Operation Proposal {Yoo Seung Ho and Park Eun Bin}
Episode 3
Baek Ho still hasn't shown up yet?
Even now, he's causing problems for Yi Seul.
The person I love most in the world...
is marrying another man today.
I, Ham Yi Seul, like Kang Baek Ho.
I'm here to give you
what you're desperately longing for.
So what if I'm talking rubbish?
Be crazy and try it once,
what do you have to lose?
Yi Seul!
No!
The many signs Yi Seul had sent me, those gazes and those hints...
Do I look that easy to bully?
The many hints she had dropped,
hints which only I could understand.
How many of them had gone unnoticed all these years?
But then, Baek Ho not becoming a professional baseballer
must be the most unexpected turn of events.
And to Yi Seul's happy marriage.
- Cheers! - Let's drink to that!
Well, go home safely.
Be careful going in too.
- Yi Seul... - Baek Ho...
You talk first.
No, you talk first.
Don't take what Chae Ri said earlier to heart.
Everyone knows what happened was out of your control.
Even so, Chae Ri...
In her memory,
she felt pity and regret for you,
that's why she said it.
What about you?
Huh?
What about you?
Did you feel pity and regret too?
I mean...
Do you feel pity and regret now too?
That...
It's getting late.
Hurry home.
I'm going in.
Ham Yi Seul.
Would things have been different?
If I...
hadn't given up baseball back then...
would things have been different?
What?
Us...
No.
Whether or not you gave up baseball,
nothing would have changed between us.
Back then as well as now, Kang Baek Ho
has always been my cherished friend.
Bye.
[Let's go, march towards first place! Best pitcher Kang Baek Ho... ]
[Kang Baek Ho, fighting!!]
Hey, even if you don't do that stuff, I'll still win.
Don't worry.
That stuff?!
Sheesh! Seriously!
What's so funny?
As your manager, is my enthusiasm that funny?
Is baseball that funny?
Even if you have talent, you never know what might happen.
That's what baseball is.
Be serious, the match is coming up. Don't act cool.
What if you get injured?
Amazingly, that girl is always right.
That was also the case for that day's game.
Kang Baek Ho!
- That was my last game.
Kang Baek Ho! That was my last game.
Do you think this kind of stuff
will get me to start playing baseball again?
The words you said to me before,
I'll throw them back at you untouched.
Is baseball that funny?
What are you doing?
I'm asking what you're doing?
You can't tell by looking?
I can't play baseball anymore.
No, I won't play from now on!
To me, you'll always be the best pitcher.
Kang Baek Ho, brighten up! Aja aja!
Everything's going to be okay.
It will be okay. I know it.
Why did I do that back then?
Why did I give up so easily?
She believed in me so much.
She waited so anxiously for me.
Kang Baek Ho,
why did you give up so easily?
Why the heck?
I know now.
I shouldn't have given up so easily back then.
I really wish I could go back.
Should I send you back again?
N... No. How long have you been standing there?
No, wh... what are you doing here?
Sending a repentant person back in time
is nothing for someone with the ability.
Ex... excuse me. Excuse me.
Can I really go back again?
You can send me back in time again?
Do you know?
No one imagined that a pitcher who needed elbow ligament surgery
in his first year of college
would return ten years later to become an MVP with 200 saves.
It was Oh Seung Hwan.
This item fits right into your story.
Good. This will serve as the ticket fee for today.
I hope this will be a meaningful journey.
I'm not dreaming.
I get to go back again.
One more time, please let me go back.
Please, please, I beg you.
Renovatio.
Yi Seul!
My ball, my ball!
Kang Baek Ho, there's only one out left.
Aja!
[58th Golden Lion Inter-High School Baseball Competition]
It's...
2002, at my last baseball game.
[Let's go, march towards first place!] 2002, at my last baseball game.
[Best pitcher Kang Baek Ho, fighting!!] 2002, at my last baseball game.
[Moon Hwa High] [Haneul High] Bottom of the 9th inning,
Bottom of the 9th inning...
This is when I got injured.
