Solo All-Around Agent

Chapter 10

Today’s information

[Seo Eun-sang is planning to visit Yangju Playball and Hammers’ practice arena without telling anyone.]

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Contrary to the expectation that there would be no one in the practice game against the Hammers 2nd team, people were sparsely standing in the stands.

‘Maybe it’s because of Kang Hyuk. It must also be because of Ho-Hoon Lee.’

Not all of the people in the audience are scouts, but considering the title of the practice game between the 2nd team and the independent team, it could be said that quite a number of people came.

Song Jae-jin sat in a spot where the catcher could be seen and watched the game quietly.

Song Jae-jin focused the camera on Jeong Dae-woon, who was sticking out his mitt.

Although not much time has passed since he asked for feedback from himself, Daewoon Jung worked immeasurably with Hyuk Kang.

And he was showing a change in many areas from before.

He threw the ball with Kim Seong-gyu’s windup and the ball stuck into the mitt.

“strike!”

“What?”

Unlike in the past, there was little movement of the mitt when catching, and at the same time, when he showed a little framing, Song Jae-jin burst into laughter.

‘I still have to pay attention. Poor framing is counterproductive. You should learn to write well.’

However, the problem is that Jae-jin’s personal connections aren’t good in baseball.

‘I’ll have to find a way.’

And it was not only Song Jae-jin who felt this meaningful change in Jeong Dae-woon.

“Daewoon has become quite stable, hasn’t he?”

The biggest difference between Jeong Dae-woon and Lee Dong-min, who is the main catcher, is the stability of the defense.

“Yeah. Lately, he’s been hanging out with his agent, and his skills have improved noticeably.”

“Didn’t you say you have a trainer’s license?”

“However, teaching players is another area. I don’t think I have that much experience.”

“nice! Is it much better than before?”

When it was the third out count and the battery coach gave a compliment to Jeong Dae-woon, who was going into the dugout for an airlift shift, he took off the mask with a reminded face.

It was a compliment I hadn’t heard in a long time.

And Jeong Dae-woon’s change was not just the catch.

In the second inning, he stopped the advance while stably holding Kim Seong-gyu’s firefight, and at the same time stopped Hammers’ runner who was trying to steal second base.

And in the third inning, Yangju playball attacked.

Daewoon Jeong, who stood in the waiting bat, swung his bat and watched Hammers starter Kim Woo-hyun’s ball carefully.

And I recalled what Song Jae-jin said.

‘In the case of Hammers Kim Woo-hyun, the first-team call-up next season is the most likely pitcher. A pitcher whose weapons are a fast fastball and a forkball.’

And when the pitcher threw the first ball, Daewoon Jeong swung his bat like a fan.

“strike!”

“Ouch. It’s still cold, aren’t you turning the fan too hard?”

‘Anyway, the 8th batter and catcher. The fact that it is an independent club.’

Jeong Dae-woon looked at the front with a stiff expression on the opponent’s catcher’s ridicule.

‘Let’s go easy, go easy.’

Hammers catcher sneered at Jeong Dae-woon’s hardened appearance and held out the mitt without any sign.

It meant a fastball in the middle, and the pitcher also saw Jeong Dae-woon turning the bat and nodded his head without any objection.

‘Perhaps if you turn the first ball coolly, the opponent will look down on you and try to go easily. And you throw the ball straight away without an interval?’

After throwing the first ball, as the pitcher took a pitching motion without a sign, he raised one corner of his mouth and squeezed the bat.

‘At that time, I just pretend to be crazy and swing it.’

Damn-!

The moment the ball hit the bat, he could intuit it was a home run, and Daewoon Jung clenched his fists and turned around the base.

“nice!”

“what. Daewoon Jeong is amazing!”

“You madman!”

When Daewoon Jeong returned to the dugout, Yangju Playball players clapped Daewoon on the back like crazy and cheered.

The score is 1 to 0.

