A Rookie In The Baseball Team Is Too Good [EN]: Chapter 442

The Rookie of the Baseball Team is Too Good 442

The Rookie of the Baseball Team is Too Good 442

95 Spring Comes Like That (3)

City Councilor Dana Sears.

She loved the Yankees.

It was close to what people call a ‘cradle Catholic’ [someone raised in the Catholic faith from a very young age].

It was because her grandparents, who had taken care of her since she was young, were die-hard Yankees fans.

-Dana, what is the greatest baseball team in the world?

-New York Yankees!

-Then, what is the most useless baseball team in the world?

-Boston Red Sox!

-Excellent, excellent! Our granddaughter will be a great person in the future!

The Sears family rushed to Tropicana Field whenever there was a Yankees game.

This tradition continued even after her grandparents passed away, but the problem was after Dana Sears was elected as a city councilor.

Even though there are many Yankees fans in St. Petersburg, a current city councilor can’t openly support a baseball team from another region.

That’s probably where the idea came from.

-Okay, I understand. If you really want to see a Yankees game so badly… how about watching a spring training game?

It was the advice of Councilor Sears’ father, William Sears.

-There are too many eyes watching during the regular season. And you don’t have the knack to act like a Tampa Bay fan.

-……You’re ruthless.

-Huh, isn’t it you who’s being ruthless? That baseball, you could just sit at home and watch it on TV… Oh, Father! Why did you make my granddaughter a Yankees fan!

William Sears sighed deeply as he looked at the ceiling, but his only daughter was smiling inwardly.

Okay, so what if it’s a spring training game? It’s also meaningful to directly check the Yankees’ power this season.

Councilor Sears visited Charlotte Sports Park, humming a song, but.

-Wait a minute, Ian! What are you talking about? People from the Tampa Bay team are coming out?

Just before arriving at the stadium, her aide’s report plunged her into embarrassment.

-This isn’t an official visit today. We didn’t send an official letter of cooperation, and we bought the tickets from a secondary sales site… How did they know?

-W, wasn’t it an official visit?

The aide looked at her in surprise.

-A, aren’t you, Councilor? At yesterday’s meeting, you clearly said it was an official schedule, so please prepare well…

-Oh, no! That’s the high school baseball game next week. The Tampa Bay Cup finals! What, did you get caught up in the word Tampa Bay?

-T, that’s… I’m sorry.

As the aide lowered his head, Councilor Sears clicked her tongue.

-It’s okay, I should have checked too… It seemed a bit strange from the beginning. An aide from the councilor’s office came out even though it wasn’t an official schedule.

-What should we do? Should I contact them now? To say that you are visiting personally today, Councilor.

-Hey, we can’t do that. That’s making fun of people. They must be preparing in a hurry over there right now.

Leave it to me.

I’ll take care of the aftermath.

It was about 10 minutes later that Councilor Dana Sears faced Jiseop.

* * *

“I hope there are no misunderstandings.”

On the way from the entrance of Charlotte Sports Park to the stadium where the game would be held.

Councilor Dana Sears was talking to Jiseop, who was in charge of the guidance.

Unlike in front of her father or aide, it was a very rigid and business-like tone.

“The reason I visited here today is because of the earnest request of my supporters.”

“Ah, a request from your supporters?”

Jiseop, who heard Councilor Sears’ words, was making a very strange expression.

Of course, the city councilor, who had no way of knowing the meaning of that expression, continued to speak in an even stronger tone.

“That’s right. My position on the construction of the new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays has not changed. I wanted to point that out in advance.”

“That’s a bit of a disappointing statement.”

“Of course, it’s not that I have any personal feelings. Citizens’ taxes should be used where citizens need them most… That’s my principle.”

Councilor Sears pushed up her glasses with her finger.

“The construction of a new stadium requires a huge amount of public funds. So, is the Tampa Bay Rays a necessity for the citizens of St. Petersburg? Are they receiving deep trust and affection to the extent that they deserve to be supported with citizens’ taxes? A positive answer must be given to this question… I’m a little negative about that.”

After finishing speaking, Councilor Sears glanced at Jiseop, who was walking next to her.