I'm back. I'm back.
I'm back in the past again.
I can do it. I can do it now.
Hey, Pitcher!
The game's not over yet!
You need to throw a strike in order for us to win.
Why are you dancing already?
Don't worry, Yi Seul.
I absolutely won't get injured this time. Absolutely not.
Hey, Haneul High!
Let's go!
Aja!
At that time,
it was an outer curveball that hit my arm.
No, Tae Nam.
It can't be an outer curveball.
I'll use my body to determine who wins.
A man's battle is determined by a fastball.
Kang Baek Ho!
Hey, Kang Baek Ho!
Hey, are you okay?
Kang Baek Ho!
Orthopedics Patient Kang Baek Ho.
Patient Kang Baek Ho, please report to exam room 1.
Crazy, I'm going crazy.
How could I lose the baseball glove?
All because of the paper cranes...
It's my fault. It's all my fault.
If anything happens to Baek Ho,
it's all because I lost the glove.
Is this what you're looking for?
Yes, that's it!
Thank you.
Thank goodness.
It must be a great glove,
for you to cry over losing it.
Is he a good pitcher?
What?
The owner of that glove.
If he's not a good pitcher, then it's a pity for the glove.
He's the best!
He's the best pitcher... this glove's owner.
Good thing.
Hey, was that exchange about me?
What was about you?
Oh, right...
What did the doctor say?
He said once the bone heals,
I'll be even more amazing.
Really?
The technical term for it is...
"dinosaur bone" or something like that.
Hey, Kang Baek Ho!
You startled me.
This is what you get for making me worry.
For the next month, this is mine.
What's that smell?
Oh, my God! Fire, there's a fire!
Honey, there's a fire! Fire!
What's going on?
This is bad.
Where's Yi Seul? Where?
Upstairs. Go and see if she's upstairs.
Call 114, 114.
I'll call 911.
Yi Seul.
Honey.
You're telling me
that you almost burnt down our house
just to make oxtail soup for Baek Ho?
People say it's good for bone injuries.
I just wanted to bring some for Baek Ho tomorrow, that's why...
Then you should have just told me,
or paid attention while cooking the soup.
Well...
I haven't slept properly
the last few nights because of cheerleading.
That's why I suddenly relaxed and...
Oh, my blood pressure...
People say no good comes from raising a daughter.
Where did she learn this from?
If you don't clean everything up, don't even dream of sleeping.
Oh, honestly.
Mom.
Um...
Where did you put the oxtail?
What?
I already started...
so I might as well cook it again.
You brat! Honestly...
Just this once, just once.
Aigoo.
Honestly... You want to start another fire?
Baek Ho, which arm is it? Which arm?
The first time it was my arm.
This time it's my leg.
Ultimately, the one destined to get hit still got hit, huh?
I went back to the past
but still couldn't change anything.
Then how do I change Yi Seul's heart and my future?
I absolutely can't give up.
Even if I lose my leg, I still can't give up.
[Let's go, march towards first place! Best pitcher Kang Baek Ho, fighting!!]
Hey, what are you all doing?
Why aren't you practicing?
Kang Baek Ho.
- Hey, Baek Ho! - Kang Baek Ho!
- Baek Ho. - Sunbae.
Aren't you competing next year?
Huh?
We have the Golden Lion Cup
and President's Cup.
We'll challenge for the Phoenix Cup too.
Sunbae, are you okay?
Of course I'm fine.
Hey, Freshman. Run ten laps around the field.
Quick, quick. Go.
Hey, is your leg okay?
Don't worry about me
and just research some new hand signals.
I think the 2nd batter
figured out our signals.
What?
Really?
Those brainless idiots...
They don't even know the first letter P in fair play. How did they figure it out?
That's an F, you ignorant fool.
Tae Nam, go and grab my glove and baseball.
Why?
What do you mean why? I'm going to practice.
Hey, after one month, a spectator will know.
In one week, a coach will know.
In one day, you'll know yourself.
Got it?
What?
Why?
Are you Kang Baek Ho?
