In the heart of loyalty, the father and son together V12...2024 Romantic Tiger
In the heart of loyalty, the father and son together V12...2024 Romantic Tiger
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Jung Hae-young (23) posted a photo on her social network service (SNS) on the 29th. Jung Hae-young in the photo is running to the catcher with two fists clenched and cheered after striking out in Game 5 of the Korean Series against Samsung a day earlier. However, the catcher in the photo is not Kim Tae-gun but Jeong Hoe-yeol (25).스포츠토토
Chung is the son of Dongwon University coach Chung Hoe-yeol, who was known as Haitai catcher. Chung was a catcher at a time when Haitai was called a dynasty, and was wearing a catcher's mask at the moment when Haitai won the Korean Series in 1993 and 1996. The father and son were born as pitchers and catchers after winning the Korean Series for the first time in a Korean professional baseball league.
My father was always my biggest hero to me, who came to Kia baseball stadium where my father worked in elementary and middle school after I started playing baseball. I combined my father's photo from 1993 when I won against Samsung with my own photo and wrote "Daddy won!" to celebrate together.
The long history of winning leads to pride in young players, and the romance that is rare these days is overflowing.
Yang Hyeon-jong, who had a 1-0 shutout in the second game in 2017, had a fierce count fight with Yang Eui-ji of Doosan Bears, who cleared eight consecutive fouls after two outs in the top of the ninth inning. In response, catcher Kim Min-sik guided him to the corner in the 10th pitch, but Yang Hyun-jong put the catcher back in the center shouting, "Don't sit down." Yang, who had a head-to-head match, struck out in the 11th pitch to complete the shutout with 120 pitches.
Romantic baseball continued in 2024. Yang threw only 17 straight fastballs at the start of the second game. Behind him is Kim Tae-gun, a romantic catcher. "I didn't have to throw breaking balls because the opponent team was aggressive. I told him to throw only fastballs. It is the Korean Series. I think it is best to throw boldly in fall baseball."
Left-hander Kwak Do-gyu, who was born in 2004, attracted senior pitcher Lee Eui-ri, who was not able to join the Korean Series, as a performance.
Lee Eui-ri, who is rehabilitating from elbow surgery, is a senior whom Kwak Do-gyu, who is in his second year, trusts and follows the most. In Game 5, he made a "Lee Eui-ri shirt" and wore it underneath, and tore the uniform as he came down after taking the mound. He fell in love with the heat of the Korean Series and the atmosphere just before winning the championship, and Kwak Do-gyu reminded him of the name of Lee Eui-ri, which most people had forgotten.
The peak of KIA's romantic baseball was achieved by winning the title in Gwangju for the first time in 37 years. The victory call of MBC Sports+ caster Han Myung-jae, "Gwangju, the city that overcame the greatest pain of our time with baseball," further soaked many KIA fans in Gwangju.
Ahead of the upcoming showdown, not many coaches will be able to take care of the history of their teams' hometowns. "What I really wanted to achieve during my 14 years together at the Kia Tigers was to bring another trophy that was once held in Gwangju," KIA manager Lee Bum-ho said ahead of the fifth match, putting great significance on securing the Korean Series title in Gwangju.
The Kia players, who took a day off after winning the championship, gathered again on Wednesday. They will have a two-day gathering in Damyang, South Jeolla Province, near Gwangju. Kim Do-young, Jeong Hae-young, Jeon Sang-hyun, Choi Ji-min, Kwak Do-gyu, Han Jun-su and Choi Won-jun, who will join the Premier 12 national team on Wednesday, will regrettably not be able to join the team, but the players will have an after party after eating, laughing and talking together for the first time in a long time. This is also a romantic baseball game.