The reason why the man in crisis hit by making his cheeks puffy after the 'pilot game home run king' sparkle was 0.236 → 0.056 → 0.067. "Take it easy in any way you can"
Nov 19, 2024
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I wonder what this means. The batter swelled the ball when he hit. I wondered if it was a joke, but it was an act out of desperation for him. This is the story of Song Chan, the LG Twins' 'pilot game home run king'.
Song Chan-eui became a star in the 2022 exhibition game. Song Chan-eui, who joined in 2018, was his first first first-team experience, and he hit as many as six home runs and became the "Homerun King of Demonstration Game". He immediately reached the opening entry, and even started in the opening match, receiving expectations as LG's new right-handed slugger. However, he failed to adapt to the first team and only hit 236 with three home runs and 10 RBIs in 33 games. It was the same afterwards. He only hit 566 (1 hit in 18 at-bats) in 19 games last year, and also played in 10 games this season and remained batting average of 67 (1 hit in 15 at-bats). There were fewer and fewer opportunities.
Isn't the title 'Homerun King' that came out all of a sudden rather poisonous. Since expectations are high, I think it can act as a burden to Song Chan-eui.
Song Chan-eui, who is working hard on hitting in the closing training, shook his head. "It seems to be repeated every year. It seems to be driven by the desire to do it. I thought it would be different every year, but I couldn't do it as I wanted. "But I also thought it would have been difficult to come this far without the results of the home run king in the trial game. I think that's why I'm so obsessed with the results that I'm chasing." He got a chance because he was the home run king in the exhibition game and he didn't take that chance.
In this season's Futures League, he was not bad with a batting average of 291 (84 hits in 289 at-bats) with nine home runs and 56 RBIs. The difference between the first and second groups was stark.
Song Chan-eui, who has focused on hitting technology, has now begun to find a reason for his mental strength. Song Chan-eui wondered why he couldn't do it in the first team, but he thought he couldn't afford it. I don't think I had enough time to think that I had to produce results and play convincing even if I didn't produce results. Even so, it doesn't mean that you're going to be like that just because you're determined to do it in a relaxed way.
Then "My style is an aggressive style that sees the game within three pitches. And I was so motivated to do well in the first team that I felt like I was gaining strengthThe referee, who was going back and forth between the 1st and 2nd teams, looked at me and told me that my swing felt different in the 1st and 2nd teams. I definitely thought I was hitting the same thing, but I was surprised that the referee said so. I had strength without realizing it."
He changed direction with coach Hwang Byung-il's advice when he came down to the second team again after playing his last first-team match in August. Song Chan-eui said, `Coach Hwang Byung-il said that now that he has accumulated years of experience, he is not at the stage to talk technically, and that he has to think about how he can relax at bat and hit strikes without missing them,' adding, `Since then, I have practiced swinging without losing my strength. But I had a lot of worries because I didn't leave because I wanted to lose my strength."
At that time, what suddenly came to mind was Moon Sung-joo. I remembered Moon Sung-joo sticking out his tongue a little bit and hitting it. Song Chan-eui once asked Sung Joo-hyung why he was playing with his tongue, and he said that he would lose his strength"So I thought of another way, but I hit it with air in my cheeks." He actually played in the second-tier game by putting in air until his cheeks became puffy. Song Chan-eui said "It seemed that I was losing my energy, if it was just my feeling. "The result was good as well," he said. "Now in the closing camp, I'm looking for a way to relax without blowing air on the ball. The coach doesn't have to over-swing all the time. He said, "Even if I get a straight hit with a basic swing, I have good bat speed and good batting speed on my own, so I get good batting."
So far, it is a satisfactory camp. "I'm focusing on in-outswing and not over-swinging, but coach Mo Chang-min said it's good so far." "I'll have to hit the pitchers' balls in the future for sure, but all I can do now is do well in any way I can." A lot of people are helping me. I want to find something that suits me and play in the first team."
For Song Chan-eui, who will turn 25 next year, the number of right-handed batters has increased. He should win the competition against Moon Jung-bin, who suffered a fiery blow to Kim Bum-seok after being discharged from the military, and Kim Min-soo, who came from Lotte.
indyk@sportschosun.com