It was like a politician’s habit. Of course, she expected a rebuttal to come out. Then she had to give a rebuttal to that situation.

But surprisingly, this Dongyang Deputy General Manager was saying this with a faint smile.

“I understand. If that’s what you think, Councilor, I won’t say anything about the new stadium construction.”

“Yes? No, is that okay? Aren’t you here to persuade me?”

“Haha, that’s true… But there’s a time for persuasion, isn’t there?”

Unlike the city councilor who was flustered with her eyes wide open, Jiseop continued to speak with a relaxed attitude.

“I see. You visited here at the request of your supporters… Then, you don’t mean you came to see the game?”

“W, well, that’s right?”

‘I can’t help it.’

At this time, Councilor Sears thought.

“I have a lot of schedules today… I don’t think I can stay very long. I think I have to leave in about 30 minutes to take care of my next schedule.”

She was answering with her own head [thinking strategically].

As long as a Tampa Bay employee was following her, it was close to impossible to watch the game comfortably.

Then it seemed like it would be advantageous to leave the stadium as soon as possible.

If she hurried home, she would be able to enjoy the Yankees game without anyone’s interference.

“About 30 minutes, I understand.”

Jiseop checked his watch.

“Then, how about looking around the facilities of this stadium until then? There are quite a few facilities that I would like to show you, Councilor.”

“Ah, stadium facilities?”

In fact, it was not a very appealing suggestion to Councilor Dana Sears.

She was just indifferent. Aren’t baseball stadium facilities all the same? What am I going to look around now?

However, he was the deputy general manager of Tampa Bay who answered coolly that he would not talk about the new stadium construction.

When you think about it, he had given her a favor, so she thought she should at least repay him.

“Okay. It’s not bad to take a look. Is it this way?”

When Councilor Sears was about to move her steps following the Tampa Bay fans, Jiseop shook his head.

“No, it’s that way. Please enter through that third base gate over there.”

“The third base side? I, isn’t that the gate that Yankees fans use?”

As the saying goes, a thief is always scared [a guilty conscience needs no accuser].

To Councilor Dana Sears, who was stuttering slightly, Jiseop was smiling brightly and nodding his head.

“That’s right. But most of the new facilities we have prepared are concentrated on the third base side.”

He continued.

“Let’s capture the hearts of the Yankees fans living in St. Petersburg… That’s our Tampa Bay’s goal this season.”

“Yankees fans in St. Petersburg?”

It was perhaps natural that Councilor Dana Sears’ eyes changed.

* * *

To be honest, it was not a pleasant work instruction for Jiseop that day.

Escort VIPs. Guide the city councilor of St. Petersburg to the stadium.

It was because it was far from his usual work, but more than that, there was work he wanted to focus on.

It was to examine the reactions of the Yankees fans. To check how the project carefully prepared by the Future Strategy Planning Division was going.

In that context, Councilor Dana Sears’ visit to the stadium could be said to be a blessing in disguise.

“Councilor, would you look this way? This is a place that is decorated exactly like the Great Hall in Yankee Stadium.”

Whenever Jiseop showed the facilities prepared for the Yankees fans, Councilor Sears showed the best reaction.

Of course, since she outwardly claimed to be a politician who was not interested in baseball, she had a rather cold expression on the outside.

“Ah, I see. The Great Hall. You’re talking about the corridor at the entrance of Yankee Stadium, right?”

However, when Jiseop looked into her eyes, he invariably heard her inner thoughts.

[Wow!!! Awesome!!!]

It was probably the first time that his eardrums hurt while listening to other people’s inner thoughts.

[Wow, crazy! It’s really decorated like the Great Hall? It feels like I’m at Yankee Stadium?!]

The intense reaction of the 26-year-old, St. Petersburg’s youngest city councilor, did not stop there.

Passing through the Great Hall, even when she reached the wall with photos of the Yankees’ main players.

[It’s Vincent! Vincent Hiyama! As expected… Our team’s ace is handsome?]

Even when she passed the photo wall of the Yankees players and met the staff selling the ‘game book’ [program] for the game that day.

[Wow, it’s the Yankees’ game book? You can’t get that unless you go directly to Yankee Stadium?!]

And decisively.

