I took a breather. 4 batters and 3K in an instant. A 27-Hold 40-year-old veteran's domestic camp success To make me nervous, a veteran must do well
Mar 11, 2025
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This is because Kim Jin-sung, who will be at the center of the LG must-win group, showed good condition only after domestic camp.
In an exhibition game against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 10th, Kim Jin-sung took the mound in relief in the bottom of the sixth inning and pitched one ⅓ inning with no hits, three strikeouts, and no runs.
He volunteered for the second camp without going to the second camp in Okinawa to the first camp in Arizona this year. He expressed his intention to build his body in Korea rather than travelling for a long time. Last year, Kim Jin-sung ranked third in the hold with 3 wins, 3 losses, 1 save and 27 holds in 71 games even though he did not recover from his injuries during the Korean Series.
Kim Jin-sung gave up one run and took the mound in the bottom of the sixth inning with two outs and runners on first and second base. Kim Jin-sung, who faced No. 9 Bo-geun, played a combination of fastballs and folk balls, and overcame the crisis by striking out swinging with a high fastball of 142km on the sixth pitch from the full count.
Kim Jin-sung, who also came out in the bottom of the seventh inning, induced No. 1 Jang Doo-sung to strike out swinging with an outside fastball in a full-count match, and No. 2 Cho Se-jin caught two strikes with two consecutive sliders and then struck out with a fork ball. It was a falling forkball, but a strikeout call came through the S-zone. Choi Hang hit a ground ball in front of the third base with his third fastball in 2S.
Kim Jin-sung, whom I met after the game, said, `I've prepared something with coach Kim Kyung-tae since last winter, so I trained intensively accordingly, so I don't think it's bad.' `We have to do better. That way, the hard work up to this point will be worth it, and the coach will be worth it. But I'm glad it didn't get worse," he said, expressing his feelings about pitching in the first game.
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Kim Jin-sung continued "I've never given a carrot to me while playing baseball. I want to give it to you, but I've never played baseball comfortably. I'm always on my toes."
It's colder than Arizona in the United States. Pitching outdoors is not easy. That's why I did a lot of shadow pitching. "I did a lot of shadow pitching. It helps a lot,' Kim Jin-sung said. `I did a lot of training, such as separating the upper and lower body. And I filmed a video of the training to get used to it, and I did the training over and over again," he said of his efforts.
Now a 40-year-old veteran. Nevertheless, I was nervous about my first appearance. Kim Jin-sung said "Honestly, I was nervous. It's because I have to show better performance. Director, coach, and fans. Since you haven't seen me this year, I've been doing a lot of image training since yesterday because I'm going to take the mound today. I was nervous."
The reason why I'm so nervous. This is because a veteran must be good. Kim Jin-sung said "Veterans must not be able to do it. You have to do well no matter what. If you do it similarly, it's right to use a young player. There is no answer. It's hard to do that. You have to do well no matter what."
"I was lucky to have a good pitching with three strikeouts on the day." The catcher's lead was good, too"I think it's about 70, 80 points overall," he said of the day's pitching.
Coach Yeom picked closer Jang Hyun-sik, Kim Kang-ryul, who came as an FA, and Kim Jin-sung as the must-win group. They said they should be at the center. However, Kim Jin-sung still said "It's a competition." "If I lose the competition with my juniors, another player will take the center stage. Now I can never think that I'm a central player" "I think it's a competition until the end because there's still no fixed position."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
