"Isn't your arrest coming out?" "You can throw it hard." Moon Dong-ju said, "I forgot all the good things..." I coolly admitted to "Brothers Love" [At Saipan]

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"I'm having a hard time (because of Moon Dong-ju)."

At the training site of the Saipan World Baseball Classic (WBC) national team, "Catch Ball Mate" Won Tae-in (26, Samsung Lions) and Moon Dong-joo (23, Hanwha Eagles) are also bickering and boasting interesting chemistry.

At the Saipan Oleye Sports Complex on the 10th, fielders and pitching groups were divided into training sessions. As it is a time to build up the body, pitchers went through weight training and warm-up, and then teamed up in groups of two to train catch.

Noh Kyung-eun (SSG) and Ko Woo-seok (Detroit), who will pitch in the bullpen two days later, threw strong balls, but generally warmed up lightly and increased their distance.

Among them, there was a partner who caught the eye, Won Tae-in and Moon Dong-ju. They are two representative baseball players known as Tom and Jerry. Moon Dong-ju always volunteers for "Wontaein Baragi," and Won Tae-in seems to be bothered, but he takes care of her in a way that shows special affection.

It is also similar that it is a right-handed starting resource, the present and future of Korean baseball, and its attitude toward baseball is more serious than anyone else. Therefore, I often give and receive feedback on baseball.

However, the camp is facing unexpected conflicts due to different positions. Won Tae-in, a pitcher with a strong sense of improvement, visited the academy despite being busy with external schedules such as the off-season awards ceremony and tried to improve his skills, including improving his speed.

In that sense, I thought this camp was an opportunity to learn a lot from Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha), who is like a living textbook, but Moon Dong-joo is becoming an unexpected disruptor.

"It's really hard. I'm dying. He keeps asking how it was to play catch. "I became a catch partner because we kept giving feedback on each other and we had the same catch distance," he said. "I'm a better pitcher than I am, but I'm burdened because I keep asking."

If Won Tae-in has strength in stable game operation based on change-up, Moon Dong-ju's most powerful weapon is a fiery fastball that exceeds 160km/h.

However, because of this part, Won Tae-in became more dissatisfied. On the pitch tracking system (PTS), it is several kilometers less than the actual speed, and for this reason, Won Tae-in, who has always been stressed about his arrest. Won Tae-in's claim that he took the mound at the San Diego Padres and the Seoul Series special game ahead of the 2024 season and pitched three strikeouts and no runs in two innings, with the highest speed measured by a trackman at the time hitting 149.5km, was finally found to be true.

Nevertheless, arrest is still a concern for Won Tae-in. Because they are even considering overseas expansion, they think that if they improve their speed further, they can increase their competitiveness even more.

There is no suitable person like Moon Dong-joo from the national team and even South Korea to ask such questions, but the answer was not satisfactory. Won Tae-in said, "He said he's fast because he throws hard. I'm throwing hard, too," he said, adding, "He skipped everything that was good for me and didn't give me his."

Moon Dong-ju also acknowledged to some extent. "It's true that Tae-in usually sticks with him a lot and bothers him, but this is a baseball problem. However, from my brother's point of view, I think I can feel that he is bothering me again, but he laughed, saying, "But I'm tired of acting the same without giving in."

"I feel a lot while playing catch with Tae-in. I feel like I'm really throwing the ball strangely, so it bothers me even more because I think I'm a pitcher who will truly imitate it.

Regarding how to throw fast, he said, "You can throw it strongly," he said, "I didn't say that." "Bro, I'm throwing hard and throwing with all my strength to die," he said. "In a way, it's the same thing. Tae-in is right," he admitted, drawing laughter.

"I wasn't trying to answer in a heartless way, but I was going to say it humbly, but I think there is no point from the listener's point of view," he said. "There is no point in turning the lower body quickly, so I think you can feel that way." I think that's what he said," he added.

Of course, any baseball fan who knows their relationship well will feel that it is nothing special about their daily reaction. They are the two who have a more special relationship than anyone else, even though they bicker with each other. Baseball fans are just happily watching the special chemistry of those who will play the role of the national team in this WBC.

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