Yangju Playball started leading the Hammers 2nd team in the 3rd inning.

“Yes!”

When Jeong Dae-woon scored the first goal as he expected, Song Jae-jin also cheered a little.

“Is that player? A player who recently posted a sign-up report?”

As Song Jae-jin turned his head at the familiar voice coming from behind, Seo Eun-sang, wearing sunglasses, looked at the Yangju Playball dugout with an interesting expression.

“Oh, sir. What’s going on here?”

According to the information obtained through the system, Song Jae-jin greeted Seo Eun-sung as if he did not expect it at all when Seo Eun-sang arrived.

“I hear rumors directly that my subordinates are good at their jobs, so of course you should come.”

Even after the call from the Jaguar’s operation team leader, news about Kang Hyuk came directly from Seo Eun-sang.

Therefore, Seo Eun-sang came to see Kang Hyuk and Jeong Dae-woon after hearing about today’s practice match schedule.

“How long has it been since you took on the role of Daewoon Jeong?”

“Ah. It hasn’t been long yet. A week or so?”

“This week.”

Personally, Seo Eun-sang had been looking for information about Jeong Dae-woon before coming here.

‘But what’s that look like in two weeks? And without any help?’

Seo Eun-sang looked carefully at Song Jae-jin, who was watching the ground through her sunglasses.

‘Even if I had a trainer’s license, it wouldn’t be this much. After all, he must have been hiding while working under the heat of hugging.’

The more I thought about it, the more ridiculous it was.

He said that he was trying to get rid of such a talented person simply because he didn’t like him or because he was jealous of him because he was better than him.

“Hey Kang Hyuk, if he doesn’t have any major problems, he will be able to be picked up easily in the draft.”

“right. I’ve already received several phone calls, so I’m guessing that each club is also aware of it.”

“If Jung Dae-woon gets a little better, he can go pro. It’s a catcher.”

Seo Eun-sang nodded at Song Jae-jin’s words.

“Yes, catcher.”

Young, good catchers, not only in Korea but also around the world, were very scarce.

The position of catcher itself was very important for stability and experience, and at the same time it was a 3D position.

That’s why the catcher was always lacking, and even with the lack of hitting, he was able to play consistently.

“But I don’t know anything about catchers.”

Using the coaching system, I was able to fix the player’s shortcomings.

Therefore, Hyuk Kang was able to catch the ball after turning into a pitcher, and Daewoon Jeong was also able to fix his shortcomings.

But what he needed right now was his skills and advice as a catcher.

Seo Eun-sang, who understood Song Jae-jin’s concerns, nodded his head as if he understood.

“I think I can handle that part. Anyway, I think a good instructor will come. For a while.”

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The first thing World Tree Agency did after signing a contract with WSG and receiving an investment was to open a training center.

That also costs a lot of money.

Thanks to the training center, World Tree Agency was able to become one of the top 3 agencies in Korea, and as a result of continuous investment since then, the training center has become a symbol and pride of the agency.

“Wow. Is this really an agency training center?”

Kang Hyuk was not surprised how many times he had been there during MLB, but in the case of Jung Dae-woon, he was distracted by the appearance of the training center he visited for the first time.

There was an indoor soccer field, a baseball field, and a training field filled with various equipments in other buildings.

“Wow. There are so many things I see for the first time.”

“It is the pride of the World Tree Agency. There are exclusive trainers, and from time to time, we invite instructors for each sport to look after the players.”

“Great. Are you really free to use it here?”

“Facilities are available only by reservation. Just like I said before, regular training will not be possible.”

While Jeong Dae-woon was looking around inside, someone greeted Song Jae-jin, who was standing next to him.

“Good morning. Deputy Chief Song Jae-jin, right?”

‘Song Kyung-wan?! The instructor was coach Song Kyung-wan?!’

Song Jae-jin, who confirmed the identity, greeted with a very surprised expression, as there was no information on who it was, except that Director Seo Eun-sang had invited the instructor.

