Lee Jong Beom-ho's all-time lineup for 'The Greatest Baseball 2025' has been confirmed
Jul 02, 2025
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'Strongest Baseball' is a program in which retired KBO professional baseball players form a team and challenge the ground once again. It is a hybrid sports reality with as much authenticity as a game, hot desire to win, and entertainment fun. This season, legendary stars with brilliant careers are all out, raising expectations.
First, Lee Jong-beom, dubbed the KIA Tigers' 「Eternal Leadoff' and the 「Son of the Wind」, will be the first head coach of the season. He represented the KBO league with his outstanding skills during his active career, and took the helm of the 「strongest baseball2025" and took on a new challenge as"Director Lee Jong-beom". Players who will take the center stage of the team under his leadership are also powerful. Many people who boast overwhelming presence by name alone joined, including Kim Tae-kyun, a franchise star of the Hanwha Eagles, Yoon Seok-min, the first four-time pitcher of the 21st century, Na Ji-wan, the only player in KBO history to hit a walk-off home run in Game 7 of the Korean Series, and Lee Dae-hyung, the last stolen base king of the LG Twins.
The pitching staff also boasts unprecedented prowess. Legends who represented each team will fill the mound, including Shim Soo-chang, who also plays as a playing coach, Yoon Seok-min, who was the ace of KIA, Yoon Gil-hyun and Yoon Hee-sang, who led the SK Wyverns' heyday, Kwon Hyuk, who boasts six winning rings, Lee Hyun-seung, the hidden leader of the Doosan Bears' second consecutive Korean Series, Oh Joo-won, the last rookie of the Hyundai Unicorns, Oh Hyun-taek, the league hold king, and Moon Sung-hyun, the one-club man of Kiwoom Heroes.
The spectacular batters also catch the eye. The infield is centered on Kim Tae-kyun, who was Hanwha's central hitter, Naju-hwan, who can play multiple positions, Yoon Seok-min, who was a clean-up hitter at Doosan, Nexen, and KT, Lee Hak-joo, who drew attention for his outstanding talent, and Kang Min-guk, who was the first designated member of the NC Dinos. The outfield team will be joined by LG's steal king Lee Dae-hyung, 'Solver', Na Ji-wan, a big hitter Choi Jin-haeng, and Cho Yong-ho, a symbol of grit who retired last year, to form a lineup that cannot breathe.
Heo Do-hwan, who retired from the LG Twins last year, will join the catcher position. He has an unrivaled career that won the Korean Series title at all three telecommunications companies (KT, SK, and LG). Based on field experience and experience, it is expected to instill a sense of stability throughout the team.
As retired stars who dominated the league when they were players are united again as a team, 'strongest baseball2025' is foreshadowing a stronger synergy effect than before.
JTBC"The Greatest Baseball 2025" will premiere in September.
mj.cho@sportschosun.com
