How to Break a Jinx

Ace pitcher Kang Jihwan and star batter Baek Hwigyeom built their friendship around a single ball since childhood.
After graduating high school, they both successfully went pro through the rookie draft, and their youth seemed to be on a smooth, unstoppable path… At least until their seventh year, when Hwigyeom fell into a hellish slump he never could have imagined.

Dating? No. Drinking or smoking? Absolutely not. Going out? Only a strict home–stadium routine. Even self-pleasure? Completely cut off, all in on training. And yet his performance kept plummeting, his pride hitting rock bottom. A man ruled by superstitions, sensitive even to the smallest pre-game routine, Hwigyeom was driven mad by a slump that only deepened without any clear reason.

Frustrated, he calls up Jihwan - now on a different team - and they go out for drinks. Drinking recklessly like nothing matters, Hwigyeom ends up completely wasted… When he comes to his senses, he finds himself lying in bed with his best friend, Jihwan. And they’ve already… done that.

The next day, too embarrassed to even make eye contact, Hwigyeom heads to the stadium and is given a rare pinch-hitting opportunity. And in that moment - a walk-off three-run home run. A dramatic comeback that makes his seven-year slump seem meaningless.

Leaving him with just one conclusion:
…Did what happened last night become his new superstition?

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