I'm sure you got hit on the leg, not your head. But why...?
Hey.
Then, we'll...
I don't think you'll be needing this now.
Baseball team, gather around.
That's right.
I met Coach for the first time during sophomore year.
At that time, I had no idea how impressive he was.
It was a very strained first meeting.
I never once imagined he'd become Yi Seul's man.
Okay, listen up.
Starting today, he will be your temporary coach.
He's an excellent and venerable sunbae.
You must obey him at all times.
I'm off then.
Teacher. Teacher.
You kid, open your eyes and listen. Open your eyes.
So embarrassing.
My name is Kwon Jin Won.
Those are the only three words you need to know
from here on out.
Starting now, as your coach,
I have one small announcement to make.
When I call your name, step forward.
Kim Seon Woo.
No Jin Soo.
Do Yoo Min.
Ma Bong Tae.
Joo Tae Nam.
Song Chan Wook.
And also Kang Baek Ho.
The seven I just named are cut from the baseball team.
Go pack up your belongings.
Starting tomorrow, don't come to practice.
Huh? What did you say?
- No way. - Oh, my God.
Are you joking with us right now?
What's the reason?
Because the baseball team doesn't need players like you.
Does there need to be another reason?
What's this bolt from out of the blue...?
Kim Seon Woo, 1.12 ERA with 11 errors.
No Jin Soo, 2.12 ERA with 13 errors.
Do Yoo Min, 0.52 ERA with 17 errors.
Joo Tae Nam, 5.3 ERA with 14 errors.
Song Chan Wook, 1.0 ERA with 17 errors.
Should I continue?
You should know what these statistics signify.
Or...
should I describe in detail...
how bad you guys are for the team?
We may be dismal players,
but we're all on the same team.
We've sweated together and made history together.
Even if you're a temporary coach,
you can't cut players at will.
Y... yeah. That's right.
You don't have the authority.
But here, I do have that authority.
Wielding that authority was my condition
for accepting this position.
But...
what if the baseball team opposes you?
Then what would you do?
Would you quit the position?
No, you guys will be cut.
What?
If such a thing were to happen,
I'd just go ahead and cut the whole team.
I've already received the school's permission.
N... no. This is outrageous.
No. Who do you think you are?
You can't abruptly appear and make this kind of decision.
I also have something else to say to the other players.
No practices will be held until the semester ends in 3 weeks.
But,
any player who is in the bottom 5 percent of the class
will also be cut.
I don't need baseball robots who only know baseball.
I also don't need dumb jocks who only know baseball.
If you want to play high school baseball,
then become high school students first.
I believe it's possible.
That's all.
I have a question.
Even if you're right,
but Baek Ho...
I mean Pitcher Kang Baek Ho, why is he being cut?
He's good enough to be ranked on the top ten high school pitchers list.
The rest of the team wasn't able to help him.
He's an exceptional pitcher who can lead
the whole team to victory.
So why is Baek Ho being cut?
Our baseball team is useless
if you let a guy like that go.
Because baseball...
isn't a sport that's played alone.
Also, I think Kang Baek Ho knows the reason
he's being cut.
What a pity for the glove.
Teachers, I have an introduction to make.
I have with me here a former graduate from our school.
He's an impressive man who recently returned
after completing his MBA at Harvard.
Our principal specially assigned him
to be the full-time coach for Haneul High's baseball team.
- Okay, Coach, please say hello. - Yes.
My name is Kwon Jin Won.
First, I have a favor to ask from all of you.
I'm not here to train national athletes,
I'm here to guide baseball players,
students who are 17 to 18 years old.
These children aren't yet professional athletes
and it's unknown whether they ever will be.
But what's certain is...
they're currently still high schoolers.
That's true.
I don't want the baseball team's players
to become athletes who don't even know the word "baseball. "
Department teachers,
please stop giving them preferential treatment
just because they play on the baseball team.
Please don't forget that the baseball players
are also your students who are here to learn.
We understand.
Please do this.
Great, Coach. Come this way.
