A boy who had been picking up a ball in Jamsil took the mound of Cheongryonggi a year later. Kim Jiyoon of Bucheon High School threw her dream without losing a point
Jul 03, 2024
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It was a year ago. A young student with a black face and short hair caught the eye among Doosan players who were training ahead of the game between Jamsil Baseball Stadium and SSG at the end of August last year. It was Kim Ji-yoon, a second-year pitcher at Bucheon High School.
Kim Ji-yoon applied to Jamsil Baseball Stadium Ballboy despite the short vacation given after his team, Bucheon High School, was eliminated in the first round of Bonghwangdaegi, and had a dream-like time playing catch with Doosan players such as Heo Kyung-min and Kim Jae-hwan. Kim Ji-yoon's polite greetings "Are you a baseball team?Huh Kyung-min, who was interested in it, offered to train together by handing over his glove, and coach Kwon Myung-chul, who was a pitching coach at the time, also received a one-point lesson.
Bucheon High School pitcher Kim Ji-yoon took the mound at Shinwol Stadium in the 79th Cheongryonggi National High School Baseball Championship and the weekend league between King Wangjung and Bucheon High School. Kim Ji-yoon, who is 180 centimeters tall and has a physique of 80 kilograms, has played in nine games this season, recording one win, one loss and a 2.18 ERA.
Kim Ji-yoon took the mound in the top of the seventh inning following starter Ahn Si-hoo, when his team was trailing 0-3, and threw 42 pitches in three innings to block the Hwimungo lineup with three hits and no outs. However, Bucheon High School unfortunately lost 0-3 and ended the blue dragon flag.
After the game, Kim Ji-yoon said, "I thought I could follow the score of 3-0 enough, so I shouldn't allow additional runs, so I think if I throw without additional runs, there will definitely be a chance, so I think I did my best and threw really hard. I thought the coach trusted and posted it, so I threw hard to help the team at the given opportunity.," he said. "I tried my best not to lose this time because it was a whimoon that I met when I was in E-Mart, the first national competition, but I think I had a lot of regrets because I lost. Although the blue dragon flag is unfortunately over, I want to do my best to show good performances and cool performances in the phoenix, which is the last hope"He expressed his determination.
A boy who was picking up the ball in Jamsil developed his dream by pitching well on the mound of Cheongryonggi a year later. Kim Ji-yoon's dream, which evolved from Jamsil Ballboy to Bucheon Doljik-gu, is now in progress.
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