It's hard to watch baseball broadcasts. Pain and pain that I couldn't catch. The wait is over now

Jun 14, 2025

It's hard to watch baseball broadcasts. Pain and pain that I couldn't catch. The wait is over now
NC 김영규. Sports Chosun DB



"Trust me. I'll prepare it from today."

NC Dinos key left-hander Kim Young-kyu is finally back. Kim Young-kyu was registered in the first division entry ahead of the match against the Changwon KIA Tigers on the 13th. It is the first time this season and about 10 months since taking the mound in August last year.

It was a time of pain and suffering. Since he suffered pain in his left shoulder during the season last year, he has stuck to rehabilitation for nearly a year. After the end of the season, he prepared from the beginning again and aimed to switch to the starting position, but stopped pitching as his shoulder pain was not fully caught before the start of the spring camp.




And time passed again. Kim Young-kyu, who took the mound at the Futures, was finally registered in the first team entry.

In fact, coach Lee Ho-joon tried to give him a little more time to prepare. I was going to throw a few more games in the Futures League, play a series of consecutive games, improve my condition, and raise it. However, as Kim Jin-ho felt a little uncomfortable in his shoulder area and fell out of the entry, Kim Young-kyu, who was somewhat ready, was raised one tempo faster.

It's hard to watch baseball broadcasts. Pain and pain that I couldn't catch. The wait is over now
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Of course, there will be no consecutive throws for the time being, and we will let them warm up to one inning each and only once in the arms. The goal is to take the mound in a must-win situation, but to manage it gradually to enable continuous pitching while ensuring more than a day of rest.




Coach Lee Ho-joon met Kim Young-kyu, who was running right after going to the baseball stadium ahead of the KIA match on the 13th. Director Lee said, `Fighting. Just trust me. He said, "I'll prepare to take the mound from today." He thanked with a chuckle.

"I haven't slept in a long time because I thought I was going to the first team," said Kim Young-kyu, who said he had suffered a lot over the past 10 months. No star player, no veteran, long-term rehabilitation is a battle against himself. The fact that everyone can't play in the game and infinite rehabilitation with no end in sight are hard and difficult.

It's hard to watch baseball broadcasts. Pain and pain that I couldn't catch. The wait is over now
Hanwha-NC match held at Changwon NC Park on the 1st. NC won 16–5. Coach Lee Ho-joon is welcoming the players. Changwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.1/
In a situation where he was seeking to switch to a starting position for two consecutive years, he was repeatedly blocked by injuries, and his head was bound to be complicated. First of all, Kim Young-gyu said, `Now, I don't know what I think about the position. I'm just going to live my life day by day"I don't have any special thoughts yet, and my goal is to return healthy and finish in the first team until the end of the season."




I haven't even watched NC's baseball broadcast since the beginning of the season. Because it was a difficult time mentally.

Coach Lee Ho-joon, who welcomed Kim Young-kyu's return with a smile, has been linked since he was a coach at NC. Kim Young-gyu said "He has taken really good care of me since I was a coach, trusted me, and received a lot of help. I wanted to return it to you, but I couldn't because I felt sorry even if I wanted to contact you because the situation kept going like this and I was sick. But I want to do my best and contribute to the team", he expressed his feelings about returning.

I finally got out of the long tunnel.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.