Stove League (스토브리그)

Hello.

Yes. Hello.

Shall we start the interview?

You can give it to me. I'll pass it to them.

Are you Yamanse's...

Robinson?

"Heat Changes Everything. Even Baseball" and...

"Pythagoras' Strike Rate Data". You wrote them, didn't you?

Don't you know him, Mr. Yoo?

No, I don't.

You don't? He's really famous.

I've been active on Yamanse under the name Robinson.

My name is Baek Young Soo.

The documents I just handed you are texts I've written...

that are the most relatable to analyzing a team.

He wrote so much.

But do such texts help baseball?

You're the Analysis Manager, right?

Yes.

I'm sure you're already using sabermetrics to a certain degree.

You work on recording the details of each player.

Depending on how you analyze the statistics,

you just make different decisions.

You'd understand if you play baseball.

In baseball, there are many factors that influence those numbers.

If I look into a player who's suddenly performing poorly,

he either broke up with his girlfriend...

or something happened at home.

Can sabermetrics catch all these influences?

Out of all the sports,

I think baseball is the best to analyze with numbers.

Basketball, volleyball, and soccer...

are highly influenced by the movements of the other players.

But in baseball, a pitcher can get three outs...

or a batter can get a hit...

if they're good as a player on their own.

Failing to use sabermetrics in modern baseball...

is like saying you don't want to become healthy.

It's not like you can get an academic degree in sabermetrics.

Unless you study it for your job,

it might seem like it's not worth it...

Seung Soo, what are you doing?

Hey, if I...

quit baseball,

can you teach me how to study?

Young Soo,

you'd never be able to study as well as you play baseball.

You don't have the brains.

Hello? Young Soo? I have to go.

Hey. I have a game today.

Okay. And?

My pelvis has been hurting since yesterday.

The thing with the human body...

is that it's not made to handle such sudden and powerful movements.

That's why many players are in pain.

Young Soo, just look straight ahead and run, okay?

Just run your heart out, okay?

Report to me how many hits you got when the game's done.

Last season, the Sabres were the winners.

To my knowledge, they didn't apply...

sabermetrics yet.

Many people believe that because the Sabres don't have...

a full-time employee in their analysis department.

However, as far as I know,

there are two temporary employees in the analysis department.

Both of them declined to become full-time employees.

Recently, they got a huge raise.

Does playing around with some numbers...

make it okay for someone...

who has never hit a home run or struck out anyone...

to start working in baseball?

I've hit home runs before and struck people out too.

I'm not talking about playing baseball with friends.

Exactly.

"Daesung High School"?

Yes. But if someone who has never...

hit a home run and has never struck anyone out...

has a better understanding of sabermetrics than I do,

I think it's okay for them to be hired instead.

How confident. - The ability to analyze...

won't correlate with the team's ranking 100 percent.

Other elements will influence the team's ranking too.

But at least for a team like Dreams who neglected to analyze statistics,

sabermetrics will have a meaningful synergistic effect.

When we talk about sabermetrics,

people bring up WAR first.

Why do batters have higher WARs than pitchers?

They say baseball is a pitcher's game.

Exactly. This is why people like us in the field...

can't trust something like this.

A pitcher's record consists of their offensive and defensive plays.

That's the first reason.

Starting pitchers who pitch a lot...

don't have a big gap between those numbers.

Relief pitchers have a low number.

Don't good middle relief pitchers have big influences?

That's why I believe it makes more sense...

for relief pitchers to be analyzed with WPA,

which is "win probability added", instead of WAR...

to get precise readings.

Do you have any questions, Mr. Baek?

How high do you think that bump is at the door?

The bump you had to get over before entering.

In the end,

you needed someone's help...

to enter.

I think it's about 6cm high.

This work will be very difficult,

starting with something as small as that bump.

Mr. Baek.

Mr. Baek should have a good understanding of our situation...

so that he's able to accept whatever the outcome may be.

I'm a fan of Jackie Robinson.

That's why my ID is Robinson.

He's the first black person to play in the Major League.

The referees made calls disadvantageous to him...

and was hit by many balls that were thrown at him on purpose.

All because he was black.

It's ridiculous when we think about it now.

If I become a handicapped analyst,

I'll be the first one.

It'd be easy to make it into a touching story...

and to publish stories.

Do you think we'd do that just to publish...

If you don't make it,

please remember this.

It's because someone was more capable than you.

Dreams won't discriminate someone just because they're different.

I'll trust your words.

I'll ask one more question.

How did you get hurt?

How did it happen?

I'm sorry?

Young Soo, just look straight ahead and run, okay?

Just run your heart out, okay?

I got injured playing baseball.

You must watch...

an incredible amount of footage.

Footage of real baseball matches.

Thoughts that you could still play if not for that incident,

or memories of the collision.

Memories that are not entirely beautiful.

Can you handle all that?

Yes.

Do you think your family would want that for you?

My family doesn't know.

I just do it...

because I like to.

Because I'm okay.

Baek Young Soo is my younger brother.

I had no idea he'd applied,

and I don't want him to get the job.

Please judge objectively.

I don't think that...

you judged him objectively.

I'm sure Mr. Baek considered that when he applied.

Even if he's your brother,

you crossed the line.

Even if I was to consider...

how you felt when you said that.

There's no choice.

I'll announce the results as is.

Why? What did he say?

Mr. Baek.

Just a moment.

I checked the height of our door thresholds.

Eight spots don't have any...

or are below 2cm.

Wheelchairs can roll over those.

We can install a ramp...

for rooms with a higher threshold.

We can solve the problem...

at a much cheaper price than exchanging the doors.

I still won't hire him.

You must hire people who can help and protect you.

Who can help whom?

Just do what others in your position do.

Who can protect whom?

What are you doing?

You just got in after saying what you wanted to say.

Okay. Say what you want to say.

Your brother was a pretty good player.

That past doesn't exist.

Did you even read his resume properly?

Are we close enough to talk about this?

I'd like us to stop talking about this topic.

I'm talking about hiring...

a member of the Analysis Department.

You made me realize that...

closeness doesn't mean you know everything.

He didn't say he had a hard time or that he struggled.

But it shows.

The one line that says he majored in statistics.

That alone deserves a lot of applause.

No one writes their resume without that much thought.

You're working in the field that put your brother in a wheelchair.

You wouldn't have done so...

without any hesitation or resolve.

But...

don't you think your brother...