Oh. 👀 I loved the K-drama #HotStoveLeague.

Still the greatest game
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Helpful to know! It's been suggesting it to me while I'm watching other stuff ( #HotStoveLeague and #ConfidenceQueen).

Actually those mountain/cliff faces look like LOST territory. Hawaii?

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Is this Jeju for California?

Is that DEAD END sign metaphorical and not physical/visible to the characters?

Will it disappear in the rear view as they drive away?

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LEE: u trying to be criticized the whole season?
CHOI: Has that GM gone crazy?
YANG: Aren’t u afraid of being criticized for not playing well?
C: What did u say?
Y: Listen. Let’s stop being criticized for being bad at baseball. Let’s be criticized for something else for a change.

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BARK: It’s not that we lost to Mr. Oh. We lost to the given situation.

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‘We lost b/c we didn’t have enough money? “I couldn’t go to college as I didn’t have tutors.” “I lost b/c I was sick.” Everyone can’t be in the same environment. They are fighting w what they have. If we make excuses, we’ll lose in the same way again.’

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LEE: Mr. BAEK, do you speak English?
BAEK: I do.
L: Really?
B: What the fu—?
L: What the…?
B: What the funny friend… I can speak quite well.

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A payoff! Should’ve known! Nicely done! =)

BAEK: Someone once said…no one has only one side of themselves. We need to see both sides. Like what you just did now.
LEE: Is that a compliment?

BAEK: Oh, how did you find out about the alpine club?

You did well.

LEE: He’s commending me a lot today.

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BAEK: I’m going to have confidence that you won’t do anything that harms the team again.
YANG: YES, SIR! [exits]
BAEK: …
…That startled me.

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Huh. CEO Ko and scout manager Ko shared a look on his way out.

CEO saying, “I tried?” Longtime friends? Or cahootzing?

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The question is…Was Baek doing a wise mentor thing w his trust-vs-evidence dialectic about manager Ko? Setting Lee on path to investigate him & reveal truth, or did he not know at all & she uncovered this w no one suspecting him?

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CEO KO: What he did was wrong, but let’s think about our situation. Who can replace Se-hyuk’s position? No one can. We have no one else…
BAEK: Mr. Yang can replace him.

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Nice =)

Guessing Baek knew Ko was taking money, but I still don’t grasp some of the logic. Is it for something after the draft pick? B/c he knows Won-sub influenced things & threatens to reveal it? Thin…

Anyhow, when Extraordinary Attorney busts Ko, Baek will make Yang scout manager. =)

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LEE: When parents try to do everything they can for their children, of course, not everything is going to lead to the right path.

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HAN: Still, it’s a relief.
BAEK: What’s a relief?
HAN: At least the envelope was not a bribe.
BAEK: Do we live in a world where we’re thankful for the bare minimum?

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BAEK: What a good man you are, Mr. Yang. You e been a good figure to Yoo Min-ho. At the same time, you e been harming the team. You will not be able to work as a scout for the Dreams. I don’t work w humanists.

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Thought maybe he’d offer him a coaching spot instead…

Cuz even w bribes, how does he get Ko not to fight him? Can’t be in cahootz, right?

Bribe would be to have Dreams NOT pick the best so they could go to not-last-place team. But the not-best draft pick rookie said Won-Sub helped him in HS…

Something else going on.

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Hrm… Does Yang Won-Sub have Something on scout manager Ko?

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LEE: Do you also know the mothers of our players?
KO: Of course. If a player is short, you should see his mother. If his mother’s tall, then I’ll know he still has time to grow. It’s something like that.

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Huh. Scout Yang is motivated research hard to pick and groom potentials. Scout manager Ko maybe wants to pick based on needs of/benefit to player?

Is scout too gung-ho, to detriment of candidate? That going-to-college rumor sounds like clever strategy, but damaging?

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MOM: A lot of ppl used to do that back then.

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Ha! Would be hilarious if an episode of Teacher Reunion or Teacher Inferno or whatev it’s called included that kind of reveal for, like, half of all the teachers found. =)

LEE: WHAT?!
MOM: She wouldn’t have been nice to u if it hadn’t been for the money.
LEE: Oh my gosh. That’s just…totally ridiculous. Did u give her much?
MOM: Not really.
LEE: If y didn’t give her much, u should’ve never told me!

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“You are a better person than you think you are.”

LEE: Mom!

What is so entertaining for you to not even look at your precious daughter?
MOM: They’re looking for their teachers.
LEE: Ahhh… How nice.

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Screen’s blurred out, so must be a real show, right? Damn. That’s gotta be a heartstring tugger! =)

LEE: Haven’t you ever been doubted before? Did it feel good at the time?
BAEK: I’d rather make sure by being doubted myself than work w someone unprincipled & who has no doubts. If you’re not ashamed of anything, there’s no need to be offended or afraid.

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KO: Why did you say that to him?
BAEK: I thought he didn’t realize that.
KI: I’m sure you wouldn’t feel stressed b/c you never bite your tongue.

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HAN: I’m pretty sociable, too.
LEE: Well, you got here thx to connections, yet got this close to me. You ARE very sociable. So, can you plz transfer to the scouting team?
HAN: I feel very shy now. Plz don’t talk to me.
LEE: I wish I could smash you into pieces.
HAN: I’m sorry.

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IM: What is he doing?
LEE: I don’t know. Maybe it’s for his social media.
UNCANNY COUNTER: As a young man, I can explain. Taking photos of food before digging in is like a ceremony to express our condolences toward the food.

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Watching #HotStoveLeague ep6 On Netflix. Park Eun-Bin (Extraordinary Attoney Woo) is just so freaking cool. I haven’t seen her in anything where she didn’t impress me. An actor of real character!