I'll make you number one The new director is waiting for a healthy Koo Changmo
Jan 03, 2025
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'Army ace' Koo Chang-mo expressed his confident ambition to coach Lee Ho-joon. The NC Dinos team held a New Year's ceremony at Changwon NC Park on the 3rd to mark the 2025 season. Coach Lee Ho-joon, the coaching staff, and all the players attended.
Koo Chang-mo, who is currently serving in the military at the Sangmu Baseball Team, is scheduled to be discharged from the military in June this year. Koo Chang-mo, who was diagnosed with a fracture of his left ulna after his enlistment in Sangmu was confirmed, went on the operating table and continued his rehabilitation process after joining Sangmu in December 2023. And he spent the 2024 season virtually rehabilitating, and he took the mound as a bullpen pitcher in two games at the end of the Futures League season to check his condition. It is the moment when the end of the long rehabilitation was seen.
Koo Chang-mo recorded no hits, one strikeout and one walk in one inning against his original team NC's second division on September 24, and three hits and no runs in one inning against KIA's second division on October 1. Although he is not in perfect condition yet, he is hopeful that he can finally take the mound at the end of the season after his rehabilitation.
Koo Chang-mo will spend the first half of this season in Sangmu, and if he plays the Futures League normally, he will be able to give NC a big boost after being discharged from the military. Coach Lee Ho-joon is also waiting for the moment when healthy Koo Chang-mo returns.
Director Lee Ho-joon said, `I talked to Changmo on the phone while saying New Year's greetings on January 1st, and he said to me. 'If you stay in fifth place until I get here, I'll go and make you first place. I have to believe it." It is a New Year's resolution that feels Koo Chang-mo's bold confidence.
Coach Lee Ho-joon also said, `I heard that Koo Chang-mo's physical condition is nothing special and good right now. I took two years off, so I'll die if you say you're sick more." He joked, "Now I'm at an age where I'm not sick and I'm at an age where I'm going to do it. The timing is just right now. He couldn't hide his expectations for his return.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
