episode_0247

In the top of the 6th inning, my long-awaited turn at bat came. Apparently Chae Jae-hyun was Chae Jae-hyun, and even after getting hit in the top of the 4th inning, his mentality didn’t break and he threw a good ball and stayed on the mound until his next at-bat.

“Meng Hao, let’s get that bastard down this time.”

“Please just leave it to me.”

Moreover, since I was the leadoff hitter this time at bat, there was no way they could skip me. Because there was no runner on second base and leaving me out was the same as giving up a triple. If you give up a triple, your OPS is 4.000, but my current OPS is 1.483. Just looking at it, it was an incredible record, but it wasn’t an OPS worth risking a triple, so it was natural not to skip it.

The volcano dugout didn’t seem to have any intention of ignoring me, perhaps because of that thought. This situation was good if I was aiming for a home run like usual, but it was a little disappointing because I was aiming for a stolen base.

“strike!”

Chae Jae-hyun throws a circle change-up that lands the first pitch on the outside line.

‘Even though it’s his third at-bat, he keeps throwing changeups like this, right? ‘Have you lost your senses?’

I didn’t touch this changeup because I thought it would go to the outside, but if it had come in a little more, I would have swung the bat without delay. And the result would have been a home run like the first at-bat. At this point, I began to wonder what the volcanic battery was thinking.

“senior. Why do you keep throwing changeups? Do I look like a dick?”

“You have the habit of talking to your senior. If you tease me, why don’t you hit me? “You didn’t even hit the ball this time.”

A volcanic catcher that responds immediately when lightly scratched. This was good when playing against Hwasan. The catchers on the top teams didn’t respond to anything I said, but the catchers on the bottom teams tended to respond when I scratched them like this.

‘Well, since the information is so slow, it must be stuck at the bottom. Well, it’s good for me. Shall we scratch a little more? Let’s start with the referee.’

“Well, I was lucky enough to get a strike across the line. Honestly, it wasn’t weird if it was a ball, right? Right? “Teacher.”

I looked at the referee and asked that.

“Hmm, hmm. “Please focus on the game.”

Damn, it looks like you were worried. Seeing that the referee was embarrassed, it seemed like it wasn’t surprising that the ball was called. After listening to the umpire’s words, I spoke to the catcher in a triumphant tone.

“Next time he gets into the strike zone, he breaks the ball. “Know that.”

“… “Bluff.”

“Senior, don’t you look at the records? “You know I’m not bluffing, right?”

“… … .”

I was scared. Doesn’t it feel burdensome to throw it towards your body like this? yes? No matter how good his deception is, he is ultimately a left-handed pitcher. Is there really anyone here who can throw their body at me?

‘It’s a fastball.’

It seemed like he didn’t have the guts to throw a changeup twice in a row. What remains is the location. I focused as much as I could on Chae Jae-hyeon’s arm. No matter how good I am, Chae Jae-hyun’s deception was intense, so if I wasn’t focused, I could have missed the ball.

‘Where are you going to throw it?’

And Chae Jae-hyeon’s ball is thrown. My body reacted to the ball hitting the strike zone exquisitely.

Ta – evil!

And a tingling sensation in your hands. I looked at the batted ball flying like a bullet.

‘Is it a home run?’

The batted ball, which was flying along the foul line, went near the pole and deflected further to the left. The result was a foul home run. It seems the timing was a little early.

‘But there’s a reason why he’s throwing well these days. ‘I saw that it was inserted straight into the body.’

‘Tsk tsk, even if you hadn’t touched it, it would have been a ball.’

‘Ah, it was still delicious. You can’t miss a ball like this. Tarzan.’

They say there are two stolen bases left until the 50th, but if you don’t hit such a tasty ball, you’re disqualified as a batter.

‘Your mindset has become quite batsman-like.’

Even though Rossby grumbled, he seemed secretly satisfied that I had touched the ball. Because the expression on his face was quite happy.

