'Lotte fan started baseball after seeing Doosan win and came to LG.' Rookie Pitcher Who Cried After Being Nominated I Thought He'd Be Picked in Round 2 and 3..."

Nov 02, 2024

LG Twins rookie pitcher Park Si-won. Lee Chun = Reporter Kwon In-ha

Gyeongnam High School's Park Si-won, who was nominated by the LG Twins in the sixth round in the rookie draft, is crying with his head down after receiving his uniform. SPOTV broadcast screen capture

There is a player who buried his face in his uniform and cried after being selected in the 2025 Rookie Draft on September 12. Kyungnam High School's Park Si-won, who was selected in the 6th round by the LG Twins.

And Park Si-won is training for the first time as a professional player at the LG Champions Park in Icheon with his colleagues such as Kim Young-woo (1st round), Yoo Hyun-hyun (2nd round), and Kim Jong-woon (7th round).

What kind of tears were they. Park Si-won said, `People around me said I would be selected around the second or third round, so I thought about that and went to the draft, but I thought something was wrong because my name wasn't called in the second and third roundsIt's not going to be called even in rounds 4, 5, so it might not be picked'I had anxiety, but I think I cried with relief because I was selected in the sixth round."

I started playing baseball when I was a little late in the fifth grade of elementary school. The reason why I started playing baseball is interesting. Living in Busan, of course, a big fan of Lotte Giants. My family is a Lotte fan, so I watched a lot of baseball at Sajik Stadium. It was not Lotte but the Doosan Bears who thought they wanted to play baseball decisively. Watching Game 4 of the 2016 Korean Series at Masan Stadium changed his life.

Park Si-won said, "My father worked for Doosan subsidiary, so I got a ticket for the Korean Series and went to watch Game 4 in Masan"Dusan won the championship at that time, and the atmosphere of winning the championship was so good. I thought I wanted to do that, too."

Gyeongnam High School's Park Si-won, who was selected by the LG Twins in the sixth round in the rookie draft, is watching the draft with his eyes moistened with tears. SPOTV broadcast screen capture

A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 25th. LG rookie Park Si-won is greeting his fans. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.09.25/

Since then, I started to play baseball by begging my parents. My parents, who opposed it at first, also allowed me to quit because they were having a hard time in about three months because their child was sleepy, but even the nomination was continued as a professional player.

Pitcher started in 6th grade in elementary school. Since he is tall at 1m78, he naturally became a pitcher. He shot 144km in his first year of high school and recorded a maximum of 151km this year.

The breaking ball throws a slider and a curve, and the curve is thrown in two ways: a knuckle curve and a normal curve. When you count, you throw a slow curve and use a knuckle curve that quickly falls into the crystal ball.

'A famous noun' Kim Beom-seok is two years his senior in high school and they are close. "Bumseok approached me first in the first grade and made me comfortable." and "He called me and gave me advice when the game was broadcast on TV again this year." Kim Bum-seok's kind seniority was conveyed.

Will Park Si-won and Kim Bum-seok be able to make LG's victory next season by forming batteries in the first team.

indyk@sportschosun.com