"Do you trust Director Lee Bum Ho? I'm thankful, but I'm sorry". Why?Pre-FA outfielder fixed 'Hampyeong Life' for 10 days
"Do you trust Director Lee Bum Ho? I'm thankful, but I'm sorry". Why?Pre-FA outfielder fixed 'Hampyeong Life' for 10 days
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KIA Tigers outfielder Choi Won-joon showed impressive performance immediately after his return to the first division. Choi Won-joon, who dampened the opponent's mood with a decisive homebody, led the team to a two-run home run to sweep the team's doubleheader.
KIA faced the Doosan Bears in the 2025 Shinhan Sol Bank KBO League at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on the 17th.
In the first game, KIA won 5-2 with starting pitcher James Nail allowing six hits, eight strikeouts, two runs and two runs in seven innings, and Choi Hyung-woo's two hits, one homer and three RBIs. Closer Jung Hae-young also took the mound in the top of the ninth inning and made 133 saves in his career by throwing three outs. With this save, Jung set a new record, breaking the record of the most saves in a career for the Tigers franchise that he had with former coach Sun Dong-yeol.
It was Choi Won-joon who played an active part in the second game. Choi started as the second batter and right fielder in the second game, and walked to the base at his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning. Choi then homered and scored the first run when Choi Hyung-woo had a double to left-center.
Choi Won-joon caught a hit when Cho Soo-haeng's right-handed hit in the top of the second inning with two outs and a runner on second base, and immediately threw a no-bound throw home. The throw, which flew like a clothesline, went straight into catcher Han Jun-su's glove and made a relaxed tag-out.
Choi took the batter's box for the second time in the bottom of the third inning with no outs and no outs on the first base. After a full count match with starting pitcher Hong Min-gyu, Choi hit a change-up of 129 km/h in the seventh pitch and hit a two-run homer with a driving distance of 105 meters. It was Choi's third arch of the season.
KIA ran to 4-1 in the bottom of the third inning with Kim Do-young's double, Choi Hyung-woo's base hit, and Kim Sun-bin's ground ball RBI.
Kia's starting pitcher Yang Hyeon-jong met the requirement of two wins for this season by allowing six hits, seven strikeouts, one run and a quality start in six innings. The Kia bench mobilized all of its bullpen pitchers starting from the seventh inning. Lee Joon-young, Jo Sang-woo, and Jung Hae-young were all ready to take the mound in two consecutive doubleheaders. As a result, Kia held a three-point lead, swept all of its doubleheaders, and won its third consecutive game.
Choi Won-joon, who was very active in the second game, met with reporters after the game and said, "I was lucky to have a change-up in front of me. In fact, I thought I would get caught unconditionally, but I moved on," adding, "I think the home bodhisattva has experience defending right field from a long time ago, so such a good result came out. This is not to say that right field is more comfortable, but it feels similar to both center field and right field. "I made a mistake in the defense in the outfield early in the season, and I want to make up for it by playing like today," he said.
Choi Won-joon appeared in 35 games this season and showed a severe slump from the beginning with a batting average of 0.209, 24 hits, a home run, 11 RBIs, 6 steals, a on-base percentage of 0.278, and a slugging percentage of 0.304. Choi Won-joon was canceled from the first team on the 5th, went down to Hampyeong Futures team, went through 10 days of reorganization, and returned to the team on the 14th. 스포츠토토
Choi Won-joon said, "I felt that I needed time to go down and reorganize rather than being in the first team, but the coach gave me that time. It was a precious time for me," adding, "The hitting mechanism was completely broken, but it was difficult to make changes in the first team that needed to produce results right away. So, I went down to Hampyeong and made a big revision to the hitting mechanism."
Choi Won-joon then said, "I tried to change my style to how I felt when I was playing for the Sangmu Baseball Team. I wanted to strengthen my batting performance while watching the ball well. I kept revising the ball while watching the video with my coach. "I think I was hit well before, but I kept getting caught because I flew weak, but now I feel like I can continue to make stronger pitches."
Coach Lee Bum-ho has shown strong belief that he will be the starting player for Choi. However, Choi has been working hard at practice with more regret than feeling comfortable with such belief.
Choi Won-joon emphasized, "I'm not just comfortable that the coach trusts and entrusts me. If I don't do well, you can't keep believing that, so I'm playing desperately, thinking that there is no fixed position. The coach always tells me to be comfortable, but I feel grateful and sorry. I'm so sorry that I think I'm trying to practice more than others to do well."
Finally, Choi Won-joon said, "While I was down, the team's atmosphere seemed to be in a deep slump. I need a player who plays hard to get to one more base, but I'm going to take the lead to show that more. I hope other players will be able to revive the atmosphere through such plays. I'm glad that the doubleheader's winning streak came out well."