“Ah! Good morning. nice to meet you.”

And the moment they confirmed the identity of the person speaking to them, Kang Hyuk and Jeong Daewoon’s heads bowed quickly.

“Hello! Seniors!”

The person who greeted Song Jae-jin was Song Kyung-wan, the legendary catcher of the KBO.

After playing for 23 years as a catcher, he began his coaching career with his home team, the Seoul Unicorns.

He rose to the ranks of head coach, but was living a savage life after his resignation as his team suffered a downturn.

“I never dreamed that coach Song Kyung-wan would be an instructor.”

“haha. Iknow, right. Eunsang came here because he told me not to play at home and donate some talent.”

Song Kyung-wan was a good player, but he was also a good coach.

He was also famous for transforming a catcher who was criticized for being defensive during his time as a Unicorns battery coach into a catcher with good defense.

He could literally be said to be a really helpful coach for Jung Dae-woon.

“It seems that this friend is Jeong Dae-woon.”

“Hello, senior!”

To the question of Song Kyung-wan, whom he had longed for, Jeong Dae-woon answered with round eyes, and Song Kyung-wan burst into laughter as if he didn’t like it.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“Yeah. My name is Daewoon Jeong of Yangju Playball.”

“By the way, did you know that Kyunghyeon was the manager in Yangju?”

“Yeah! Yangju is the playball manager!”

Song Kyung-wan said he would know when Seo Eun-sang, who had a close relationship with him, said he had no intention of teaching a player as an instructor as if jokingly, but was quite surprised to find out that the target was an independent baseball player.

He said, ‘I was just surprised to be acting as an agent for an independent baseball player for an agency like World Tree.’

Song Kyung-wan looked carefully at Song Jae-jin, who was looking at Kang-hyuk and Jeong Dae-woon.

One way or another, he himself was a baseball player who had been involved in baseball for a long time, because the development of independent baseball and this situation were very welcome.

‘The World Tree Agency told me that a geek who was trying to go down a difficult road joined the team.’

“Good. So, today is the first day, so why not just taste it lightly? Go get changed and unwind.”

“Yeah?”

As soon as they first met, Kang Hyuk and Jeong Daewoon, who didn’t know they were going to train, were confused, and Song Kyung-wan shouted with his eyes wide open as if he had returned to the days of the tiger coach.

“You don’t want to be coached?!”

“no!”

While Kang Hyuk and Jeong Dae-woon went to change clothes, Song Kyung-wan approached Song Jae-jin and asked about their situation.

In any case, it is because coaching is a little easier if you have existing information.

And also to find out about Song Jae-jin.

“These two agents.”

“Yeah. A kite stumbled upon me and I signed an agent contract. Please put it down comfortably.”

“Then, without hesitation. Aren’t you in charge of a professional player or a big agent in a position like a deputy manager? Isn’t there a risk for an independent team player who might go pro?”

“Where would that be? You sign a contract with the player you choose. And both Hyuk Kang and Daewoon Jeong will definitely be able to go pro.”

At Song Jae-jin’s confident tone, Song Kyung-wan smiled and nodded his head.

“Then can you show me some data about those two? Eun-sang came here without hearing any information from him.”

Song Jae-jin played the information about Jeong Dae-woon and Kang Hyuk on the tablet he was holding and started explaining.

Because this coaching was literally an invitation, not coaching that can be received indefinitely, it is better to receive as much instruction as possible within the given time.

“Hey. You’ve changed so much in just two weeks? He seems to have some basic talent.”

And as I was thinking about the list of senior and junior coaches in Yangju Playball, I looked at Song Jae-jin and asked a question.

“But I know Yangju doesn’t have a coach who can take care of the catcher. Have you ever been coached by anyone?”

To Song Kyung-wan’s words, Song Jae-jin responded with embarrassment.

“I got a trainer license, so I got my hands on it.”

“Hey. are you?”