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★ 8.3/10•2019•TV-14•Drama
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Se Young is the youngest head of the management team of Dreams, a cellar-dwelling baseball team. She's highly recognized for her perseverance and intense passion for the team. One day, Seung Su is appointed as a general manager. Although he's been working in the sports field, the teams he led to the championship were unpopular, and some of them were even disbanded after winning the league due to the financial difficulties of their parent companies. Would this unlucky new general manager be able to steer Dreams to the championship with passionate Se Young?

Jeong Dong-yoon · Director

Lee Shin-hwa · Writer

StatusEnded
LanguageKO
First Air DateDec 13, 2019

Episodes

Episode 1 - I am General Manager Baek Seung SooE161m

I am General Manager Baek Seung Soo

The Dreams is a frail baseball team continuously landing the last place. In order to have better results the following season, the team finds a new general manager, Baek Seung Su, who despite having little experience with baseball, has a track record of winning with other sports.

Dec 13, 2019

Episode 2 - I will trade Lim Dong GyuE259m

I will trade Lim Dong Gyu

Rumors spread that the Dreams' new general manager, Baek Seung Su, is planning to trade the team's most famed player, Lim Dong Gyu, for reasons unbeknownst to the employees. Despite backlash and opposition, Baek Seung Su manages to explain his reasons to the employees and successfully negotiates the trade deal.

Dec 14, 2019

Episode 3 - The Worst Baseball TeamE361m

The Worst Baseball Team

Baek Seung Su finds something suspicious about a disagreement between Ko Se Hyeok, the scouting division head, and a scouting division member, Yang Won Seop, at the first-year player draft, regarding the team's selection of player Yu Min Ho over Lee Chang Kwon and tries to seek answers.

Dec 20, 2019

Episode 4 - Professional Scout TeamE460m

Professional Scout Team

Baek Seung Su and Lee Se Young call everyone to identify irregularity of the scouting division. Meanwhile, an unexpected guest visits the office and their meeting takes a new turn.

Dec 21, 2019

Episode 5 - The one who smiling back homeE561m

The one who smiling back home

Baek Seung Su and his team leave to California to recruit Miles, but they get bewildered by the unexpectedly high cost. In the meantime, Kyung Min offers Seung Su a new amount of money for the down payment of foreign players, and their target changes into someone unsuspected.

Dec 27, 2019

Episode 6 - Problem from AmericaE663m

Problem from America

The Dreams has an open recruitment process to fill an opening in the strategy and performance analysis division. Despite Seung Su being unaware, his brother Yeong Su applies for the position, displaying a high level of understanding in statistics and receiving a divided response from the panel of interviewers.

Jan 3, 2020

Episode 7 - The art of negotiationE758m

The art of negotiation

After hearing that total funds for the Dreams will be cut by 30 percent in comparison to the previous year, Seung Su and the management team go into salary negotiations with a determined attitude. They change their way of calculating the salary of each player, to the dismay of some.

Jan 4, 2020

Episode 8 - How much I should get?E861m

How much I should get?

Despite initial roadblocks in salary negotiations, the Dreams and various players work out their differences and negotiate their contracts. Meanwhile, controversy surrounding Gil Chang Ju's interview on TV and Baek Yeong Su's employment leads to Seung Su receiving some bad news.

Jan 10, 2020

Episode 9 - Thank you for the dream General Manager Baek Seung SooE960m

Thank you for the dream General Manager Baek Seung Soo

General Manager Baek Seung Su agrees to resign from his post and Lee Se Young becomes interim general manager. The Dreams manages to bring good results at the 2019 KPB Rule 5 Draft and a sudden interview held with Gil Chang Ju surprises many people and leads to unexpected outcomes.

Jan 11, 2020

Episode 10 - Good Cop, Bad CopE1059m

Good Cop, Bad Cop

The players' association goes against the Dreams hosting practice sessions with their coaches during off-season. General Manager Baek Seung Su argues that it's only right that even players with lower salaries are allowed to practice and not pressured to rest during the two months.

Jan 17, 2020

Episode 11 - Changes for betterE1160m

Changes for better

Kwon Kyeong Min orders Baek Seung Su to cancel plans for the players of the Dreams to go abroad for off-season training. Baek Seung Su convinces three special instructors with a not-so-pleasant history with the team to train the players during the off-season.

Jan 18, 2020

Episode 12 - Lim Dong Gyu vs Kang Doo KiE1259m

Lim Dong Gyu vs Kang Doo Ki

The Dreams have begun off-season training and they face the Vikings in a practice game. Yu Min Ho is unable to produce the same quality in his pitches as before and the heads and coaches try to find a way for him to improve. Meanwhile, changes in personnel causes uproar in the Dreams' office.

Jan 31, 2020

Episode 13 - DoubtE1358m

Doubt

The entire national baseball league is in a panic due to a drug scandal. Seung Su and General Manager Kim try to protect the Dreams and the Vikings respectively. However, the rumors about the drug-using players are widespread, and the baseball fans start suspecting Kang Du Ki and Lim Dong Gyu leading to Seung Su making an unexpected and important decision.

Feb 1, 2020

Episode 14 - Lim Dong Gyu return homeE1459m

Lim Dong Gyu return home

In order to bring back Lim Dong Gyu back to the Dreams, the general manager persuades the general manager of the Vikings with a deal emphasizing a bright future.

Feb 7, 2020

Episode 15 - Somehow I want to protect DreamsE1560m

Somehow I want to protect Dreams

News spreads of a trade between Kang Doo Ki and two second-string players, handled by President Kwon Kyeong Min. While the general manager is shocked by the decision, the management team rallies behind him to try to work even harder to offset the loss that the trade brought upon the team.

Feb 8, 2020

Episode 16 - Sale!E1663m

Sale!

As Jaesong Group aims to switch its main industry, President Kwon makes the announcement to disband the Dreams. In order to salvage the team, Baek Seung Su urges him to give him a period of one week, in which he makes a bid to an IT company to persuade it to buy the team from Jaesong Group.

Feb 14, 2020

Actors

Namkoong Min

Namkoong Min

Baek Seung Soo

Park Eun-bin

Park Eun-bin

Lee Se Young

Oh Jung-se

Oh Jung-se

Kwon Kyung Min

Cho Byeong-kyu

Cho Byeong-kyu

Han Jae Hee

Yoon Byung-hee

Yoon Byung-hee

Yang Won-seop

Lee Jun-hyeok

Lee Jun-hyeok

Ko Se Hyuk

Kim Kang-min

Kim Kang-min

Lee Chang Kwon

Kim Do-hyun

Kim Do-hyun

Yoo Kyeong-taek

Kim Soo-jin

Kim Soo-jin

Lim Mi-seon

Son Jong-hak

Son Jong-hak

Go Kang-Seon

Park Jin-woo

Park Jin-woo

Byeon Chi-hoon

Kim Ki-moo

Kim Ki-moo

Jang Woo-seok

Chae Jong-hyeop

Chae Jong-hyeop

Yoo Min-ho

Bae Min-jun

Bae Min-jun

Lee Chang Hyun

Kim Jung-hwa

Kim Jung-hwa

Yoo Jeong-in

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