Chapter 11: Live Pitching 05 Chapter 11 – Live Pitching 05

    The players of the secondary string changed their opinions of Gun Choi .

    “Could we ask him to teach us the changeup?

    “No way, he’s a cold-hearted person . ”

    “But Sung-Guk talked with him . ”

    “He is different with us . He’s went back and forth the first string . ”

    “Has he?”

    “Yes . ”

    Gun Choi tsk-tsked as he heard this conversation from far away .

    ‘Sung-Guk Jung isn’t any different . ’

    Gun Choi only faced Sung-Guk Jung because he constantly talked to him, not because of his position in the team .

    Gun Choi thought that his persistence was the reason why Sung-Guk Jung could enter the first string .

    ‘Persistence is the cornerstone of success . He might become a regular in the first string faster than expected . ’

    The morning training started at the order of the batting coach .

    “Ok, let’s get started!”

    Gun Choi warmed up his body by running and stretching with the second string players .

    ‘If I can’t focus on winter training, I’ll have a hard time in the next season . ’

    Gun Choi and the second string players spent a bit more time due to the cold weather .

    “One! Two! One! Two!”

    Players practiced at the word of command .

    Gun Choi thought that AT Communication’s degree of training intensity was normal . It wasn’t harder or easier compared to the other teams .

    After warming up, the players grouped in threes and started intensive training .

    “I’m bored of repeating . ”

    “We need this . We can’t go abroad training in November . ”

    The players ran 60m at full sprint before warning track at the command of a coach .

    It was Gun Choi’s turn .

    Every player of the second string watched him .

    “How fast is he?”

    “He’s not going to run at full power, this is winter . ”

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    “Right . . . If he gets injured, that would be a big loss . ”

    The coach made a signal while the players were noisy .

    “Go!”

    Gun Choi started to run forward rapidly .

    He was very fast .

    The players couldn’t believe his running speed .

    “He doesn’t need to run so fast . ”

    “Right, it’s easy to get injured during winter . ”

    “Real training starts from spring camp . We just need to stretch our muscles . ”

    If Gun Choi had heard the second string players’ conversation, he would have said: .

    ‘Keep practicing until you vomit . Otherwise, you can’t go to the first string . ’

    Gun Choi had practiced a lot when he was in the Minor League .

    Every one of his colleagues acknowledged that .

    A genius of practicing, that is who Gun Choi was .

    After training, he went home .

    The players of the second string complained that he never mingled with others . But Gun Choi thought it was natural not to join them in drinking a beer or coffee .

    The most important things for players were practice and relaxation .

    “Brother!”

    Gun Choi looked at him with his bag on shoulder . It was Sung-Kuk Jung .

    “What happened?”

    “I’ have one thing to ask you . ”

    “To me?”

    “Yes . ”

    Gun Choi looked annoyed but didn’t turn his head to him which meant he would answer him .

    “Brother, you’re right-handed but how you are good at changeup?”

    In the baseball world, many left-handed pitchers were good at the changeup .

    So Sung-Kuk Jung thought the changeup was the main weapon for those left-handed .

    Gun Choi hesitated a moment .

    ‘If I don’t explain well, he will keep asking me . No way . I’ll answer correctly . ”

    He sighed and talked to Sung-Kuk Jung .

    “If you want to be good at using the changeup against those right-handed, you’d better change your stance . ”

    Right .

    The reason why Gun Choi’s changeup had threatened the right-handed batter was because he stepped on the left of the mound .

    To cover this weakness, Gun Choi sometimes stepped to the right of the mound and pitched .

    Sung-Kuk looked as if he had learnt a big lesson .

    “Oh! Position of feet…Ok, I see . ”

    After his teaching, Sung-Kuk Jung bowed ninety-degrees .

    “Are you done?”

    Gun Choi carelessly responded and turned away .

    And a message showed up .

    - Credibility rank increased .

    Credibility: C- → C

    Credibility rose to C from C- .

    Gun Choi was little astonished that the system could also check the relationship among people .

    “Someday this system is going to check my personal love life . ”

    - Your love rank is F .

    Gun Choi bent his brow at the unexpected message .

    “Hey, that’s too bad, F? My character is not bad . ”

    But the system didn’t change the rank .

    Gun Choi tutted as he walked .

    “AI playing with a human . ”

    Gun Choi continued his practice even after getting back home .

    In the virtual ground by using the ring .

    Here he trained in the knuckleball .

    The ball rode the winds and passed by the mitt .

    “I considered too much wind . Let me try again . ”

    He pitched exactly where he wanted . And then he loudly shouted .

    “Strike!”

    One of the problems of the ring was that people in the ring never spoke out .

    So he often spoke loudly when he was in the ring .

    Once he got the knack, his knuckleball improved a lot .

    He trained in the knuckleball and his skill reached the peak .

    His rank developed to D+ in a few days and to C by the end of November .

    And after 3 days, his rank increased again .

    - Knuckleball rank increased . C- → C

    Gun Choi jumped up suddenly when his rank reached C .

    “Ok, I’m ready for the showcase!”

    Rank C meant that there wouldn’t be any problem in a real game .

    Gun Choi thought that he could show something to Tomson who abandoned him from Boston because of his confident 150km fastball and knuckleball .

    “Wait for me, Tomson . I’m going to the Major League . ”