Coach Lee Seung-yeop was outraged by the poor performance of the business team. Young players need to know where they are now → Unusual bitter words to the semi-mainstream survival competitors
Feb 22, 2025
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Doosan Bears manager Lee Seung-yeop delivered a strong message to the surviving competitors. Coach Lee Seung-yeop stressed that in order to become a main player, he must show a more desperate and focused performance.
Doosan lost 1-8 in a practice game against Segasami, a Japanese business team, in Miyazaki, Japan on the 21st. The first hit didn't come out until the bottom of the eighth inning. On the mound, Kim Yoo-sung, Choi Joon-ho, and Kim Min-kyu, the "5th starting candidate", threw two innings in turn.
Of course, Doosan had no choice but to play a difficult game.
Doosan had its first camp in Australia in hot weather. On the 18th, he set up a second camp in Miyazaki, Japan. Miyazaki's temperature was nearly 10 degrees lower than in previous years. It was early winter weather in Korea. There was a sudden change in the weather. In addition, the Doosan team's sense of play was poor because it was their first real game.
Nevertheless, the level demanded by head coach Lee Seung-yeop was high. This is because the opponent was an unemployed team and there were no spectators, so there was no pressure at all.
Doosan has to confirm its fifth starter and Keystone Combi (second baseman) left field until the opening. In Lee Seung-yeop's eyes, there was no player who clearly hit the ball yet.
Coach Lee Seung-yeop met with reporters ahead of a practice game against the Seibu Lions at Nango Stadium on the 20th and expressed regret.
It is believed that he spoke strongly in the hope that the players would come to their senses again.
Director Lee Seung-yeop said, `It is definitely cold compared to Australia. But there's no excuse. The batters played for the first time in a long time, so we can give them some grace period, but we won't be very satisfied."
In the case of the pitcher, I ordered an aggressive pitch, but it didn't work out. Manager Lee said, `If you want to be a starting pitcher, you have to cut it off with 100 pitches in 6 innings. I caught the first strike and asked him not to go to the full count. The content is more important than the result now. "If we play the same game yesterday, will we be on the mound as a starter and run the game?" he said, diagnosing that there are many areas to improve.
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The competition between the main shortstop and the second baseman will also continue until the end of the exhibition game.
Director Lee Seung-yeop said, `Here is Lee Yoo-chan, Oh Myung-jin and Park Joon-soo, and now Park Joon-young and Park Gye-beom in the second-tier camp. I'm watching how to play the game and how to fight the pitcher at bat. Now, I don't see such a desperate figure trying to survive somehow. Young players need to know where they are now. I was angry yesterday in that part," he confessed.
Lee Seung-yeop did not speak directly to the players. I delivered it through the coach.
Director Lee "If you say it directly, you may be hurt. But players have to feel it. You need to know. Now they are all professional baseball players," he said, urging them to work harder.
Miyazaki (Japan) = Reporter Han Dong-hoon dhhan@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