Where is that empty seat?
Hey! Hey, Yi Seul.
Hold on.
What?
I overhead everything at the main office.
If the baseball team does poorly in school, we'll be kicked off the team.
What?
What do we do?
What do you think high school baseball is?!
Ahjussi...
The hospital...
What are you doing here?
Ham Yi Seul, sophomore,
baseball team manager since freshman year.
I think it's more fitting to call you
the baseball team's mom.
There are many short-tempered moms
who enter rooms without knocking.
Ahjussi, are you the coach?
I'm not old enough to be addressed as ahjusshi,
so just call me coach.
Have you played high school baseball before, Coach?
No comment.
Aish, seriously.
I just knew it would be like this.
I don't know what's so great about you,
but, Ahjussi...
I mean, Coach.
It's obvious you don't even know the basics about high school baseball!
What would that be?
The basics of high school baseball?
Friendship,
passion,
and fervor.
That's a little different from mine.
What?
Victory, hope, future, and a fighting spirit...
I think it's those things.
In the end,
a team that loses
doesn't even deserve to exist.
Is that what you mean?
A player who doesn't win
can be judged that way at the moment.
You're completely rotten.
As a coach
and as a mentor,
you're completely rotten.
All this clamor is because of the blue glove?
Kang Baek Ho isn't a player who should meet his end like this!
What do you know about Baek Ho?!
I know it's best to avoid the path
you're not qualified to take.
What?
There are 56 high school baseball teams
in the country with 1666 players right now.
Currently in 2002,
the eight professional baseball teams registered 87 new players.
That included 16 players battling for a starting position.
How many of those 16 do you think
will become starter players in the future?
Let me ask you one question.
Which do you think is more important, baseball or life?
Could you leave now?
I still have to deliberate whether
I should allow this rubbish baseball team to continue.
[The appearance of a tough manager!! Must be blacklisted!]
As a doctor, I recommend you end your athletic career here.
Even if you recover,
there's no guarantee you'll be what you were before.
Don't you have anything to say to me?
Nope.
Your leg really is fine, right?
Of course.
Aigoo. Don't worry, Manager.
See, these paper cranes really do work.
How did you know?
What?
How did you know there are paper cranes in that box?
Hey...
Ham Yi Seul, how well do I know you?
The whole neighborhood knows
you've been crying and folding cranes every night.
Oh, you didn't know.
Hey, you three baseball players.
Joo Tae Nam, Song Chan Wook,
Kang Baek Ho, quickly.
Get up here quickly, punks.
Song Chan Wook, number 1.
Kang Baek Ho, number 2.
Joo Tae Nam, number 3. Solve them.
Teacher, how would I know this?
Hey, I've taught you this before.
You've all learned it, why can't you solve the problems?
Hey, Teacher, why would the baseball team
know how to do these problems?
So, what? You're proud you don't know?!
No, you usually don't make us do it.
Why are you suddenly doing shady stuff you've never done before?
What? Shady stuff?!
Lean over.
All of you lean against the blackboard!
Teacher. Teacher.
Please calm down.
There's nothing to calm down about.
All of you punks, up against the blackboard!
Quickly, lean over!
Why are you dawdling, Punk?!
You don't even know what those are, do you?
Five strokes.
One, two, three, four...
My leg, my leg...
Punk, you're going to complain?
I'll add two more.
Aigoo, you punks.
You don't even know how to spell?
You're worse than middle schoolers.
The...
Hey, Chan Wook, you read it.
What? Okay.
Aigoo.
Don't scribble.
Baek Ho.
Punk.
Is this place your bedroom?
My leg is injured, that's why...
Is your leg injury an excuse?
You better not lean over again.
I'm in a lousy mood.
Ahjussi, ice water please...
I'm hungry now after being angry.
Please bring us some tempura...
Thanks for everything.
Victory, Korea!
Hey, come on.
Let's forget about baseball for now
and focus on watching football.
Let's fulfill our duties as citizens of the World Cup host country.
I never dreamt I'd be able to watch
Beckham, Ronaldo, and Zidane
in my homeland.
