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| KIA Na Sung-bum is batting training in a match between NC and KIA held at Gwangju KIA Champions Field on the 19th. Gwangju = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2024.04.19/ |
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| KIA Tigers Na Sung-beom. Photo courtesy = KIA Tigers |
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| KIA Tigers Na Sung-beom. Photo courtesy = KIA Tigers |
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[Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Kwon In-ha of Sports Chosun] There is a key player who has never played during the KIA Tigers' second camp, focusing on practice games in Okinawa, Japan.
It's Na Sung-beom, the team's captain. KIA has won four consecutive Okinawa practice games until the match against the Samsung Lions on the 2nd. However, Na Sung-bum is focusing only on training without playing in games.
It's his own routine. Since coming to KIA in 2022, Na Sung-bum has always played in exhibition games without playing in practice games in off-season training.
Wouldn't it be uneasy for themselves to see other players go out and play and the sense of hitting goes up.
"I don't remember in detail, but I've been sticking to my routine from exhibition games since four or five years ago," Na said"In the past, he couldn't go to spring camp at all due to injuries and played in only one at-bat in exhibition games. You may be nervous, but I thought it was right to take the amount of training at this time, and I'm only focusing on training while running a lot"He announced that he was preparing for the season with his own schedule.
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| Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun (left) made a surprise visit to the Irvine KIA Tigers spring camp training site in the United States. Captain Na Sung-beom is delivering a team gift to Chairman Chung. Photo courtesy =Hyundai Motor Group |
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| KIA Tigers squad returned home through Incheon International Airport Terminal 1 on the afternoon of the 19th. Kia's team will depart for Okinawa, Japan, in the second camp on the morning of the 20th. Na Sung-beom leaves the arrival hall. Incheon International Airport = Song Jeong-heon, reporter for @sportschosun.com/2025.02.19/ |
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| KIA Tigers' team left for Irvine, California, USA, where spring camp was set up at Incheon International Airport on the morning of the 23rd. Na Sung-bum is signing autographs for his fans. Incheon Airport = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.1.23/ |
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He said he is running more this season than before. "This time, I increased the proportion of running. During the offseason, I ran on the treadmill and outside when the weather was niceNa Sung-beom said, `There has been a leg issue in the last two years that I haven't been able to enter the opening game. As a result of consulting with the trainer, my seniors also advised me that if I take a lot of training toward my legs and run a lot, I will be able to adapt faster to the game during the season. The older you get, the more annoying and difficult it is to run, but I try to run more."
He doesn't care about his grades. He believed that playing healthy during the season would bring him good grades. Na Sung-beom said "I believe in myself. As long as it's not an injury, I think we'll get some records"It was just that my grades were always because of the period I was missing due to injuries. I think we just have to be careful about the injury."
Na Sung-bum played in only 102 games last year, hitting 291 with 109 hits, 21 homers and 80 RBIs.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
