Yang Sang-moon, the pitching coach who captured the hearts of Hanwha pitchers, met a welcome student at Gocheok Sky Dome.
Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 9th. The Hanwha Eagles squad arrived at the stadium to play three consecutive weekend games against the Kiwoom Heroes.
At this time, Kiwoom player in burgundy uniform waited for someone in front of the dugout on the third base. Kiwoom Lee Hyung-jong was waiting for Hanwha's pitching coach Yang Sang-moon.
Lee Hyung-jong's expression when he met coach Yang became infinitely soft. Lee Hyung-jong bowed down and thanked Yang for the coach's touch while patting his back.
Coach Yang and Lee Hyung-jong have a deep relationship. When pitcher Lee Hyung-jong, who graduated from Seoul High School, joined the LG Twins in 2008 as the first nomination, Yang Sang-moon was LG's pitching coach.
Lee Hyung-jong, who was highly anticipated, but failed to adapt to the team due to surgery and injury, also tried to convert to a golfer after voluntary withdrawal in 2010.
Lee Hyung-jong, who returned to LG again in the 2013 season, has turned into a batter since the 2016 season and has been holding the bat so far. At that time, LG coach Yang Sang-moon was a coach. Coach Yang, who served as LG manager from 2014 to 2017, is a leader who knows Lee Hyung-jong's wandering and overcoming better than anyone else.
Coach Yang Sang-moon, who returned to the scene at the call of Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon, transformed Hanwha into a team with the best pitching staff in the league. It is also famous that he wrote a handwritten letter to all the pitchers after he took over as coach. Thanks to coach Yang's warm guidance, Kim Seo-hyun was also reborn as the best finish in the league.
It is often seen that players who have been coached by Yang do not forget to come and greet each other. Lee Hyung-jong is one of those players.
Lee Hyung-jong also met with Chae Eun-sung, a year after joining LG, and talked for a long time. Chae Eun-sung and Lee Hyung-jong, who played together at LG, moved to the FA after the 2022 season and each moved to Hanwha and Kiwoom.
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| Lee Hyung-jong, who also greets coach Kim Jae-gul |
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There was also a Hanwha player who came to the Kiwoom team. It's Lee Do Yoon. Lee Do-yoon runs to Oh Sun-jin, who is in batting training, and hugs him warmly. Oh Sun-jin joined Hanwha in 2008 and played until the middle of the 2021 season before moving to Samsung and playing again in the 2023 season in Hanwha's uniform for a year. He is playing shortstop position in Lotte last year and Kiwoom uniform this season.
Oh Sun-jin helped Lee Do-yoon, who joined Hanwha in 2015, grow into an infielder. This is why Lee Do-yoon ran at one step.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
