Became the Problem Child of MLB - Chapter 213



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“What happened?”

“I don’t know. Don’t ask me.”

Marlins first baseman Kevin Wade avoided answering my question. I didn’t really want an answer, I just wanted to know what a Marlins player thought about his team giving up a free run in a tie game.

-I guess the technical term for that is personality?

What about personality? Can you say something like that after seeing the first baseman’s expression?

“hey.”

“why?”

The first baseman seemed to have been secretly waiting for me to talk to him. He glanced at the dugout and then spoke to me.

“…Is your team like this too?”

“What? I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“It may seem like I’m nitpicking, but the intentional walk just now was entirely the pitching coach’s decision.”

“Hmm.”

“The pitcher didn’t want to do it, but he had no choice but to follow it. I guess he thought his words wouldn’t work.”

“Well, that could be true. So why are you telling me this now?”

As I tightened my glove and responded dryly, the first baseman started to bite. When I seemed not to be paying attention, the first baseman spoke in a slightly agitated voice.

“I don’t think it should have happened. No matter what the result, the pitcher should have faced you.”

“But cowards don’t think that way.”

Kevin Wade’s expression brightened slightly.

“…That’s right. That’s exactly what I wanted to say.”

“Hmm. At least you and Nash Jarvis aren’t cowards.”

“Yes. It’s a shame. Even if you know it’s not right, you have to follow the team’s decision.”

“I agree. I know what you mean.”

Kevin Wade nodded with a relieved face, as if he thought I had completely cleared up the misunderstanding about him.

Well, let’s try a little more. If you just scratch the itchy spot, I think you’ll be able to tell me the safe password in detail.

“Jay, but you know……”

“Let’s talk after the game, I need to concentrate now.”

“Oh, okay.”

There’s a lot of information worth digging up, but I just cut it out. Even now, look at it. If you just say one word and pretend to be close, it’ll only make your mind complicated.

And players who are desperate to prove that they are not cowards will not last long anyway. They are not worth spending time on and becoming friends with.

Pride? Cowardice? There’s no such thing in baseball. Even if you get cursed at, as long as you win the game, that’s okay.

The Malins bench simply figured the best way to win in this situation was to intentionally walk the ball.

Before the question of whether it works or not, I have no intention of criticizing that decision, even if I am on the verge of breaking the record.

Anyway, after 2 outs, all the runners are ready to run. They are trying to aggressively grab the lead and run at the same time as hitting.

That’s why many pitchers try to discourage runners by throwing pickoff pitches. There aren’t many pitchers who throw the ball expecting a pickoff. They just vent their frustration about the situation and engage in a fight with the batter.

Wild pitches come out in such situations. And even if it’s not necessarily wild pitches, I think it’s better for the pitcher to focus on competing with the batter.

And it seems like the same thing happened to the Malins pitchers.

“strike!”

The first pitch was a dirty fastball with a dirty end. Victor didn’t care if it was a strike and swung the bat behind his ear.

Victor is a man whose aura is 180 degrees different when he is joking in the dugout and when he is at the plate. He swings the bat lightly with a face that looks like it wouldn’t bleed even if you stab him.

Exactly!

It’s a short hit. In this case, the runner on third base can just run all the way home, but I have to watch the hit. That way I can decide whether to stop and go back to the dugout or try my luck and slide to second base.

My choice was the latter. I definitely saw the shortstop fumble the ball even while sliding quickly.

“Safe!”

The Marlins, a team with poor infielders, are particularly short of infielders. It’s a real thing here, where they burn down their entire house to find a good shortstop.

Still, that’s true.

No matter how big the runner had the lead, if the shortstop had just tossed the ball to second base, it would have been an out, but he couldn’t catch it.

“Hey, thanks!”

“Starting today, I’ll make you an honorary Cubs member! And the annual fee is free!”

“Hey! You went out wearing the wrong uniform!”

Thankfully, the shortstop looked up at the sky after hearing the safe call, got angry, and even yelled at the umpire, but a safe is still a safe.

Victor, who reached first base due to the shortstop’s error, watched with a laugh. Then he gestured to Andy, who was heading to the plate.

“It’s hard, so finish it quickly!”

I’m not sure if Andy heard Victor’s words. He just nodded with an expression that seemed to say, ‘What is that old man talking about?’ and then swung the bat coolly.

Taaaaaaaah-!

It must have been painful enough for the Marlins bench to give up a run on an error after an intentional walk. And a grand slam on top of that? They say baseball isn’t over until it’s over, but this is an exception. The mood has already changed.

* * *

The Marlins were unable to regain the momentum they had lost. The final score was 7 to 3. It was a tight game with no clear winner until the fifth inning.

So, to explain the Marlins’ loss that day, it was necessary to mention what happened in the 5th inning.

“Don’t you regret the intentional walk order? The game that was tied suddenly became a five-point gap. Please say something!”

“What kind of conversation took place between the pitching coach and the pitcher on the mound?”

