49-year-old pitcher Park Jin-man's 200-pitch fighting spirit, thrown only for two people

May 28, 2025




49-year-old pitcher Park Jin-man's 200-pitch fighting spirit, thrown only for two people
Daegu Lions Park on the 27th. Samsung manager Park Jin-man threw more than 200 betting balls for Kang Min-ho and Koo Ja-wook for 40 minutes. Photo = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com
49-year-old pitcher Park Jin-man's 200-pitch fighting spirit, thrown only for two people
The pitch, which began at 2 p.m., continued for about 40 minutes without a rest. The number of pitches exceeded 200.

Samsung manager Park Jin-man's first batting ball pitcher appearance this season, throwing and throwing for only two people.

Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 27th. Kang Min-ho and Koo Ja-wook came to the ground and conducted batting training before the entire team's training. The two players took turns entering the batting cage and playing batting balls.




49-year-old pitcher Park Jin-man's 200-pitch fighting spirit, thrown only for two people
National shortstop's reputation is rusty and flexible
By the way, the batting ball pitcher was Park Jin-man. Coach Park is 49 years old this year, but he still had his flexible form when he was a national shortstop. The effortless and soft-throwing ball never went out of the strike zone.

It is not common for coach Park to throw batting balls himself. According to Kang Min-ho, it happens about once a year. This is the first time this season.

Recently, Kang Min-ho and Koo Ja-wook's batting sense was not good.




49-year-old pitcher Park Jin-man's 200-pitch fighting spirit, thrown only for two people
Kang Min-ho, who wielded the bat vigorously
Kang Min-ho's batting average this season remains at 0.264. He has yet to find a sense of batting average of .300 last year when he won the Golden Glove. Before the game, he had no hit in four consecutive games.

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49-year-old pitcher Park Jin-man's 200-pitch fighting spirit, thrown only for two people
Koo Ja-wook, whose face is red, will hit director Park " one more time."
Koo Ja-wook is also sluggish with a batting average of 0.254 this season. It is a disappointing performance compared to the reputation of the outfielder Golden Glove winner, who received 90.3 percent support with a batting average of 0.343 last year. This is why manager Park Jin-man stepped up as a batting ball pitcher himself.
49-year-old pitcher Park Jin-man's 200-pitch fighting spirit, thrown only for two people
After pitching, coach Park advises the two players.
49-year-old pitcher Park Jin-man's 200-pitch fighting spirit, thrown only for two people
Gu Ja-wook was a national shortstop. I don't have any cheeks," he exclaimed.
Coach Park has been famous for throwing good batting balls since his coaching days. After training on the day, Koo Ja-wook said "All the balls come in strikes. have no cheeks," he exclaimed.

Batting cage training usually involves four to five players taking turns. On this day, only two people, Koo Ja-wook and Kang Min-ho, swung and swung the bat without time to breathe. Park pitches 200. He has performed 100 batting drills per person.




Coach Park took Koo Ja-wook out of the starting lineup on the day. I didn't lose it because I wasn't feeling well.

Coach Park said, `We have increased the amount of training today. I focused more on training than on games." It was the consideration of the head coach in consideration of his responsibility as a captain and his concerns about his recent sluggishness.

Kang Min-ho started wearing a catcher mask and recorded two hits in four at-bats. Koo Ja-wook, who came out as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning, was unfortunately withdrawn due to a grounder to the third base.

49-year-old pitcher Park Jin-man's 200-pitch fighting spirit, thrown only for two people
Samsung, which made the ninth triple steal in KBO history. Director Park Jin-man and Kang Min-ho are welcoming Lee Sung-kyu, who succeeded in home steel.
Samsung won the first game of the three consecutive games against Lotte 7-3, winning three consecutive games. It's time for Kang Min-ho and Koo Ja-wook to cheer up again after training hard with coach Park's consideration.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.