2G consecutive upset loss, will it burn with flames? Yoo Kang-nam → Han Tae-yang's passion for early attendance to work exploded.

Apr 09, 2025

2G consecutive upset loss, will it burn with flames? Yoo Kang-nam → Han Tae-yang's passion for early attendance to work exploded.
Lotte catcher Yoo Kang-nam. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.22/



2G consecutive upset loss, will it burn with flames? Yoo Kang-nam → Han Tae-yang's passion for early attendance to work exploded.
Yu Kang-nam, who is being trained as an early walk catcher. Reporter Kim Young-rok
It was a come-from-behind loss for two consecutive games, and it was a one-point losing streak the day before. Will he be able to revive that regret with sparks on the ground.

Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 9th. It is the day when the second game of the weekday series between the Lotte Giants and the KIA Tigers will be held.

Usually, the home team's practice begins around 3 p.m. However, Lotte's dugout was already busy after 2 p.m. on this day, taking out the cage (barbed wire for batting practice) and displaying it.




Turns out there was early work (pre-special training prior to formal training). Main catcher Yoo Kang-nam trained at the port, and rookie infielders Han Tae-yang and Lee Ho-joon trained at the batting. In addition, there were players who warmed up freely in the outfield.

Yoo Kang-nam devoted himself to training with battery coach Jung Sang-ho in front of the third base dugout while wearing heavy catcher equipment. Coach Jung Sang-ho blocked and received the ball thrown from various angles, asking him to fly around. It was quite windy, but Yoo Kang-nam's face quickly turned red and sweaty.

2G consecutive upset loss, will it burn with flames? Yoo Kang-nam → Han Tae-yang's passion for early attendance to work exploded.
Lotte's team preparing for early work. Reporter Kim Young-rok
Han Tae-yang and Lee Ho-joon may have lacked batting training as they have not been the main players recently. Players who usually play as main players hit first, and after they are out, it is time for bench players to train batting. Training for away team players usually begins around 4:30 p.m.




Han Tae-yang and Lee Ho-joon performed batting training with early work and then performed defensive training under the fun-go of defensive coach Kim Min-ho when other players were doing batting training.

If there is any hope for Lotte, which fell to a tie for seventh (5 wins, 8 losses, 1 draw) due to its second consecutive loss, it is in an atmosphere where the hit is gradually reviving. In addition to the so-called 「406 Battle」 on the 6th, when the two teams exchanged 32 hits, 4 outs and 27 points, the previous day's match against KIA was also a game in which Lotte scored only 4 points even though it had 12 more hits.

Will this day be different. Lotte's Na Kyun-an and KIA's James Nail will start. It is the starting matchup of '625 Battle', which became a hot topic last year. It is the same game in which Lotte trailed 1-14, turned it over 15-14, and KIA barely tied it and drew.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.