This is a miracle. It's a miracle.
I am a Red Devil*. (*supporters of national team)
You are Red Devils, okay?
Got it?
Starting tomorrow, let's forget everything
and happily cheer!
Okay?
Okay.
The 2002 World Cup
got everyone's blood surging that hot summer.
I had never once watched a game with Yi Seul before.
How come I never realized how fun football is?
Hey. Why?
If you had known,
would you be playing football instead of baseball?
Hey, can I change my major now?
It's too late, Punk.
You were seriously thinking about quitting baseball, huh?
- Goal! - Hey, look!
Goal! Goal!
Oh, my God!
Goal!
Republic of Korea!
Tomorrow,
will you come to the street cheer?
Don't wait for me. I'm not going.
Don't be like that. Come with us.
No, my leg is injured.
I just want to stay home and rest.
Then I'll go to your house
with everybody.
No. I'm sure they want to go out and watch.
There's no need.
You guys go on your own.
I understand.
Republic of Korea!
He shoots!
A little wide.
On target and we'd have won.
Hwang Sun Hong has collapsed to the ground.
He's bleeding. He's bleeding.
They head-butted each other.
I hope he's not seriously injured.
Looks like the injury is near his eye.
I think he injured his eye while heading the ball.
Oh, my goodness.
Everyone, Hwang Sun Hong is on the ground.
Seriously!
I hope he's okay.
Let's see a replay.
He was hit on the head.
Seriously!
I'm concerned it's a serious injury.
- What do we do? - If Hwang Sun Hong stays out of the game,
- Kang Baek Ho, are you watching the match? - Korea will be at a disadvantage.
Oh, my goodness! Hwang Sun Hong is on the ground.
Now what are we going to do?
Yi Seul, don't worry.
Hwang Sun Hong will get back up.
In a second,
after he gets his head bandaged
he'll be running on the pitch again.
No, it looks like he's seriously injured
and he's bleeding a lot.
Ham Yi Seul, do you want to make a bet?
If Hwang Sun Hong gets back up within five minutes,
then my leg will definitely get better too.
If I lose,
then I'll give you the MP3 player you've been eyeing.
All right?
What?
I'm telling you to open your eyes and watch closely.
Hey!
Oh, he got hit while heading the ball.
It was a header that totally would have scored a goal.
Aigoo. So deadly.
I really hope it's not serious.
He's bleeding profusely now.
- He needs emergency treatment for his injury. - If Hwang Sun Hong gets back up
within five minutes,
then my leg will definitely get better too.
Please.
Get up.
Please.
Get up.
Wow!
- He's getting back up. - He's getting back up.
Hey, Hwang Sun Hong is getting back up now.
He's standing up.
Wow! That's incredible determination.
Hwang Sun Hong!
[Hwang Bird's left-footed strike... A Delightful Strike. ]
[South Korea Into Round of 16]
[Youngil News] [117 Minute Bloody Battle "Huge Comeback"]
Hey, dried squid, dried squid...
Did you buy dried squid?
When I'm not here, you guys don't study.
Seriously!
Dried squid, dried squid.
You guys have to do well on the exams this time.
Regardless of whether it's that coach or a glance* or whatever. (*sounds like coach)
You have to do well so he can't scold you.
You got it?
Hey, Ham Yi Seul, what has gotten into you all of a sudden?
Kang Baek Ho, did you memorize all the Korean history facts?
No, I'm... I'm doing it now.
Hurry and open your book! Open it!
[Kang Baek Ho, fighting!!]
What's happening?
Ham Yi Seul...
What are you doing out here?
Kang Baek Ho.
You scared me to death!
What happened?
What's wrong?
Hey, the door is locked.
What?
Move aside.
Chae Ri! Song Chan Wook! Joo Tae Nam!
Hey, they already left.
What?
- When? - I'm not sure.
I woke up and they were packing up to go home and sleep.
Now what do we do?
Wait until morning
and I'll try climbing out the window.
Then we have to stay locked up in here all night?
