I smiled and stood at the batter's box, and the moonlight boy returnedRookie of the Year Koo Ja-wook is back. This time, he's the MVP

Mar 22, 2025

I smiled and stood at the batter's box, and the moonlight boy returnedRookie of the Year Koo Ja-wook is back. This time, he's the MVP
Koo Ja-wook interviews right after the opening game. Daegu = Sports Chosun Reporter Jung Hyun-seok hschung@sportschosun.com



Koo Ja-wook's cheer song 'Moonlight Boy' is back.

Koo Ja-wook, who had to watch KIA hand over the Korean Series hegemony due to a knee injury during the playoff against LG last year, returned after shaking off his injury.

He led the team to a great victory by swinging hard from the first day of the opening game.




Koo Ja-wook led his team to a 13-5 victory in the opening game against Kiwoom at Lions Park in Daegu on the 22nd with three hits and four RBIs in four at-bats, including a two-run home run. Koo Ja-wook, who hit the winning hit with a timely hit to the right in the bottom of the second inning with one out and runners on the first and second bases with one out, pushed in the fifth inning with a 10-2 lead, followed by a timely hit on the left-field line in the bottom of the fourth inning with no outs and runners on the first and second bases, and hit a wedge two-run home run well over the left fence.

Coincidentally, Koo Ja-wook's fire bat exploded as soon as the past cheering song 'Moonlight Boy' rang out again. Three hits, including a home run, were made with 'Moonlight Boy'.
I smiled and stood at the batter's box, and the moonlight boy returnedRookie of the Year Koo Ja-wook is back. This time, he's the MVP
'Moonlight Boy' is a cheering song for Koo Ja-wook's debut in the first division in 2015, when he appeared like a comet and received the Rookie of the Year award. After the cheering song was suspended in 2018 due to copyright issues, it was replaced with a self-written song made by Kim Sang-heon's cheering squad leader 'Honey Crew'.

Just as Samsung returned 'El Dorado' to its fans last year by solving the copyright problem, this time, it actively resolved the copyright of 'Moonbit Crew' to quench the thirst of Koo Ja-wook fans.




After the game, Koo Ja-wook said, `I thought I would come to the first at-bat, but the marketing team didn't speak. He said at first that he didn't do it, but when he came out to bat for the second time, he smiled and went to bat, explaining the surprise event situation. Then "Old pictures just came out. I think it reminded me of the old days. I'm so thankful to the team staff because the results were good and it was fun," he said with a smile.

I smiled and stood at the batter's box, and the moonlight boy returnedRookie of the Year Koo Ja-wook is back. This time, he's the MVP
get off to a good start. Since the exhibition game, he has been producing sharp pitches regardless of left and right with lighter swings at each chance. He also swept six RBIs with four hits in the exhibition game.

Koo Ja-wook "I personally don't think fouls going back are good. "I think I hit it because of that mindset of not just throwing fouls backwards, and let's send out good pitches in the future." he revealed the secret to solving the clutch slightly.




Koo Ja-wook, who finished second behind KIA last year and lost to KIA Kim Do-young as MVP. Many people consider him as a leading candidate for MVP this season, which has become more mature. Koo Ja-wook, who waved his hands at this, explained, `I don't know such a big prize until the end of the season, but I'm always trying to focus on winning because I really don't have a desire for individual performance and I think I'll be able to get more spotlight if the team's performance is good.'

Captain trying hard all day to win the team. Individual titles or MVPs are a byproduct of everyone's results. Koo Ja-wook's casual hitting is predicting a turmoil in the 2025 season. get off to a good start.

Photo courtesy = Samsung Lions



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.