“You shouted loudly, but there’s nothing wrong, Ji Maeng-ho.”

“Seniors. You don’t have to advertise it because it’s so scary. “If you say it that loudly, it shows that you’re scared.”

“… “Two Strikes, what kind of confidence do you have?”

‘What confidence.’

I took a quick look at the volcano’s defensive position. After hitting a hit with a bunt last time, the infielders often played normal defense, but when I got caught up with two strikes, they seemed to have shifted their defensive position back again. And for situations like this, I had a secret weapon that I had prepared while training with Rossby.

“To me, the kids who hit a home run with two strikes are like walking around the playground. If you feel confident, try inserting it again into the body.”

‘Fastball.’

‘okay. ‘If it’s two strikes and it’s towards the body, it’s a ball without even looking at it.’

“cheek.”

And of course, the ball became a ball. This time, about a ball and a half missed the strike zone, but I was able to miss that ball because I had no intention of swinging it in the first place.

‘Slider.’

‘Slider here? This is a ball that was never thrown to me today… . I guess that means you want to compete?’

There was a need to be careful. The slider he threw throughout today’s game. A total of three. There was a feeling of uncertainty about timing. Therefore, I decided to use the secret weapon I had prepared. Moreover, using that method, it didn’t matter whether the guy was planning to throw inside the zone to win the game or throw it outside to induce a swing and miss. Unless the ball goes out of bounds. And Chae Jae-hyun was not a player who would lose the ball count by throwing an absurd ball in this situation.

‘come!’

The ball left his hand, and I laid the bat down. And I moved the bat according to the trajectory of the guy’s slider, which was around 130 km/h.

Tick.

The moment the ball hit, he pushed the bat strongly toward third base and shortstop. And after throwing the bat, he immediately started running toward first base.

‘You never imagined it would come at two strikes, did you?’

If he bunted with two strikes and crossed the line, he was immediately out, so it was clear that a normal batter would not have been able to even attempt it. If you wanted to stay on first base after bunting in a two-strike situation, you had to attempt a precise bunt along the line, but it was too difficult.

But I was different. There was no need to bunt so elaborately because the infielders were back anyway and I was confident that I could survive in that defensive position. Plus, I was confident because I had trained with Rossby a few times in my imagination.

“Safe!”

And the result of my efforts came back as tax revenue. The Hwasan third baseman caught the ball, but had a dumbfounded expression on his face, not even daring to throw it.

-Oooooh!

-Ji Maeng-ho, get out!

And then the booing from Hwasan fans began to be heard. But what are you going to do if you get booed? I’m already on base.

Some people might say bunting is embarrassing, but I think differently. Anyway, baseball is a game about getting on base. You’re a fool not to do it when you’re on base for free. Of course, I don’t plan on using it often because bunts alone can reduce my batting ability and miss my chance at long hits, but if it was a situation like this that involved a record, I was willing to put my pride aside and bunt at any time.

“You can’t believe you bunt there. “I couldn’t even imagine.”

“why? I’m surprised?”

“Of course, I thought you would make fun of home runs.”

First baseman Choi Si-woo also seemed quite surprised and spoke to me. I had a rough idea of how surprised he was that a guy who hadn’t spoken to Hwasan since he broke Lee Won-hyung’s leg was talking to him.

‘Well, shall we match the rhythm?’

It doesn’t take much to break the other person’s mentality with words, but it was pretty good at making their performance worse, so I accepted Choi Si-woo’s words more.

“Do you know why I bunted?”

“huh?”

“I stole 48 bases. “I’m going to do two more this time.”

“… Crazy guy. “You’re saying that?”

“If you can stop it, try to stop it.”

I had confidence that I could steal second base no matter what. In general, left-handed pitchers have the image of being strong in checks, but Chae Jae-hyun was different. His pitching form had the advantage of being good at deception by twisting his body to the point where his back was visible to the batter, but it was a form that was difficult to keep in check. At this level, if you get the timing right, you can steal a base with a fastball.

