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| The 2024 WBSC Premier 12 warm-up match between the South Korean baseball team and the Cuban national team was held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 2nd. Um Sang-baek is catching his breath. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.11.02/ |
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"It's good for training...."
The Premier 12 national team, led by head coach Ryu Joong-il, held its last training session before leaving Taiwan at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 7th. Ahead of the training session, the 28 final entry players who will leave for Taiwan were announced.
Except for Koo Ja-wook, who was injured, a total of 34 players trained at Gocheok Dome, and six of them were eliminated.
Pitchers Kim Si-hoon (NC), Um Sang-baek (KT), Jeon Sang-hyun (KIA), Cho Min-seok (Sangmu), catcher Han Jun-su (KIA), and infielder Kim Young-woong (Samsung) will not be able to attend the final entry. Among them, Kim Young-woong was unable to appear in a practice game against Sangmu on the 6th due to shoulder pain. Pitchers Kim Si-hoon and Cho Min-seok were expected to be eliminated to some extent as they were additionally in the situation.
Manager Ryu, who expressed his concerns about the pitcher the most, cited Um Sang-baek and Jeon Sang-hyun as the most worried players. Um Sang-baek-on is the starting pitcher who won 13 games this season. Jeon Sang-hyun was a must-winner with 10 wins, 7 saves and 19 holds.
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| Premier 12 national baseball team training held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the afternoon of the 5th. Jeon Sang-hyun, who is training defensive tactics with his colleagues. Gocheok = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2024.11.05/ |
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Coach Ryu said, `In fact, it's good to gather a lot of players and train them, but there were many difficulties when we eliminated six players. I made a decision after the Sangmu match. The most disappointing players are Um Sang-baek and Jeon Sang-hyun. "Um Sang-baek is sick and there is no such thing." I felt like I wasn't in a good condition. Unfortunately, I was eliminated as a result of the meeting. Jeon Sang-hyun is also okay, but I thought he threw a lot during the postseason, so he lost his ball power. I'm very sorry and disappointed."
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| Premier 12 national baseball team training held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the afternoon of the 5th. Director Ryu Joong-il is interviewing. Gocheok = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2024.11.05/ |
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The national team had a total of five starters. Kwak Bin and Ko Young-pyo, who are scheduled to start the first match against Taiwan and the second match against the Dominican Republic, as well as Lim Chan-kyu, Choi Seung-yong and Um Sang-baek were named. With Um Sang-baek out, the four-man rotation was decided. Manager Ryu added "There are four starters. On the first day, the player throwing against Taiwan will enter the match against Australia. Originally, I thought of Eom Sang-baek as 1+1, but after consulting with the pitching coach, I boldly excluded middle pitchers because they said they could do two to three innings instead of one inning."
As for Choi Ji-min, who did not seem to be in good condition, "I agonized a lot. However, as Dominica and Japan have left-handed batters, I picked him because I thought one would not be enough."
As for the catcher part where Park Dong-won, Kim Hyung-joon and Han Jun-su competed, "(Kim) Hyung-jun had experience in the national team and there was no Jun-su. I think I'm behind in my experience."
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