At 41 years old, this performance... "(Choi) Hyungwoo is moving..."The 327HR master said, "'Resolve for duty' and 'Dream of unfulfilled dreams'
Jul 16, 2024
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Kang Min-ho (39, Samsung Lions) hit a three-run home run in the top of the seventh inning against Doosan in Jamsil on the 14th. Doosan skipped Koo Ja-wook and chose to play against Kang Min-ho. Kang Min-ho, who came to the batter's box, immediately showed that the choice was wrong.
Kang Min-ho's 327th career home run. He already has the most home runs as a catcher. If he adds one more at the same time, he will be on par with Shim Jung-soo, who ranks 10th in home runs in the KBO League. If you add two, you will be in ninth place, and if you add three, you will be in eighth place alone.
Kang Min-ho "As I've been doing it for a long time from an early age, I think I'm getting more records in the top 10 like this. There are things I did well, but I think that I'm doing well healthy" smiled.
As much as Kang Min-ho, there are players who show 'Veteran Power'. This is Choi Hyung-woo (41) of the KIA Tigers. He is an unsuspecting veteran with a batting average of 283, 17 homers and 80 RBIs in 82 games this season. He was named the oldest MVP in the All-Star Game held on the 6th and has continued his top performance by hitting a grand slam from the first game of the second half. Kang Min-ho is playing so well that what Hyung-woo (Choi) is doing is touching as a junior. When Hyung-woo said he was having a hard time two years ago, sitting as a catcher, 'Don't think about taking off your uniform. Let's let our seniors stay more at the ballpark. I often say this for my juniors. It's also called greed, but I don't think so. If we do it for a long time, the time for juniors to wear uniforms will be longer. If you are not competitive, you have to take off your clothes, but I don't think you have to take off your clothes by deciding when to retire. In that sense, (Choi) Hyung-woo is doing so well."
Kang Min-ho is helping the team's batting average of 293, eight homers and 41 RBIs in 87 games this season. In particular, he has a batting average of .500 in nine games in July. He also has four home runs.
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Samsung, with Kang Min-ho's hard hitting, is in second place by 4.5 games behind the first-place KIA Tigers (52 wins, 2 draws and 35 losses) with 48 wins, 2 draws and 40 losses until the 15th. Starting from the 16th, he will start three consecutive games against KIA in Gwangju to reduce rides. Samsung has recently prepared a rebounding factor, including sending out David McKinnon and recruiting Ruben Cardenas as a new foreign hitter. Kang Min-ho said "The coach said, "The real ranking fight is summer, and now I've endured well even when there are no foreign hitters, but I think there will be a great synergy effect when a new foreign hitter comes."expected "
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