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| The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and KIA was held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 8th. KIA's batting Kim Sun-bin. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.08/ |
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| NC Park Min-woo hits a game between NC and Samsung at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 7th, with one out and runners on the first and second bases in the top of the fourth inning. Daegu = Reporter Huh Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.09.07/ |
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| The first playoff game between LG and Samsung at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 13th, and LG second baseman Shin Min-jae catches Samsung Koo Ja-wook's ball and throws it to first base in the bottom of the first inning. Daegu = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.10.13/ |
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The defense battle with the second baseman Golden Glove, who left Kim Hye-sung, really begins now.
From 2022 to last year, the second base was Kim Hye-sung's. Kim Hye-sung won the Golden Glove for the third consecutive time. Kim Hye-sung took the second baseman of the newly established KBO defensive award in 2023. It was Kim Hye-sung's responsibility for both the Golden Glove, which is mainly selected based on offense, and the defense prize, which is selected based solely on defense.
The strongest man left for the United States. Now, a new competition to determine the KBO League's new second base champion begins.
In last year's Golden Glove, Kim Hye-sung got 175 out of 288 valid votes, KIA Kim Sun-bin got 77 votes, NC Park Min-woo got 28 votes, LG Shin Min-jae and Lotte Ko Seung-min got three votes each, and Doosan Kang Seung-ho got two votes.
The second baseman is a place where competition is fierce. This is because most clubs, including KIA Kim Sun-bin, Samsung Ryu Ji-hyuk, LG Shin Min-jae, Doosan Kang Seung-ho, Lotte Ko Seung-min, Hanwha Ahn Chi-hong and NC Park Min-woo, have second basemen.
They all have good defense and good hitting. In particular, An Chi-hong was a second baseman in 2017 and 2018, and Park Min-woo is a second baseman in 2019 and 2020. Kim Sun-bin was the winner of the 2017 Shortstop category.
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| In an exhibition game between KIA and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 14th, Kang Seung-ho of Doosan hit a two-run triple with no outs and runners on the first and second bases in the bottom of the fourth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.03.14/ |
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| Lotte and LG held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 18th. Ko Seung-min hit a timely RBI single in the third inning. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.09.18/ |
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| In an exhibition game between Lotte and Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 18th, Kiwoom Song Sung-moon hits in the bottom of the fourth inning. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.03.18/ |
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| Hanwha An Chi-hong hits a practice game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Chiba Lotte Marines at Itoman Nishijaki Baseball Stadium in Okinawa, Japan on the 23rd. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.02.23/ |
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Kiwoom sent Song Sung-moon, who played as a third baseman last year, to the second base where Kim Hye-sung left. Song Sung-moon is a slugger with a batting average of 340, 179 hits, 19 home runs, and 104 RBIs last year, following Kim Hye-sung?Kim is a strong player who will challenge the Golden Glove.
I'm also curious about who will win the KBO defense award. Last year, Kim Hye-sung won the award for the second consecutive year with a total score of 91.07, beating LG Shin Min-jae (83.93 points) and NC Park Min-woo (58.93 points).
Shin Min-jae deserves to aim for the defense prize. He was behind Kim Hye-sung in voting last year, but scored 19.64 points in defensive indicators, higher than Kim Hye-sung (16.07 points).
Now that Kim Hye-sung is absent, he can be selected as the best second baseman if he shows good defense this year and increases his voting score.
It is the start of a new competition to pick the best second baseman in the KBO League. It is also a good motivation for second basemen.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
