A competent batting coach, pitching prospect, and infield prospect disappeared under the influence of alcohol in just six months. I won't get caught in the future
Dec 21, 2024
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The LG Twins issued an apology on the 20th, announcing the drunk driving of 21-year-old infielder Kim Yu-min, who joined the second round of 2021 in the seventh round.
LG said "Kim Yu-min was caught by police for drunk driving around 11:30 p.m. on the 17th. Kim Yoo-min voluntarily reported to the club on the 19th, and the club immediately reported it to the KBO Clean Baseball Center after confirming the fact" he said. Kim Yoo-min is a player who has never played in the first team yet. As a prospect who also played in the 2022 Futures All-Star Game, he played in 55 games in the Futures League this season and posted a batting average of 241 and 9 RBIs.
The LG club deeply apologizes to the fans for the drunk driving of Kim Yoo-min, a member of the club. Despite continuing to pay special attention and education to the team's social responsibilities and postures as professional baseball players, the club said, "It is indescribably shocking and embarrassing about the incident that happened again."
"The club deeply feels the responsibility for this incident and will humbly accept any criticism and criticism from the fans."Once again, with thorough reflection, we will re-examine the shortcomings in team education and management and take strong measures to prevent recurrence in the future."
KBO held a reward and punishment committee for Kim Yoo-min and disqualified him for one year for driving under the influence of his driver's license cancellation.
For LG, there is a lot of frustration. This is because drinking incidents have occurred as many as three times during this season. Looking at the exact timing, it was only six months.
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Lee Sang-young was charged with violating the Road Traffic Act while driving under the influence of alcohol on a road located in Hadaewon-dong, Jungwon-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do. At that time, the LG club reported to the KBO Clean Baseball Center after confirming the fact that Lee Mi-eun, who was accompanied by Lee Sang-young, who caused a stir by drunk driving, was present. The reward and punishment committee was not held due to the investigation, but on the 13th, the reward and punishment committee imposed a one-year disqualification on Lee Sang-young. Lee Mi-um was not given a separate disciplinary action as he was acquitted of the charge of aiding and abetting drunk driving. And less than a week after Lee Sang-young's disciplinary action was announced, another drunk driving incident occurred.
LG is embarrassed about getting behind the wheel after drinking, even though they saw coaches and players get disciplined and leave the baseball field. There is no way that LG did not educate the team on the ban on drunk driving.
In the end, the insensitivity of 'I won't get caught' should be seen as the reason for continuing drunk driving incidents. The player's accident and the club's apology continues.
indyk@sportschosun.com
