, he actually looked a little scared. Still, we needed to be careful because these fucking raceists are good at hiding their trashy values.

‘Is your name Jimmy Tinker? Let’s just remember it.’

“Ji… ?”

“So, what is today’s question?”

I decided to teach him about the mature civic consciousness that people living in modern society should have, and waited for his question if he asked a question that contained racist elements.

“Ah, Ji’s batting average has been fluctuating around .400 these days, right? I would like to ask about the possibility of achieving .400 with 41 games remaining. And he’s hitting 59 home runs right now, so I’d like to ask how many home runs he’s likely to hit.”

And the question that came out of his mouth was not a stupid question like ‘I’m curious about the secret to Asians being successful in the major leagues.’ It was a quite reasonable question. Well, it’s actually rude to ask such a question to a batter who is about to set a record, but since I’m the type of person who doesn’t care about such things, there was no reason for me not to be able to answer such questions.

“Hmm… If we continue like this, there is no reason why we can’t hit .400. I think we’ll be able to hit more hits as the weather gets cooler. And since there are 40 games left, I will hit 20 home runs, 1 home run in each of the 2 games, to hit 80 home runs.”

“Wow, that’s a confident answer like Ji’s. But is 80 home runs possible? “There are some who wonder if he may have lost pace due to being analyzed while hitting 4 home runs in 16 games during August.”

“… Who said that?”

“… Yes? Ah, just reporters who know.”

“It’s just because it’s hot. Let’s take a look starting today. “How many home runs have I hit?”

“So you want to hit a home run today? Actually, there is a saying in the East called ‘nine numbers’, right? Because of that superstition, some said that Ji’s record was the result of a significant amount of beginner’s luck and that since the analysis had already been completed, we would have to wait quite a long time to see Ji’s 60 home runs.”

Orient? Ha, it finally reveals the dirty true colors of racists. Judging by his sarcastic tone, his actions as if he was subtly trying to disparage me as soon as the opportunity presented itself, and his asking such unreasonable questions to a hitter who was setting a record, it was clear that this guy was a racist. That’s what my ‘rayist detection sensor’, which boasts a 100% hit rate, said.

‘How should I cook this bastard?’

I wanted to beat him up right away, but since I was a cultured person with common sense, I didn’t like beating up people indiscriminately.

“I would like to tell you that there is no such thing. Ah, thanks to you, I feel motivated today. “This is our relationship, so should we just shake hands?”

“I like it!”

However, if it were just a handshake, there would be no problem since it was something a cultured person with common sense would do.

After holding his hand, I started squeezing his hand as hard as I could.

“Oooooh…”

When I put a lot of pressure on my hands, the guy who was about to scream in pain ended up collapsing in his seat without even being able to scream.

“Wow, my competitive spirit was so high that it gave me strength. “Does it hurt?”

“Off, hand, hand…” .”

“Oh, sorry.”

At this level, he must have learned his lesson.

In fact, racists are like cockroaches and cannot be eradicated. It’s just that it doesn’t show up in front of me.

Since I let him know that racial discrimination can lead to this kind of pain, I thought he probably wouldn’t act too obviously for the time being.

‘Did you say nine numbers? Anyway, these guys are full of prejudice. I’ll show you that there is no such thing.’

In addition, as I, a human rights activist, thought about breaking down the prejudice against Asians that is prevalent among racists, I felt like my fighting spirit was increasing ahead of the game.

*

‘Ugh, you are stupidly strong monkey bastard. That’s not a monkey, that’s a gorilla, gorilla. Anyway, Asians are barbaric.’