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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 23rd. LG Moon Jung-bin is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with two outs and third base in the bottom of the eighth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.23/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 23rd. LG Moon Jung-bin hits a two-run shot with two outs and third base in the bottom of the eighth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.23/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 23rd. LG Moon Jung-bin is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with two outs and third base in the bottom of the eighth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.23/ |
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How can a father and son be this same. It was his first hit since his debut.
Moon Jung-bin, a promising right-handed hitter of the LG Twins, made his first hit in the first division in a home game against the Lotte Giants in Jamsil on the 23rd. That was the home run. In the bottom of the eighth inning with a 8-2 lead, he took a two-run shot over the left fence from Lotte's Koo Seung-min as a pinch hitter instead of Hong Chang-ki with two outs and third base. A large home run with a batting speed of 174 kilometers and a driving distance of 130 meters.
He struck out in his first at-bat as a pinch hitter in the bottom of the eighth inning against Lotte on the 22nd, during the opening game, but he marked his first hit with a home run in his second at-bat.
But there was a creepy record. It was the same as my father that his first hit after his debut was a home run. It was the same as his second at-bat since his debut and that it was a pinch-hit home run.
Moon's father is judge Moon Seung-hoon (59). After graduating from Keimyung University, he joined the Haitai Tigers in the second third place in 1989 and played professionally for four years. He had a career batting average of 2.18 (34 hits in 156 at-bats) with four home runs and 19 RBIs for four years. Position is first baseman.
When his son made his first hit with a home run, Judge Moon said "My first hit was a home run as well." Then "It was also my second at-bat. Binggrae Kim Dae Jung hit the ball…" and brought up vivid memories of his first hit 36 years ago.
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The 2017 KBO League game between the SK Wyverns and the Lotte Giants was held at Incheon SK Happy Dream Stadium on the 11th. In the top of the fifth inning, Lotte's Choi Joon-seok, with two outs, was ruled out after hitting an infield ground ball and sprinting to first base, and asked for a video review from the Lotte dugout. Referee Moon Seung-hoon and first base umpire Jeon Il-soo are listening to the video reading center with headphones on.
Incheon= Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2017.04.11/ |
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| Referee Moon Seung-hoon during the Haitai Tigers. Sports Chosun DB |
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| Referee Moon Seung-hoon during the Haitai Tigers. Sports Chosun DB |
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In 1989, when Judge Moon made his debut, legend Kim Sung-han was guarding the first baseman, and Park Chul-woo was in the designated hitter position. There was no place for Judge Moon to enter.
Judge Moon's first at-bat was against the MBC Blue Dragon on May 2 in Gwangju. He entered as a pinch hitter, but he had no hit. The second at-bat was against the Binggrae Eagles in Daejeon on June 2, a month later. Judge Moon hit a solo home run from Hanwha pitcher Kim Dae-jung as a pinch hitter in the top of the ninth inning, trailing 3-11.
Judge Moon, who showed a long hit with his first home run, played in a total of 58 games that year and showed potential with a batting average of 280 (28 hits in 100 at-bats) and two home runs and 15 RBIs, but he has not been able to blossom his talent since then and has been walking his second baseball life as a judge since retiring in 1992.
Now, his son reported his first hit with a pinch-hit home run in his second at-bat 36 years later, making a splendid debut on the professional stage.
Judge Moon said "(Moon) Jung-bin went to active duty in the military, and he swung and trained catch every day. I'm proud that my swing seems to be better than before I was discharged from the military."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
