I don't even have a record of playing in the first team...NC Han Jae-hwan's miracle, 4 consecutive at-bats in 1 game, blasting home runs

Aug 30, 2024

I don't even have a record of playing in the first team...NC Han Jae-hwan's miracle, 4 consecutive at-bats in 1 game, blasting home runs
photo courtesy of NC Dinos



Why is he in the 2nd division?

A tremendous record came out in the Futures League. Four consecutive at-bats home runs came out. The main character is Han Jae-hwan from the NC Dinos.

Han Jae-hwan, a member of NC Futures League C team, started the Futures game against the Kiwoom Heroes in Goyang on the 30th as a 4th-3rd baseman. Han Jae-hwan hit a home run in four consecutive at-bats in the game.



It's not a familiar name. After graduating from Kaesong High School, he received the NC nomination in the second round of the 2020 Rookie Draft with the 8th round. In the meantime, he has only played in the Futures League, and there is no record of a first-team game.

However, in this season's Futures League, he was showing off his slugging capability by hitting seven home runs before the game. And on August 30th, I made a memorable game.



I don't even have a record of playing in the first team...NC Han Jae-hwan's miracle, 4 consecutive at-bats in 1 game, blasting home runs
photo courtesy of NC Dinos
Han Jae-hwan said, `Recently, coach Gong Pil-sung, coach Cho Young-hoon, and coach Yoon Byung-ho told me to play boldly instead of thinking a lot about the training I've sweated so far, so trusting me and being bold in the game seems to have led to a good result" expressed his feelings.

Then "I had a good feeling in recent matches and I kept trying to keep a good feeling. I tried to concentrate on one at-bat in today's game, and the good feeling of my first home run continued well until the last at-bat", he responded modestly.



Finally, Han Jae-hwan said, `I will try not to get hurt for the rest of the season and make sure that I have my personal goals in the ball, water, and state so that I can catch them when the opportunity comes" expressed his determination.

Based on the Futures League, the four-in-a-row home run was set by Lee Sung-kyu (currently Samsung), a police officer at the time, in 2018. The Futures League record has been compiled since 2010, and Han Jae-hwan is the first since Lee Sung-kyu.



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