episode_0124

“So I won’t be able to see you for three days now?”

“I have a schedule, but I can’t help it.”

“Chi, we go drinking on Sundays too.”

Soyoung’s expression looked dissatisfied. I think it’s because I can’t have sex on Sundays and Mondays.

But I couldn’t help it. Rossby and I are bound by a contract. In order to appease Rosby, we had to have sex in a place where Soyoung wasn’t around.

Still, the fact that he came to prepare breakfast shows that he is a really nice person.

“Hey, Joo Seung-cheol is calling, so I have to go. Well, if we become friends, I will try to persuade you to come to AT during free agency.”

“Will he come to the AT? Maybe they’ll advance to the majors. Joo Seung-cheol is famous. “My dream is to go to the majors and hit 200 home runs, something my father never achieved.”

“okay?”

“Yes, I appeared in the interview.”

“Then I guess there’s nothing we can do. “Have a good time at work.”

“Yes, Meng Hao is training hard too.”

After Soyoung left, while I was gathering my baseball supplies to get ready for work, my cell phone rang.

-Jia: Oppa, can I meet you for a moment?

It was Zia. It wasn’t strange since we exchanged numbers, but what do I need to contact you from this morning… ? Is it possible that he too has fallen in love with my charm? Hehehe.

‘Ha, Ji Maeng-ho, you sinful man.’

‘… ‘Damn.’

At some point, Rossby came up to me and started swearing, but I decided to take it since it was my original sin of attracting women and making men jealous.

‘hmm… . But I don’t have time now.’

– Me: Not now. Because I have to go to work.

Rejecting it was heartbreaking, but it was inevitable. I left a rejection message with tears in my eyes. Jia must have been looking at her cell phone when she got a call right away.

-Jia: Then can you tell me when the time is?

– Me: I’m going on an expedition and I’m busy this week.

-Jia: Really? I can’t help it. Let me know later when you have time.

-Me: ㅇㅋ

under… . I ended up making another woman cry like this. Well, I can’t help it. How much it breaks the heart of a man who has to leave behind a woman’s tears… .

However, because I was a man who knew how to balance work and love, I was able to leave for the baseball field without any regrets.

*

As expected, it’s clear that he’s avoiding me… . Joo Ji-ah saw the message from Ji Maeng-ho and fell into negative thoughts. Joo Ji-ah is also a family member of a baseball player. Even if they were going on an away trip, there were very few players who came to work this early.

Even if I go to Busan, the furthest place, I don’t leave home at 8 am.

‘As expected, my brother got caught for taking drugs. That’s why he avoids contact with his family… . under… . He must hate my family. You may suspect your father… . I, I have to do something. Before Ji Maeng-ho reported… .’

Joo Ji-ah quickly looked at the KBA’s schedule. The AT Thunder’s next home schedule is this weekend’s series. Before that, he must choose whether to meet Meng Hao and resolve the misunderstanding or keep his mouth shut.

‘under… . What is this because of Joo Seung-cheol? How much money is in the account… ?’

Even if we bicker, oppa is still oppa. No matter how wrong she was, blood is thicker than water, and Joo Ji-ah wanted to protect her brother, even if he was an ugly brother.

*

“Hey, why are you here now?”

“Seniors… . “I’m sorry, but why are we the only ones here?”

Fuck. I went to work early in the morning, but the only person who showed up was Ki Ki-ju. what?

“The youngest child is missing. If you come, you should come. Let’s swing some pata before we go on an expedition. “No complaints?”

“yes… ?”

no way… ? Did you trick me? Apparently, the weatherman yesterday told me to come out early because I had to go on an expedition… . But why didn’t Soyoung tell me? I’m sure you knew what time it was to go to work… .

Since Soyoung liked me training, she must have known but didn’t tell me.

“Don’t you know that Mae Park (Mad Cats Park) has a small stadium, so you have to improve your stats here to recover the stats you forgot in Jamsil? “You also caught two big hits over the weekend, right?”

“It was like that.”

“I heard that if it had been easy, it would have been passed over. You have to maintain that feeling. Do you know what I mean? “If you blame yourself for not being able to get through it, you immediately end up in a slump.”

“… “I’ve never done that before?”

“Screw you, you know everything, dude. “I was like that too when I was a rookie.”

“… … .”

“Why are you doing this? “Why don’t you come quickly?”

“… Seniors.”

“huh?”

“Wouldn’t it be a bit like if I were the only one to train? Shall I call one more person?”

“okay? “Were there any more kids who could come out to AT quickly and train?”

“yes.”

I couldn’t die alone. I quickly searched my phone and dialed Seongtae Yoon’s phone number.

-“… hello? “What is it, at this hour?”

A low voice, as if it had just woken up.

“Brother, I’m screwed. “Come to the club quickly.”

-“… what? Why all of a sudden?”

“Oh, I don’t have time to tell you. First of all, come quickly. “I’m hanging up.”

“Oh, can I sing Yun Seong-tae too?”

“yes. “This guy also likes training.”

“Good. Ha, I should have checked how the kids were doing during spring training, but I only saw them for too short a time because they were taken to the national team. But I called you because I know you train hard… . Aren’t there AT kids who stay and train all morning and night? When I was in the middle of the season… .”

“yes yes. “Let’s go quickly.”

The head of the weather began to use a motor in his mouth again. I quickly hung up the weather warning before it got too long and walked to the practice range.

