Acting head coach Seol Jong-jin's first word, "I will aim for a 30% winning rate in the first half and a 50% goal with baseball in the second half."

Jul 15, 2025

Acting head coach Seol Jong-jin's first word, 'I will aim for a 30% winning rate in the first half and a 50% goal with baseball in the second half.'
Active head coach Seol Jong-jin of the Kiwoom Heroes had his first meeting with the team at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the afternoon of the 15th. Acting Seol is greeting in front of the players. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.15/



"I'll aim for a 50% winning rate with running baseball."

No matter how big a storm strikes, ships must move on. Kiwoom Heroes should also play baseball in the second half of the year. How can acting coach Seol Jong-jin lead the team.

Kiwoom made a shock announcement on the 14th after the All-Star Game. Head coach Hong Won-ki, general manager Ko Hyung-wook, and head coach Kim Chang-hyun were all replaced. A humble last place with a .37 percent win rate in the first half of this season. Chances are high that the team will be at the bottom of the list for the third consecutive year. However, critics say that the team openly declared a "rebuilding" and passed the buck to some figures at a time when the team's power is not in order.




But you can't help but play baseball. Kiwoom's leadership appointed second-tier coach Seol Jong-jin as the new captain. It has not been decided yet whether he will lead the rest of the season or take the helm temporarily until the appointment of a new coach, but the important thing is that acting coach Seol should lead the first-team squad from the game against the Samsung Lions on the 17th.

After serving as Kiwoom's front desk and coach, he served as a second-tier coach for a long time from the 2020 season. Kiwoom has a lot of moves in the first and second division teams, so it's a great strength to understand all the characteristics of most players. However, it can be pointed out as a weakness that he has no experience in the first team as a coach or a coach.

Acting head coach Seol Jong-jin's first word, 'I will aim for a 30% winning rate in the first half and a 50% goal with baseball in the second half.'
Active head coach Seol Jong-jin of the Kiwoom Heroes had his first meeting with the team at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the afternoon of the 15th. Acting Seol is greeting foreign players. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.15/
A day after the shock's replacement, Kiwoom's team training was held at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 15th. At the meeting, acting coach Seol met the players, greeted them, and delivered a message. Acting coach Seol said "The team's performance was not good, so the atmosphere seemed to be down a lot. The players don't seem to be desperate. We talked about those parts."




Regarding the process of appointing acting supervisors, acting supervisor Seol said, `I received a phone call from new general manager Heo Seung-pil just before the press release came out yesterday (14th)"I stopped. He didn't know at all about his appointment. Acting director Seol said, `I feel a lot of pressure and responsibility. I also spoke to director Hong Won-ki for a while. The team atmosphere can be chaotic, so he said he hopes to play the season well until the end of the season, which is very ugly.'

Regarding the goal of the second half, acting coach Seol said, `It was a little over 30% winning rate in the first half. In the second half, he aims for a .40 to .500 winning percentage in the rest of the game. To win, we need a bench operation and the spirit of sacrifice of the players.

Acting head coach Seol Jong-jin's first word, 'I will aim for a 30% winning rate in the first half and a 50% goal with baseball in the second half.'
Active head coach Seol Jong-jin of the Kiwoom Heroes had his first meeting with the team at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the afternoon of the 15th. Acting Seol is greeting in front of the players. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.15/
Asked what he sees as the reason for Kiwoom's first-half slump, acting coach Seol said, `There must have been many things. The rotation of foreign players and pitchers would have been a problem, but first of all, the operation was insufficient and the running baseball was not possible. It is a team that does not have a superior team home run and does not have a high on-base percentage. I think we should try something we haven't done before. Overall, there were few attempts to play. I'm going to bunt a lot, too. I'm going to sign off on the bench" he revealed his plan.




On having to play as the head of the first team, acting coach Seol said, "(It's a game that determines victory or defeat in uniform. To win, there must be a manual to win. I will prepare that part. Basically, the big framework of player management will not change. However, foreign pitchers basically plan to go more than six innings each. He also intends to check the condition of veterans Kim Tae-jin and Kim Jae-hyun, who have been injured, and give them a chance. First of all, I think I should get used to the atmosphere for one or two games. I hope you watch how Kiwoom changes", he explained.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.