Became the Problem Child of MLB - Chapter 208



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Episode 208 Warning! (1)

A professional athlete’s body is tuned to the season. Even if no one tells you, you can feel that fall is fast approaching as you play the game.

Simply put, the temperature of the fans you encounter at the stadium is different. Even if it is the same hit and the same good defense, the heat is clearly different from the beginning of the season. It is no exaggeration to say that the energy radiating from tens of thousands of bodies is concentrated on the ground.

“Go- Cubs- Goooooooo!”

“Make sure you know who rules here!”

“If you don’t know, just run away! Running away also takes courage!”

In addition, the fact that they are on the verge of reaching 100 wins must have also contributed to the excitement of our fans.

It’s Friday night again, with a sold-out crowd. Our Garlic Man has finished his job and is sitting quietly in the dugout, and today it’s Yandy’s turn to step up.

Exactly!

On the first pitch, the Dodgers’ leadoff hitter took an eager swing at the bat, but the result was a foul. The ball flew toward the back net behind the catcher.

This would be a warning light for the battery. A foul ball flying backwards from the first pitch of the first at-bat of the game? That’s not a good sign.

There isn’t much information to be gained from the outfield, away from the pitcher.

In the meantime, the direction of the foul ball, which is visible even in the outfield, can be used to indicate many things. The timing and accuracy of the hit can be determined through the direction of the hit ball, as well as whether the batter pushed or pulled the ball.

The fact that the foul ball flew behind the catcher means that the batter’s timing was almost perfect. If the ball had hit the center of the bat, it could have been a long hit from the first pitch.

In these situations, batters usually try to catch the batter rather than strike him out. It is much safer to throw a changeup focused on the left and right corners, and it can confuse the batter.

Well. That’s just how it is in normal cases. Yandy is clearly a person who is outside the normal category.

“strike!”

The second pitch was a cutter-type fastball. The batter who swung and missed at an inside pitch quickly returned to the plate and took a stance.

As a fellow batter, I can fully understand this. At the plate, I often feel like I’m going to lose the feeling I had just before after just one or two seconds. However, it’s a lowlife to show such feelings.

“Strike-out!”

The people here are successful because they didn’t miss that small gap. The sharp two-seam fastball dug into the corner of the borderline and turned the batter around.

The second and third batters were the same. Yandy, who finished the first inning with three strikeouts, came down from the mound in a slump. Sometimes he seemed to be in his own rhythm, and sometimes he seemed drunk.

[Beware of dogs]

How can your nickname fit so well? I don’t know who came up with it, but it’s really well done.

-Hey, you haven’t forgotten the words engraved on your back, have you?

… Let’s move on from that. Honestly, the players who suggested putting profanity on the official uniforms, and the fans who voted for it, are all in the same boat. Those people are the ones who are weird.

Anyway, against the mad dog, the Dodgers sent out the ‘pride of LA’ as their starting pitcher.

Matt Ryan is a player who played briefly on the same team in the last All-Star game. He is a good pitcher who complained that he might retire because of me.

Angels fans who share the same hometown may wonder who gave them the name ‘LA Pride’, but isn’t that how all professional sports are? The fun of gently teasing the feelings of fans of other teams cannot be ignored.

“Strike, out!”

Bottom of the first inning. I got on base on a walk with two outs, but I couldn’t score because the follow-up hits didn’t work.

As I was about to pack my gloves and head out to the field after the inning, I thought I heard a faint humming coming from somewhere.

“It’s a good day.”

When I turned my head, I saw Yandy walking forward with a meaningful expression on his face.

Why does the back of your head look a bit excited… … . Am I imagining it?

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‘Dog… careful?’

When Yandy first received the uniform from a club official, he couldn’t believe his eyes.

I was expecting all sorts of fancy adjectives to congratulate the ace who achieved a whopping 15 wins in one season. How could a slogan like the one you would see in the back alleys of your hometown be acceptable?

But Yandi was convinced after learning that it was Hanje who first suggested the nickname. He even liked it a little.

‘You’re incredibly clumsy.’

Although I didn’t like it, I could understand Han Je-yi’s way of expressing intimacy. Thanks to her thorough self-management, strict eating habits, and her natural skin, she might look like someone of the same age as Han Je-yi, but in reality, they were quite a bit older.

If you look at it as a talent of a rookie with almost a 10-year age difference, there is no reason not to accept it. Perhaps because it was a treatment he had not received from his previous team, the nickname engraved on his back felt fresh.

“Yandy! I prepared a lollipop to celebrate your perfection!”

“After the game, come out to the parking lot and get it!”

Hooligans in the stands were waving watches that were obviously fake. Yes, it didn’t really matter that he didn’t get an assist for the goal.

‘The man everyone loves, Yandy… …!’

Hanje suggested the candidate, but it was the fans who voted for this nickname. And it seems that fans give their favorite players mischievous nicknames. This can be seen even by looking at Hanje.