‘Yeah, fuck. It’s not bad to train from the morning. ‘I like it because it reminds me of high school.’

Since both Soyoung and Jo Eun had gone to work anyway, there was nothing to do. Because training wasn’t that bad.

And 30 minutes later. When I finished stretching and was practicing my swing, I heard a loud noise outside the training ground.

“Hey, did you call me for some reason? “The other seniors didn’t even answer.”

Yoon Seong-tae, running without a blink of an eye, with a frown on his face, appeared at the training ground.

“Ah, senior Ki Ki-ju said he was going to hit the bat before going away, so I called you.”

“… pup.”

“You’re not cursing Sangju senior right now, are you?”

“Ah, is Seongtae here?”

“Hello, senior. “I’ll see you later.”

The view is crap. After responding to Seongtae’s low voice with his middle finger, we exchanged friendly glances.

“Actually, Seongtae also likes training. Especially something like Fungo.”

“… … .”

“Hey, Seongtae wanted to train too, but he couldn’t come because his seniors were worried? Well, when I was a rookie, I also noticed when I tried to come to work and train before my seniors. But fungo is a little different, so let’s start by lightly practicing batting. But you like fungo? “I’ll tell the defensive coach something special.”

“… thank you.”

“No, as a senior, of course I should do it. “Aren’t there any other kids coming out?”

“… well.”

“Tsk. I can’t help it. Then Seongtae, you should be stretching. Mengho and I will be practicing our swings. Let’s try the pitching machine when we feel better. okay?”

“All right.”

*

“So you came out and trained since this morning?”

“yes.”

It was a mountain beyond a mountain. A bus going on an expedition. Woo Kwan-hyung was sitting next to me.

“It’s nice to be young. under… . “I used to be like that too.”

“Senior, you are still in good spirits.”

“Thank you for even saying something.”

under… . If I were going at night, I would be able to sleep at least. Because it’s daytime, I can’t sleep. But the good news is… .

“So that’s it. “Which part do you think is most important when hitting?”

“Oh, I just like the swing path and things like that… .”

“No, there are many ways to create the trajectory of the swing. Either fully rotate your waist or use your wrists. Well, things like that. That said, each batter has a batting form that suits them. In fact, in the major leagues, swings are made as quickly as possible… .”

The point was that he did not sit next to the meteorologist. Ki Ki-joo kept talking about batting, probably because he liked Seong-tae Yoon, who came to practice early in the morning.

I knew this because I had experienced it throughout the WBC period, but the constant baseball stories on the weather forecast made people lose their minds.

‘Phew, I’m still glad.’

I don’t know why the seat next to me was empty but Woo Gwan-hyung was sitting there, but I felt very fortunate to have escaped the nagging bombardment of weather warnings. As is my habit, I grabbed an Apple Pad and went to iTube.

My only hobby other than baseball and sex. Lookbook. What kind of video will be uploaded today? The moment I was about to click on the subscription channel with high expectations.

“Sure, kids these days are different. “Did you turn it on to watch baseball videos on the bus?”

“… yes?”

Heck, no matter how senior you are, you have to keep your manners! Like a man looking at someone else’s cell phone next to him on the subway, Woo Kwan-hyung’s eyes were fixed on my apple pad.

“Well, until a few years ago, there was no such thing and everyone was just sleeping or talking, but these days, maybe it’s because technology has advanced, but there are kids like you who even study on the bus.”

At Woo Kwan-hyung’s words, I looked around. Most of them were sleeping with eye patches on, but as Woo Kwan-hyung said, there were a few players watching baseball videos with wireless earphones.

“Well, from your point of view, even if Hyunseong’s pitchers are pitchers, you probably want to study them because they are all pitchers you have never seen before. “I’ll tell you what kind of ball to throw, so feel free to watch.”

Eyes that are expecting something from me. From the moment I returned from the WBC, or even from the closing camp, I couldn’t help but watch the baseball video as those eyes showed strange expectations for me. Videos of each team’s pitchers that Soyoung requested from the club’s power analysis team.

Woo Kwan-hyung looked at the video collected for each player in surprise. With that look in his eyes, I played a video of Choi Jung-hoon, who was predicted to be the starter for today’s game.

“Oh, Choi Joong-hoon. You were on the national team together with Joong-Hoon, right? Well, today’s starter is Choi Joong-hoon, so I guess I should get to know him a little bit.”

“… yes.”

Fuck… .

“Junghoon throws a ball that is very difficult for left-handed hitters to hit. From a left-handed hitter’s perspective, the slider is very difficult to hit. Feel like it’s coming from behind your back? But if you listen to right-handed hitters, they say that the slider is strangely easy to hit.”

Now that I think about it, this person is also the type of person who talks a lot when the topic of baseball comes up, right? Although he was usually quiet, he was still a person with a great passion for baseball.

“haha. is that so… ?”

I wanted to tell him to stop looking at my apple pad, but even I didn’t have the courage to say that to Woo Gwan-hyung, who was twenty years older than me.

How can I say that to someone who is less than ten years older than my father? It was difficult for me, a Confucian to my core.

‘Fuck, when are we going to get down to Daegu…? .’

With the weather warning nagging coming from afar and the good-natured voice of Woo Gwan-hyeong coming from close by, I had no choice but to keep my sanity and analyze the opposing player.