Chris Paddack use isinikezela ukuqeqeshwa kwaseTexas ekulweleni kweKorean Series
Chris Paddack use isinikezela ukuqeqeshwa kwaseTexas ekulweleni kweKorean Series
UChris Paddack, umdlali weSamsung Lions, usebenzisa umlando wabasekhiye abakhulu baseTexas ukuze ahlale enokuzethemba ekulweleni i-Korean Series. Ukhombise ukuthi angakwazi ukudlala izikhathi eziningi ngaphandle kokonakala, esebenzisa umlando kaNolan Ryan noRoger Clemens njengesibonelo.
UDaegu — UChris Paddack, isiqalo seSamsung Lions, uyisikhululi saseTexas esithandayo. Lo mdlali osuka eAustin uqala ngokwazisa umphakathi ngezingubo ezigcwele, ihatsi laseCowboy kanye nezicathulo, ngosuku lokudlala kwakhe. Ngisho nje, ubike ukuthi wacela umlingisi wakhe wokuhumusha ukuthi agqoke ingubo efanayo ngesikhathi se-postseason ye-Korea Baseball Organization (KBO).
UPaddack, oneminyaka engu-30, uveza isithakazelo esikhulu emsebenzini wakhe kanye nokwazi ukuphakama ezindaweni ezibalulekile. Unikeze umphumela omkhulu ekutheni iLions iseduze nokuthola isihloko sokuqala seKorean Series kusukela ngo-2014. Iqembu liholwa ngo-2-1 emdlalweni onamaphuzu amahlanu.
UPaddack udadle izinhlayiya ezingama-295 ngosuku olungama-10. Wenza umdlalo wakhe wokuqala we-postseason ye-KBO ngo-Oktobha 26 kuGame 1 kakhona amaKia Tigers, edlala izinhlayiya ezingama-94 ezizigidi ezine nengxenye. Emva kwalokho, wadlala kuGame 4 ngosuku olungama-3 lokuphumula ngo-Oktobha 30, etha izinhlayiya ezingama-99 ezizigidi ezinhlanu nengxenye.
NgoLwesine, wadlala kuGame 2 yeKorean Series, etha izinhlayiya ezingama-102 ezizigidi ezisikhombisa. Emva kokuthi iLions iphumelele ngo-3-2 ezizigidi ezilishumi nambili, UPaddack wathi akaze adlale izinhlayiya eziningi kangako ngaleso sikhathi esifushane.
"Kepha ngisabonakala kahle," usho. "Ngomqondo, ngizwa sengathi ngiphakathi kwezimo ezinhle, futhi ngomzimba ngingcono."
UPaddack wakhumbula izinkanyezi zokudlala zaseTexas: uNolan Ryan noRoger Clemens. UNolan uyona ndoda enezinhlamvu ezingama-5,714 ezikhulu kumlando weMajor League Baseball, kanti uRoger uwine amabhonasi ama-Cy Young ayisikhombisa.
"Ngaphambili, uNolan Ryan, uRoger Clemens, bonke abakhulu basekhaya, badlala njalo izinsuku ezine," usho UPaddack. "Ngakho-ke kungenzeka. Kungani ngingabi yini?"
Uma kubuzwa ngokukhuluma ngoRyan, uPaddack wahlwaza wathi: "UyaseTexas. Ngithanda ukumela. Angikaze ngibone edlala kakhulu ngoba ungumsindisi wezinkathi ezidlule, kodwa ngibona izibonelo zakhe njengentsha, wayingumfanekiso kimi."
UPaddack waphawula ukuthi abasekhiye baseTexas banegazi eliqinile, bakwazi ukuhlala bethula phansi ngesikhathi sokucindezela.
"Ngijokeleze kubafowabo ekhaya lokudlala ukuthi sine-ice. Ngakho-ke uma unesithako noma ubuhlungu, sine-ice, futhi konke okunye kuzokulungisa," usho.
Lo mdlali usebenzisa umlando waseTexas njengomthombo wokuzethemba ekulweleni isihloko seKBO.
(N.Davids--TPT)