So who told you to wander in here?
Hey.
Why are you looking through someone's things?
Someone's?
How is that yours?
Technically, it's mine.
You made it for me so that makes it mine.
Who boastfully said he'd win even without this stuff?
I'm sorry.
About what?
Just because...
But, when did you find this?
You got injured
so I just tossed it aside and left.
I told you, didn't I?
I hold onto what's mine.
But what should we do until tomorrow?
Aigoo. We should sleep.
Smells bad...
Kang Baek Ho, you can't sleep now.
The exam is tomorrow. You have to score at least 80 percent.
Did you finish studying?
The newspaper that published Jang Ji Yeon's
Day of Lamentation...
- 3, 2... - One sec. One sec...
Hwang... Hwang Seong Newspaper.
Correct.
Joseon and Japan's first modern treaty,
which was also an unequal treaty was...?
That's a totally easy one.
The Treaty of Ganghwa.
In which year?
What? Which year?
I have to memorize that too?
Of course! It was 1876!
I don't know. I don't know... I quit.
Anyway, I won't pass even if I memorize facts now.
Hey, this is a waste of time.
I might as well go to sleep.
Who says you can go to sleep?
Get up quickly!
Hey, you're still not getting up?
Get up! Get up!
- I get it. I get it. - Hurry and get up!
Let's go, march towards first place!
Best pitcher Kang Baek Ho, fighting!
81 percent.
Wow! 81 percent! 81 percent!
Are you okay?
Now if your leg gets better you're all set, Kang Baek Ho.
No one can snatch baseball away from me.
Absolutely not. No one can.
Give that to me.
No.
What?
Stop here.
All right, Baek Ho?
Kang Baek Ho,
stop playing baseball now,
all right?
What are you talking about?
Cut the nonsense.
Give that to me. Go home and sleep.
What's baseball?
Is it more important than your health?
Is it more important than your life?
You can still live even if you don't play, Baek Ho.
So just stop here, all right?
No.
I can't keep living.
You ask me what baseball is?
I've realized it's my arm,
my leg, and my heart.
If I don't play baseball,
I'm no longer Kang Baek Ho.
If you remove baseball from Kang Baek Ho's life,
there's nothing left!
How do you know?
How do you know that?
I know!
I just know.
I know it clearly.
I know it painfully.
- Baek Ho... - Therefore,
don't say any more and just watch out for me.
If I lose baseball,
I'll lose something even more important.
Something even more important?
What is that?
It's you!
What in the world is it?
You're such a noisy brat.
Hey. When did it become your duty
to prevent players from training?
I'm leaving.
Let go.
Geez. Great timing, Kang Baek Ho.
Hey.
Get on.
I'll push you home.
- Go. Let's go! - Hey.
Let's go, let's go! Push harder!
You're so heavy.
- Is it fun? - Hey, hey.
What? What?
- Hey. Hey. - What?
Let's watch the game and then go.
I thought you said you don't watch football?
If you don't watch now,
you'll regret it all your life.
How do you know?
I just do. Let's go. Turn.
Okay. Let's go.
Push, push, push.
You're heavy.
Republic of Korea!
- Tie this on. - Republic of Korea!
Republic of Korea!
- Yi Seul. - Huh?
Actually, I... you...
The ball's out of play.
Park has the ball.
He passes to Lee Young Pyo.
Lee Young Pyo is fast.
- Lee Young Pyo is passing it...
- What did you say? - Lee Young Pyo is passing it...
- I... I like you. - He shoots! Goal! Goal!
Wow!
Our team finally got a goal!
Kang Baek Ho is coming!
[I'll take you to the major leagues] I'll take you to the major leagues, Kang Baek Ho.
If you go back on your word later, you're dead.
One, two, three.
I'm sorry.
Don't follow me!
Where are you going?
I have to settle something with him, man to man.
Do you
believe in miracles, Coach?
Happy Valentine's Day.
Hello, Everyone.
This year's Valentine's Day is here.
Could the person standing next to Yi Seul
be me instead of Coach?