‘But the pitcher who missed the timing with the change-up only throws fastballs? ‘This is ridiculous.’

Filled with confidence, I widened my lead.

“Safe!”

“Safe!”

“Safe!”

Perhaps it was because Choi Si-woo had conveyed my story through his signature, but a series of checks came my way, but since I had already heard the guy’s grip and had no intention of running, the checks didn’t work.

“cheek.”

“strike!”

Two fastballs. Should I throw a curve ball now?

“Safe!”

“Safe!”

And after two checks, the ball I was waiting for came.

‘It’s a change-up.’

‘okay. It jumps right away.’

When he made a pitching motion, I took a step forward.

“Safe!”

The result was, of course, safe. It’s also safe enough that you don’t have to slide.

“Senior Wonhyeong. high? You don’t block second base anymore? Well thought out. If you get hurt again, it’s your loss. Right?”

“… … .”

And as soon as he arrived at second base, he greeted Wonhyeong Lee as if it were an annual event. Since Lee Won-hyung’s return, I’ve said hello to him every time I’ve seen him, but I couldn’t stop talking to him because it was so nice to see him turn his head away without answering anything.

‘You’re such a piece of trash, too.’

‘It’s all thanks to Mr. Rossby.’

‘Okay, you’re going to play third base too, right?’

‘yes. There’s only one left, so I have to run right away.’

After talking with Rossby, I widened my lead again.

“Safe!”

“Safe!”

And the checks come flying again. I returned home easily and avoided all of his checks. It wasn’t normal for him to throw a check when he was on second base, but seeing him throw the ball all the way to second base made it seem like he was quite conscious of me.

Then I easily shook off the guy’s restraints and ran to third base. The catcher quickly apologized, but I had already arrived at third base.

-Wow!!!!

-Ji Maeng-ho! Ji Maengho! Ji Maengho!

-Super Sonic! Ji Maengho! theft! Oh oh oh oh oh oh! theft!

The AT fans gathered at third base seemed to know that I had achieved my record and congratulated me by singing a stolen base cheering song that I had never heard before.

‘Sseuup, if I had known it would be like this, would I have played at home?’

I stole a base with the thought of upsetting Hwasan fans, but I thought that if I had known that such an event had been prepared, I should have achieved it in Jamsil. It would have felt better to hear this kind of singing in front of a packed audience. It was a little disappointing.

“50-50. Congratulations.”

“thank you.”

Even Hwasan’s third baseman congratulates me on achieving my record. I wasn’t that close to the Hwasan players after that incident, but seeing them congratulate me like this made me realize what kind of record I had achieved.

50 home runs, 50 stolen bases. Also known as the 50-50 Club. A record that no baseball player on the planet has ever achieved in a professional league. Even in the KBA league, which is at a lower level than the major league, I was able to achieve a record so great that no one could disparage it.

‘Hehe, he acted calm before running, but now he looks a little nervous. How do you feel? This is baseball. When I first achieved .400, I felt exactly like you.’

And it’s the first recognition I’ve received from Rossby in a long time. My heart started beating of its own accord.

‘I see. I thought you were calm. I feel excited after achieving something.’

I knew I could do it, but after truly achieving it, I couldn’t control my excitement.

‘did. I did it!’

“Fuck! This is it!”

I immediately extended my fist to the fans. And cheers pouring in again. The cheers make my heart beat in sync again. A great pleasure that comes late. Without realizing it, my dick was already erect. I quickly adjusted the position of my dick so that it was not noticeable on the outside.

‘Ugh, that was a little cheap.’

I could feel a little bit of Cooper fluid flowing, but that wasn’t important right now. Because I was the one who set the world’s first record! I, no one else, became the owner of that great record. Fuck!

‘Fuck! This is sex!’

I fully enjoyed the afterglow until the game started again, and my ego didn’t calm down until Choi Jin-cheol’s outfield fly home run.