The two-river revolution failed, but.. LG's most threatening challenger, Park Dong-won's sincerity → The reason why he said it was the best year of his life

Dec 16, 2024

The two-river revolution failed, but.. LG's most threatening challenger, Park Dong-won's sincerity → The reason why he said it was the best year of his life
The 2024 KBO Awards ceremony was held at Lotte Hotel World in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 26th. LG's Park Dong-won, who won the catcher's defense award, is giving his acceptance speech. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.11.26/



The Golden Glove in the KBO League catcher category has been dominated by Yang-Kang (Yang Ji-Kang Kang Min-ho) for 14 years. This season, the main character finally changed, but as expected. LG Twins catcher Park Dong-won had to be satisfied with 'the most threatening challenger'

Park Dong-won was really satisfied. I smiled broadly to try again. Park Dong-won said "(Kang) Min-ho is a really good player." It is an honor to be mentioned in an article with Minho."

In fact, Park Dong-won deserved to threaten Kang Min-ho. It was so close that even Kang Min-jo said he would readily admit it even if Park Dong-won received it. Before the winners were announced, Kang Min-ho came with a real 50-50 heart. When Park Dong Won gets it, I came here with the intention of giving him a big round of applause" he said. Kang Min-ho said, `Even if Park Dong-won receives it, it means that there is another catcher to lead the KBO, so I can applaud him sincerely as a senior in that regard," he added.



In fact, Park Dong-won did not have high expectations in the first place. Park Dong-won laughed, saying, `I wanted Min-ho to make a concession in the interview before, but I didn't mean to receive it.' In other words, he thought Kang Min-ho's award was likely, so he tried to complain about it with cuteness. Kang Min-ho received 191 votes and Park Dong-won received 89 votes.

Park Dong-won said, `You can challenge yourself so that you can get another one next year. In the meantime, there were times when it was really hard. There was a time when I couldn't even get into the candidate because I couldn't even meet the regular innings. It was really hard then, but now I can talk about it. I really appreciate it compared to the past."



The two-river revolution failed, but.. LG's most threatening challenger, Park Dong-won's sincerity → The reason why he said it was the best year of his life
Joyful Hernandez-Park Dong-won

(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Hyun-woo = The game between the KT Wiz and the LG Twins in Game 5 of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO postseason semi-playoff at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 11th. Closer Hernandez and catcher Park Dong-won hug after LG advanced to the playoffs with a 4-1 victory. 2024.10.11

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The two-river revolution failed, but.. LG's most threatening challenger, Park Dong-won's sincerity → The reason why he said it was the best year of his life
Park Dong-won"Home Run"

(Suwon = Yonhap News) Reporter Hong Ki-won = The game between the LG Twins and the kt wiz in Game 3 of the 2024 professional baseball Shinhan SOL Bank KBO postseason semi-playoff at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 8th. LG Park Dong-won is happy to hit a home run and come home when there is no runner with one out in the top of the second inning. 2024.10.8

xanadu@yna.co.kr

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Personally, I've already won two other awards. Park Dong-won said, `I've already won two defensive awards this year. I think it's the best year of my life," he self-praised. Park Dong-won won the catcher's defense award at the official KBO League ceremony and the catcher of the year award at the 2024 Com2us Professional Baseball Real Glove Award selected by players.

Park Dong-won said, `It would be great to get the Golden Glove, but I've always wanted to be recognized in defense. I am fully satisfied with this. Since I got two awards, I got one more than Minho. I am grateful enough for that," he said with a smile without regret.



In 2025, Kang Min-ho is 40 years old and Yang Eui-ji is 38 years old. Park Dong-won was born in 1990 and can withstand the next four to five years at the highest level if he maintains thorough self-management.



dhhan@sportschosun.com