If you have a team that has come up in mixed sorrows of traditional popular teams, you have a team that has gone down in vain

Jul 06, 2025

If you have a team that has come up in mixed sorrows of traditional popular teams, you have a team that has gone down in vain
Lotte-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 5th. KIA won 13-0. The players are giving high fives. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.5/



If there's a team that came up, it means there's a team that went down...

The joys and sorrows of traditional popular teams KIA Tigers and LG Twins are sharply divided.

KIA's momentum is huge. At the beginning of the season, the main players such as Kim Do-young, Na Sung-bum, Kim Sun-bin, and Kwak Do-gyu fell to the bottom. Not only them, but Park Jung-woo and Yoon Do-hyun, who played good substitute roles, also left due to injuries, but their performance is on the rise. How many people thought KIA would rise to second place ahead of the closing of the first half.




It is a story that is truly miraculous. It's fun to watch. The tearful revival story of veteran players such as Kim Ho-ryeong and Ko Jong-wook, who only played backup roles in their later years, will add to the joy of victory. It is also fun to see new stars such as Oh Sun-woo, Kim Seok-hwan, and Park Min being born.

KIA fans are full of expectations that if the main players return in the second half, they will be able to make the evaluation of 'absolute first round' a reality. There is not much difference with the No. 1 Hanwha Eagles. This is the beginning of the competition.

If you have a team that has come up in mixed sorrows of traditional popular teams, you have a team that has gone down in vain
A match between the Samsung Lions and the LG Twins at Daegu Lions Park on the 5th. LG players who lost are disappointed. Daegu=Park Jae-man Reporter pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.05/
On the contrary, LG Twins fans are in tears. While defending champion KIA faltered, LG was expected to play the role of 'absolute 1st place'. This is because he was an integrated winning team two seasons ago, his objective power was the most stable, and he played with a scary momentum after the opening.




He was chased by the Hanwha Eagles and competed for the lead. There was no problem until this time. However, it began to decline little by little in June. The starting lineup, which was so overwhelming, became normal. Chirinos, Lim Chan-kyu and Son Joo-young lost their ability to overwhelm their opponents in the early stages of the opening, and Hernandez is becoming 'Gyereuk' due to his injuries and sluggishness.

As the weather gets hot, the strength of the batters seems to be declining. Here we face the worst. Austin, the center hitter, left because of a side injury. While Oh Ji-hwan's sluggishness has loosened his central power, it is a huge negative factor for LG. The two-stroke balance collapsed, falling into a four-game losing streak and falling to third place for the first time in the season. KIA entered the place.

Now the All-Star Game is coming up. Time to rest and reorganize. How much scarier can KIA become and how can LG overcome the current crisis and regain its power as a strong team. Will the two teams be able to check Hanwha's dominance.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.