Who's number 109? The Taiwanese national team was also surprised by Kang-dog → Lotte track and field team No. 1 and 2! Yook Sung player Shinhwa who's working hard.
Feb 19, 2025
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Gapji's dugout on the first base side was in turmoil. The opposing team was a move that could have protested.
A friendly match between the Lotte Giants and the Taiwan WBC (World Baseball Classic) national team at Taipei Dome in Taiwan on the 12th.
The Lotte team was training before the game, and there was a commotion. Taiwan pointed out that there are players who are not registered in the entry.
The main character was No. 109 and Park Gun-woo, a catcher of a young talent. Jangchung High School-Korea University graduate Park Gun-woo is a rookie born in 2002 who joined Lotte as a nurturing player this year.
It is very unusual for a youngster to participate in the first-team spring camp in his first year of joining.
He wasn't going to participate in the spring camp from the beginning. Additional additions were made prior to the official announcement due to the lack of catchers due to the rehabilitation of Yoo Kang-nam's Son Sung-bin (Futures). Originally, as a large number of 1.5-tier players join the spring camp, there should be a large number of catchers.
Therefore, Park Kun-woo also went to the camp along with existing Information Geun, Baekdu Mountain, who joined last year as a nurturing player, and Park Jae-yeop, a rookie in the fourth round this year. In the process, Park Gun-woo was not on the preliminary list presented to Taiwan. The happening of the day ended when Lotte decided to submit Park Kun-woo's uniform number and detailed profile.
Of course, it was a primary success for Baekdusan Park Jae-yeop and Park Gun-woo to participate in the camp instead of Seo Dong-wook, who passed the first round of the Armed Forces Sports Unit (Sangmu), or Kang Seung-gu, who played in the first division last year.
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In the first round of a friendly match against Taiwan's WBC national team, he threw his first throw to second base with a bad pitch. But the second stealer made a great success. He showed off his strength with a bullet-like throw.
In the second round of the friendly game, Lotte's two errors came out, and the game collapsed in the eighth inning with five runs, including a grand slam.
At the end of the game, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung gave a chance by putting in a large number of players who had not played in the game, including Han Tae-yang, Lee Ho-joon, Lee In-han, Cho Se-jin, Choi Hang, and Park Jae-yeop.
Park Jae-yeop, who was a pinch hitter after two outs in the ninth inning, walked out, and the next pinch hitter Park Gun-woo hit an RBI double that separated the left-center area, catching up with one run. It was a shot that added tension to the end of the game, which almost ended blandly.
Park Kun-woo's presence also shone in the Cheongbaekjeon. Park Gun-woo, who played as the starting catcher of the away team, was selected as the day's best player (fielder) selected by head coach Kim Tae-hyung.
The bold and fast throw stood out. In the bottom of the first inning, Hwang Sung-bin, who had a 83.6% success rate of stealing last year and ranked third (51) in stolen bases, blocked stolen bases.
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Lotte's home turf is not easy for Park Gun-woo to dig in at the moment. Yoo Kang-nam is back, and Cho In-geun and Son Sung-bin are the players who can aim for the main player at any time.
However, opportunities do not come to those who wait. For Park Gun-woo, just showing off his presence in front of a catcher-turned-master called Kim Tae-hyung is an impressive first step.
Will Park Kun-woo also participate in the second Miyazaki spring camp. Coach Kim Tae-hyung will think of three letters of Park Gun-woo's name when there is a situation where he can give a chance at any time, not right now.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
