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| The first LG Twins advance team left for the Arizona spring camp at Incheon International Airport Terminal 1 on the 15th. Park Dong-won is interviewing before leaving the country. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.01.15/ |
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| The 2024 KBO Golden Glove Awards ceremony was held at the COEX Auditorium in Samseong-dong, Seoul on the afternoon of the 13th. Kang Min-ho won the Golden Glove in the catcher category. Kang Min-ho is being congratulated by Park Dong-won. Samseong-dong = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.12.13/ |
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| The 2024 Real Glove Awards were held at Grand Hyatt Seoul in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 1st. LG Park Dong-won, the winner of the catcher category, is taking a commemorative photo. Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.12.01/ |
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"It was hard because I couldn't go out of defense before that...."
Among the defensive positions in professional baseball, catcher is by far the most difficult. I sat throughout the defensive session during the three-hour game You have to get the ball from the pitcher by repeating "getting up and down." It is a position that requires not only physical strength but also mental stress, taking into account the pitcher's pitch type, the opponent's strengths and weaknesses, the condition of the day, the game situation, and the runner's situation.
Park Dong-won of the LG Twins showed his most defensive innings as a catcher for the second consecutive year. After signing a four-year FA contract of up to 6.5 billion won in 2023, he watched defense as a catcher for 982 innings. He was the only catcher who watched more than 900 innings of defense that year. KT Wiz's Jang Sung-woo came in second with 886 innings. And last year, Park Dong-won ranked first in defensive innings. He sat down and worked with the pitcher for 944 ⅔ innings. Second place was SSG Landers' Lee Ji-young in 914 ⅔ innings, and third place was NC Dinos' Kim Hyung-joon in 870 ⅓ innings. Kang Min-ho of the Samsung Lions, who received the Golden Glove, spent 803 innings.
Park Dong-won defended so many innings and also hit well. In 2023, he had a batting average of 249, 102 hits, 20 home runs and 75 RBIs, and last year, he had a batting average of 272, 20 home runs and 80 RBIs.
The physical factor is definitely important in hitting. If you have a little less defensive innings, your batting performance may be a little better.
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| LG Park Dong-won, the catcher's defense award, is speaking at the 2024 KBO Awards held at Lotte Hotel World on the 26th. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.11.26/ |
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| The Premier 12 baseball team played against Japan at Taipei Dome in Taiwan on the 15th. Park Dong-won hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the fourth inning. Taipei (Taiwan) = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.11.15/ |
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| On the 16th, the Premier 12 baseball team played against the Dominican Republic at Taipei Tiananmen Stadium in Taiwan. Catcher Park Dong-won is talking with Lim Chan-kyu after pitching in the third inning. Taipei (Taiwan) = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.11.16/ |
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However, Park Dong-won was rather grateful for continuing to defend. Park Dong-won said, `It was hard because I couldn't go out of defense before that…. It's not much harder than that. "Now I'm going to the game with gratitude."
I'm talking about the days when I couldn't play as much as a catcher while wearing a catcher mask with Lee Ji-young during the Kiwoom Heroes.
This year, in addition to the regular league, he played in the postseason and even played in the Premier 12, and his season ended only on November 19.
I couldn't travel properly with my family and started preparing for the season again. Park Dong-won said, "I was going to go on a family trip, but I'm sorry I couldn't."After resting at home, I started training right from December 2nd, and I prepared by training on schedule without missing a week."."
This year, veteran Huh Do-hwan is out, and young Lee Joo-hun and Kim Bum-seok will take charge of Park Dong-won's backup, and if their skills do not meet expectations, Park Dong-won may have to sit down for many innings.
Will Park Dong-won receive the catcher Golden Glove, which has been divided between Kang Min-ho and Yang Eui-ji (Doosan) since 2011, this year. It is important how much you can perform in the batting while defending a lot of innings.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
