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| The way LG Song Seung-ki threw the first pitch for the Nexen Heroes as a child in 2014. Kiwoom Heroes YouTube channel broadcast capture |
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| LG Song Seung-gi is interviewing after winning his fifth victory against Incheon SSG on the 25th. Incheon = Reporter Kwon In-ha |
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| The way LG Song Seung-ki threw the first pitch for the Nexen Heroes as a child in 2014. Kiwoom Heroes YouTube channel broadcast capture |
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A child who won the 2014 Nexen Heroes' 'Children's Pitcher King Contest' event threw the first pitch. And 11 years later, in 2025, the boy is throwing as the starting pitcher for the LG Twins. However, the catcher who received the first pitch 11 years ago is playing with LG, and Nexen's coach, who saw the first pitch at that time, is now sitting as LG's coach. Is this what we call fate.
The main character of the first pitch is Song Seung-ki, who firmly supports LG's starting lineup with '5 starters like the first starter'. Song threw the first pitch in the Doosan-Nexae game in Mokdong on Aug. 15, 2014, when he was a sixth grader at Samil Elementary School in Ansan. In Kiwoom's YouTube video, interviews, first pitch practice, first pitch scenes, and interviews after the first pitch remain the same. Young Song Seung-ki, who is almost the same face as now, won the Children's Pitcher King Contest', where Nexen picked the fastest-throwing child at the time. Song Seung-ki recalled the time when he threw 90km to win.
At that time, Nexen's manager was Yeom Kyung-yeop, and the starting catcher who received Song Seung-ki's first pitch was Park Dong-won. After the first pitch, Park Dong-won handed the ball to Song Seung-ki and Song Seung-ki bowed down 90 degrees to greet him.
When asked about the time, Song Seung-ki laughed and said, `It was an event for the general public, but I wanted to throw the first pitch, so I hid what I was a player and participated and won first place.'
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| The way LG Song Seung-ki threw the first pitch for the Nexen Heroes as a child in 2014. The catcher who received the ball at the time was Park Dong-won. Kiwoom Heroes YouTube channel broadcast capture |
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| The LG-SSG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 25th. LG won the game 9-3. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop is encouraging Song Seung-ki. Incheon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.25/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes at Jamsil Stadium on the 14th. LG first baseman Kim Hyun-soo catches Kiwoom Song Sung-moon's ball in the top of the first inning and is tossing it toward Song Seung-ki. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.14/ |
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In fact, coach Yeom or Park Dong-won had no memory of Song Seung-ki. Coach Yeom also saw Song Seung-ki's first pitch through his wife as it became a hot topic.
Song Seung-ki later joined the LG Twins in the second round of 2021 with 87th place in the ninth round after going through Maehyang Middle and High School Yatapo. And after the 2022 season, manager Yeom Kyung-yeop wore the LG uniform as the new coach, and Park Dong-won became a FA and moved to LG.
Song Seung-ki thought it would be fun to tell him later when he saw the director and Park Dong-won coming. But before I met the two of them, I went to your army and couldn't talk to them.'
There was one more LG player who watched the first pitch of the 11-year-old transmission win. Doosan Bears' No. 3 hitter Kim Hyun-soo, who was the opponent team, is now a veteran and is playing for LG's victory along with Song Seung-ki.
In the match against the Incheon SSG Landers on the 25th, Song Seung-ki won his fifth game of the season with four hits and no runs in six ⅔ innings, and Kim Hyun-soo hit a two-run single in the top of the fifth inning to help Song win.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
