Junior players who want to ride Cadillac, listen carefully, shouldn't be afraid of OOO. The loud echo of the national gun, the unstoppable full swing, and Samsung already has it
Apr 09, 2025
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A huge, right-handed outfielder weighing 1m88 and 88kg, Keiner rose to fame as a legendary home run hitter who made a mark in the major leagues beyond Pittsburgh from the late 1940s to the early 1950s. The record holder is the home run king for the seventh consecutive year in the National League and the home run king for the sixth consecutive year in the MLB. He has exceeded 50 home runs twice in the season and 54 home runs in 1949. Unfortunately, he retired after 10 seasons due to injury, and he is famous for leaving the saying during his active career that "'Home run hitters drive Cadillacs, and singles hitters drive Fords'. Regardless of the controversy over actually shifting the advice of a fellow pitcher, it has been talked about for a long time as a symbol of the charm and value of home runs that change the flow of baseball at once.
Park Byung-ho (39), a living legend of the Samsung Lions who is making a mark in KBO league history with his home run.
He is the king of home runs six times and is second to SSG Choi Jeong (495 home runs) among active players with 408 home runs.
He is about to fall into trouble, but he still has one shot. He has become more powerful this season. At every critical moment, he crosses the fence one time and divides the left and right middle.
He has two doubles and five homers in 14 games. He has a batting average of only 0.213, but his slugging percentage is 0.574, and his OPS is 0.913. It is a typical 'OPS type batter' that baseball has recently pursued. As such, the opposing pitcher feels uncomfortable when he encounters Park Byung-ho.
In the match against SSG Landers at Lions Park in Daegu on the 8th, he came out as a leadoff hitter in the bottom of the fourth inning while keeping a close lead of 2-1 and pushed SSG starter Song Young-jin's 143-kilometer high-fast ball over the right fence. It was his fifth home run of the season, which tied for first place in homers. Samsung, which opened the gap with this shot, got off to a fresh start to the week with a 7-3 victory.
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In a broadcast interview, he expressed his belief and philosophy about home runs. Park Byung-ho, who said, "'The batting average is not coming up, but I'm holding out because the long hit came out.'"You can be criticized, but you have to swing without fear of striking out to get a good hit. It's important to score points on hits, but a home run can be three points at once. "I think it's right for a player who will be a center hitter or a big shot to do it without being afraid of it."
In fact, Park struck out 1,669 times while crossing the fence 408 times since joining the professional league. The number of strikeouts is four times the number of homers in the Korean pro baseball league. Choi Jeong, the No. 1 player in SSG with 495 homers, is also No. 1 in strikeouts (1772).
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This is Kim Young-woong (22), a big infielder for Samsung. A player who graduated from the Korea Water Bank and joined Samsung in the third place in the second round of the 2022 Samsung first round. Last year, he hit the poten and ranked in the top 10 with 28 home runs. Of course, there are a lot of strikeouts. He ranked third after Doosan's Kim Jae-hwan and Kang Seung-ho with 155 strikeouts last year.
Kim Young-woong's swing, which is evaluated by experts as the most ideal and beautiful full swing, is unstoppable. I'm not afraid of strikeouts at all. He boldly makes a solid full swing that extends to the follower with the hitting point in front of him. a perfect full swing. If you don't catch it, it's a strikeout, but if you catch it, you'll get over it. The ball hit in front of the point is also over the fence while playing a change-up ball. This season, even if the timing is slightly faster, the number of hits is increasing. That's how advanced the batting technology is.
This season, in the second year of the full-time starting lineup, the swing has become stronger. He had a batting average of 0.352 in 14 games with three home runs and 14 RBIs. It has a slugging ratio of 0.556 and an OPS of 0.929. Samsung's future No. 4 hitter who will definitely ride Cadillac.
The promising players who dream of becoming the future home run king. If you listen carefully to the story of Uncle Park Byung-ho, Don't be afraid of strikeouts, and follow Kim Young-woong's relentless full swing, you may find yourself riding a Cadillac before long.
Reporter Jung Hyun-seok hschung@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