‘Anyway, it’s better than a money bug.’

As Yandy, who had rosin on his hands, grinned, the batter at the plate did some stretching for no reason.

‘Just ‘Big Bat’? It’s so boring that I’m going to yawn.’

As I looked at the Dodgers uniforms, I felt much more attached to my own uniform and team.

In fact, in any field, looking cool and cool is a more important issue than you might think. And it is also what teams and players care about the most.

In order to attract good players in the long term, the team itself must be attractive. It is a process of creating an image of the team that players from other teams would want to join someday.

Of course, Yandy had no interest in this long-term roadmap for the club and was content with looking cool.

Taaah!

Anyway, Yandy, who got two outs, smiled as the ball went high.

“out!”

And then the out call rang out, and Hanjei, who had handled the ball from afar, walked over, and he turned around with a grin. To get to the dugout a step ahead of the fielders.

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“That’s it!”

“Let’s just keep going like this!”

“That was awesome just now, I mean it!”

Yandy looked at the players, facing the cheering fans, and took in all their love.

‘Should I call that intelligent or weak…?’

Han Je-yi, who was slowly following behind, scratched his chin with an ambiguous expression. It was a question that had no answer no matter how much he thought about it.

‘A cat just has to be good at catching mice, and a pitcher just has to be good at throwing the ball.’

In that sense, there was no player who suited this team as much as Yandy. That was enough.

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In the world, everything is relative. As long as there is something to compare, people cannot look at things objectively.

You have no choice but to grab hold of your own experiences, even the tiniest bits of memories from somewhere, and project them onto that object.

The Dodgers’ Matt Ryan is a good enough pitcher, that’s undeniable. But Devon Huffman yesterday was a different story.

He was originally a good pitcher, but yesterday, it was as if the spirit of Cy Young pitcher had been reincarnated.

Perhaps because he was up against Devon Huffman, the All-Star pitcher’s pitches didn’t seem that difficult.

“strike!”

… … .

-You said it wasn’t difficult?

The first one was just a quick look. Now the real part is going to start.

“Give me a hint as to what to throw.”

“A fastball passing right in front of your nose.”

“Oh. That’s a bit scary.”

“Then you’d better step back. If you do something wrong, you might end up with a slump in your nose.”

“I’ll remember that. And I’ll give it back to you exactly as you said.”

Grady Hopper is a catcher who is recognized and trusted by Dodgers fans. He would probably be the favorite to win the Rookie of the Year award if I wasn’t there.

He’s a decent catcher, but he’s only in his second year since his major league debut. If I were to say that, I’d say I’m in my second year, but my case is a little different.

Catcher is a position that is particularly influenced by the realm of experience. I am an outfielder with a wealth of experience, skills, and even experience with defeat. In many ways, the comparison itself is absurd.

And inexperienced catchers occasionally, very occasionally, drop hints to hitters, even at the major league level.

“Matt’s in great shape today. Much better than the crazy dogs on your team.”

“That’s nice to hear. Then should I just let you go and go play with another player?”

“Get out. Just swing and miss on the curve.”

There’s no major leaguer on this floor who doesn’t know that Matt Ryan’s curveball is top-notch. But if you think a real curveball is coming here, you’re a little bit mentally challenged.

First, I excluded fastballs and curveballs from my options. Then, I started swinging at a pitch that was similar to a curveball until it fell into the ground.

Boo-

A changeup is a pitch that deceives the batter. However, a changeup is an easy pitch to hit if you know it is a changeup and if the pitch is in the zone.

Matt Ryan is an All-Star pitcher. So, All-Star pitchers never make mistakes?

No, there is no such pitcher in the world.

And even if the ball isn’t a foul, can’t it be hit?

Taaaaaaaah-!

That’s not it either.

It was a skilled changeup. It was a pitch that was thrown without any spin or drop, but with maximum speed to take away the batter’s timing.

It’s now lost behind the ivy at Wrigley Field, but it was a pretty good ball.

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[SPU TV) LAD VS CHC]

-Batter #3, Han Je-i.

-2nd strike (132 km/h)

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└ㅅㅅㅅㅅㅅㅅ

└As soon as you hit it, it’s Homureun. This isㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└Not a person~ Not a person~ Not a person~ Not a person~

└Crazy guy… … Wow, this works.

-64th home run (tied for 5th most home runs in a single season)

└Eat it all by yourself lol

└Fact) That’s actually happening

└Baseball is so boring. What’s the fun in this? Hanjei just eats everything;;

└You don’t know anything. Are you just watching it for fun?

└Really, you don’t know

└I wish all the damn Hancheonjis would be turned upside down. Those kids who don’t even know baseball are talking nonsense.

└If you clench your teeth, you will be the only one who suffers. Implants are expensive.

└Pay attention to my teeth

└Teeth X Teeth O

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