When she faced the visiting team’s goods shop, the masterpiece prepared by the Future Strategy Planning Division, her eyes seemed to be slightly teary.

[Grandpa……]

Grandpa?

Jiseop, who had read her inner thoughts, was tilting his head slightly.

[Grandpa, that Yankees cast iron pot that you wanted to have in the old days… There’s one here? I couldn’t even order it online before, right?]

The Yankees’ large cast iron pot that John Ramer had ordered, saying, ‘There’s surprisingly demand for this kind of thing.’

It seemed to have touched something in Councilor Sears’ heart.

[Should I buy one when I see it? Or that Yankees door mat over there? If not that…]

Councilor Sears, who was walking around the Yankees’ goods shop with sparkling eyes.

Jiseop waited for her excitement to subside and carefully spoke to her.

“Councilor, how is it?”

He already knew her inner thoughts, but Jiseop wanted to hear the voice of a Yankees ‘real fan’ directly.

“Will the Yankees fans in St. Petersburg be satisfied with this level? I’m thinking of trying it at Tropicana Field if the reaction is good.”

“W, well? Looking at the expressions of the people around me, it seems like a pretty good reaction… But I’m not a baseball fan, so I don’t know exactly.”

Councilor Dana Sears, who had quickly returned to politician mode again.

Jiseop couldn’t help but smile bitterly inside.

If she was so teary-eyed, she should have given him a compliment.

“If you’re curious about the reaction of the Yankees fans, you should use the internet. It doesn’t seem to make any sense to ask me.”

“Ah, is that so?”

‘Politicians are not easy to deal with.’

At the very moment Jiseop was thinking that.

‘Bba-ba-ba-bam!’ A strong music sound echoed in the goods shop.

-Hello, Yankees fans all over the country! I’m Jordan, the caster for today’s game!

A voice coming from a large TV placed in one corner of the store.

It seemed that the Yankees’ broadcast was about to begin.

“Ah, it’s already time……”

Councilor Dana Sears, who had checked the broadcast, reached out to Jiseop.

“Deputy General Manager, thank you for today.”

Even at this time, she was maintaining a very business-like tone.

“Pleasant times always pass quickly. Unfortunately, I think I have to go take care of my next schedule now.”

“Ah, I see. You said you had to leave in 30 minutes, right?”

Jiseop was also inwardly disappointed.

If he had a little more time, he thought he could have drawn Councilor Sears to Tampa Bay.

But if someone who is a city councilor is putting up such a wall, there is no sharp way, even for Jiseop.

‘Okay, there will be another chance someday.’

While he was patting himself on the back and shaking hands with Councilor Dana Sears.

Yes, it was probably at that time.

-As it is the first spring training game, today’s Yankees lineup is mainly composed of minor league players. Some spring camp invitees are also noticeable.

The story that the main members of the major league are unlikely to participate.

Councilor Dana Sears seemed to let out a sigh of relief when she heard this news.

Perhaps she thought it wouldn’t be bad to watch the broadcast on TV if the regular members didn’t come out.

However, the broadcast caster’s comment did not end there.

-But everyone, please stay tuned! If you’re a Yankees fan, you can’t miss the game that’s scheduled.

Richard Stellmezek!

The broadcast caster shouted.

-Richard Stellmezek, who left the Yankees ahead of this season, will be playing as the second batter for Tampa Bay today! What do you think, isn’t this the game we’ve all been waiting for?

The moment the name of the man who was once called ‘Derek Jeter’s successor’ came out, Councilor Dana Sears’ pupils began to tremble.

[Oh my gosh, Richard is coming out?]

The name that no Yankees fan could ever not know.

The game that no Yankees fan could ever miss.

“Um… Deputy General Manager?”

It was at this time that Councilor Dana Sears, who had been contemplating for a long time, turned her gaze to Jiseop.

“Can I… Can I stay for about 30 minutes more? I think I still have time when I think about it.”

“Ah, is that so?”

A bright expression was also appearing on Jiseop’s face, who had seen through her inner thoughts.

“Of course, it’s okay! You can stay until the end of the game, not just 30 minutes!”

And the following words.

“How about this, instead of being here… How about going out to the audience seats and watching the game directly?”