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“Did Nash Jarvis agree with that decision?”

Reporters peppered the Marlins manager with questions. Hanjei’s much-anticipated home run didn’t hit until the end of the game.

It could have been. Even if you are the league’s home run king, you can’t hit a home run every game. But if the opposing team intentionally walks you in the process, it’s a different story.

‘The lynxes asked for Geonsu.’

Manager Malins secretly swallowed a sigh. What more explanation was needed? It was just a failed operation. It was no use now to say that he regretted the intentional walk.

And crucially, the director had no regrets about his decision.

‘Even if the same situation repeats itself, nothing changes.’

I almost laughed. If you put any major league manager in this position, he would think the same thing.

Han Je-yi in a tie situation with bases loaded? It was no different from sticking out the scruff of the neck to a tiger and asking it to bite him. The only strategy with a higher probability was to intentionally walk the ball and hope for luck.

Even that wasn’t the right answer.

“Nash Jarvis was a decision of the bench. I want to say sorry to him. And to the fans. Tomorrow, I will show a game that the fans can be satisfied with.”

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[MLB) Malins Doldong Interview Interpretation Version Released.txt +122]

“The decision is entirely mine as the director. I will accept any criticism.”

=> Honestly, being a director these days sucks. Criticize it or not. Just don’t watch it~

“As a baseball player, Han Je-yi is a great player. He is a tough opponent when facing him on the opposing team, but I support the records he is building.”

=> Why did you debut when I was a director and make things difficult for people instead of being born 5 years later?

“The intentional walk was just one of many options. Avoiding a head-on confrontation may have affected the players’ morale.”

=> Whether it’s a scam or not, hyung doesn’t care about that kind of stuff~ If I go back, I’ll do it on purpose~

“Today’s loss was a combination of bad luck. However, if you only blame bad luck, you won’t improve. Through today’s loss, the Marlins will become stronger.”

=> Delete the entire sentence except for the first sentence.

└100 points. 100 points.

└The 100 points of Dol-dong-eo are precious..

└Get off, you lol

└Wow I thought he was a stone head but he speaks Korean too ㄷㄷㄷ

└The last one is hilariousㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It’s so funny because I think that’s what he really thinksㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└He’s not an old fox for nothing

└That fox’s magic has all disappeared~

└I gave Han Je-i a piece of paper on purpose and then prayed for him right awayㅋㅋㅋ

└Now that’s correct… … .

└What’s this sports article?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ There’s only Han Je-i’s articleㄷㄷㄷ

└Since when have Korean people been so interested in MLB?

└These crazy kids are making a big fuss even though they didn’t even watch it. I watched it from the beginning, and I even promoted it to people around me, but I’m special, and these kids are just watching it because it’s trendy.

└Hey, don’t be so annoying.

└What the heck, I was watching baseball and I ended up turning blackㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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“Can you tell us a little bit about how you feel about today’s game?”

“Jay! Your eternal supporters are here!”

“We will always be here!”

“Cowards! Let’s see how long you can run away!”

Even before the game, the locker room and the field were noisy. I waved to the audience during training, and for a moment I was startled when I heard something like an animal’s cry from somewhere.

“Everywhere I look, all I see are your fan boys.”

“Can you give me some?”

“I’ll decline. I’m still overflowing with interest from male fans.”

Sezai looked at me as if I was being ridiculous, shrugged his shoulders, and turned the bat again. He is an overly consistent person. I don’t know about others, but if Sezai changes, it might be a sign that the world is truly going to end.

Anyway, there are 23 games left.

For a while, when we lost, the Reds, who were in second place, also lost, and when we won, the Reds also won. Because of that, the gap between us continued to neither narrow nor widen, but it wasn’t a problem for us to be impatient. After all, time was on our side.

As the number of games remaining grew shorter and shorter, the Reds were running out of time to turn things around. As proof, we almost won the division title in ‘that’ game yesterday.

However, the news of the Reds’ victory reached Miami right after the game, and the championship was postponed.

Could anything be better for Malins?

If we had won the division title in yesterday’s game, the Marlins manager wouldn’t have been harassed by reporters. He would have been talked about for a long time as one of the most foolish things a major league manager has ever done.

Well, yesterday’s story is yesterday’s story. Let’s focus on today’s game.

“Hey, you idiot, go and get the Earth Championship that I left for you.”

“What next?”

“Why are you asking when you already know?”

The other players also chuckled at Victor’s words.

As the end of the season approaches, it is easy to become tired both physically and mentally. However, the team spirit was still united. The biggest contributor to this is Victor.

“Hey, I know I’m handsome, but stop looking at me. You’d be in big trouble if you got a hole in your face.”

“They say the face, like the brain, can’t be repaired with an endoscope?”

“Hmm. Wouldn’t it be easier to fix your messy hair?”

“Ah! Let go of it! Let go of it!”

…concentrate, let’s concentrate.

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