Legendary Home Run King, Emerging Home Run King, Genius Boy, or Home Run Derby winner?
Jun 28, 2024
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KBO announced the list of players to participate in the home run derby on the 28th. The list was decided through fan voting.
SSG Landers Choi Jung ranked first with 22,906 votes in a two-day fan vote on the KBO All-Star website and KBO official app from 10 a.m. on the 25th to 10 a.m. on the 27th. Choi Jung-eun, who holds the record for the most home runs in the KBO League, is expected to show a cool home run show in front of fans through the home run derby.
The selection of home run hitters against Choi Jung is also outstanding. KIA Tigers' Kim Do-young came in second with 19,248 votes, while Hanwha Eagles' Noh Si-hwan, last year's home run king, came in third with 13,746 votes. Following this, the top eight players will participate in the final round, including Hanwha Peraza (10,158 votes), LG Twins Austin (10,41 votes), Park Dong-won (10,36 votes), NC Dinos Kim Hyung-joon (110,16 votes), and KT Wiz Rojas (110,12 votes).
The Com2us professional baseball home run derby, which will be held after the Futures All-Star Game on All-Star Friday on July 5, will be held individually, and the winner will be awarded a trophy and a prize of 5 million won along with an LG Cinebeam Cube as an injury. The runner-up player will be given a trophy and a prize of 1 million won, while the player who hit the longest home run will be provided with Samsung Galaxy Tab S9.
In addition, this year, a more interesting home run derby will be held, such as setting some areas of the outfield as 'Compya Zone', awarding the player who hit the most home runs in the area 'Compya Zone Most Home Run Award', and donating baseball supplies worth 1 million won to the award-winning player's alma mater.
KBO and Comtus will hold various events in Comtus' representative baseball games 'Comtus Professional Baseball 2024' and 'Comtus Professional Baseball V24' to commemorate the hosting of Comtus Professional Baseball Home Run Derby.
Compya 2024 will host 'Homerun Derby Event' and 'All-Star Game Commemoration Special Package Event' while Compya V24 will host 'KBO All-Star Game Result Prediction Event' and 'Homerun Derby Result Prediction Event'. In addition, on-site promotions will be planned at Incheon SSG Landers Field, where the All-Star Game will be held, to be with baseball fans inside and outside the game.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
