Korean baseball Lee Jong-beom, who was overturned in entertainment, is not alone to be criticized, and the players who contacted him to become coaches are accomplices

Jul 03, 2025

Korean baseball Lee Jong-beom, who was overturned in entertainment, is not alone to be criticized, and the players who contacted him to become coaches are accomplices
Coach Lee Jong-beom talks with Kim Sang-soo and Bae Jeong-dae just before the match between the Samsung Lions and KT Wiz at Daegu Lions Park on the 14th. Daegu = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.14/



Lee Jong-beom's entertainment show controversy. Are the players not responsible.

It must have been a really shocking thing. For several days, the aftermath of former KT Wiz coach Lee Jong-beom's entertainment transfer has not subsided.

In the midst of the season, a legendary coach who dominated Korean baseball left the coach post to appear in the entertainment program 'strongest baseball', shocking the baseball world. Of course, it was a baseball entertainment show, and even though he was the head coach of that show, many people are denouncing the former coach, saying, `I didn't have the least sense of responsibility as a professional.' Even if someone else made the same choice, he would have been criticized, but because he was a former coach who was loved as a professional baseball player and leader more than anyone else, the sense of betrayal among fans and officials was bound to grow.




Some say that former coach Lee's choice is being criticized too much. It is a pity that he has violated his duty and intentions as a professional, but anyway, there is freedom to choose a job, and the former coach Lee did not commit an illegal act.

It was a problem that could pass by like that, but rather, it is pouring oil on the fire that is going out from the side of 'strongest baseball'. He distributed an interview with the former coach Lee, who seemed to have no idea what was going on, and the PD in charge made absurd remarks in an interview with the media that could even raise rumors of a rift between the former coach and the KT coaching staff. So the controversy can't go down. There is nothing to say if this is a meticulous plan of 'strongest baseball' for 'noise marketing', but there is no understanding and consideration for the baseball world in the steps so far.

Korean baseball Lee Jong-beom, who was overturned in entertainment, is not alone to be criticized, and the players who contacted him to become coaches are accomplices
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In the meantime, there is a remarkable story. It is about the former coach's acceptance of the coach 'strongest baseball'. The former coach said in an interview that "I initially refused. However, retired juniors contacted me and asked me to be the center point of the 'strongest baseball team'. As baseball entertainment has gained popularity, some juniors are enjoying their second heyday and are loved a lot, but there are many juniors who are not. If the recently struggling 'strongest baseball' can regroup, I can provide opportunities for more juniors, and I want to challenge the job together, so I accepted the manager's position" he said.




JTBC, the producer of the `strongest baseball' program, announced the list of retired players to appear on the program on the 2nd. It was announced that the recruitment of about 20 players, including Kim Tae-kyun, Yoon Seok-min, Lee Dae-dae, Na Ji-wan, and Shim Soo-chang, was over. As the former coach Lee said "I went out for juniors who are in need of a living", most of the players earn a lot of money from contracts as players and earn some stable income from commentators, YouTube appearances, and baseball lessons even after retirement, so their sincerity is also cracked.

Korean baseball Lee Jong-beom, who was overturned in entertainment, is not alone to be criticized, and the players who contacted him to become coaches are accomplices
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As mentioned above, what baseball fans should pay attention to is that it is these players who ignited the reluctant former coach Lee's mind. Before recruiting the former coach Lee as a coach, it is said that the formation of the players has already been completed to some extent. Don't tell me that the players who have no relationship with the former coach or the young players who have recently retired call me out of the blue. "Come to the coach. Would he have said, "Please save me?" It is very likely that former star player-turned-players, who had been close to the former coach, begged. In that case, it becomes difficult for the public to understand the explanation, such as that it was for the future of the juniors. That's inevitable.

Did they really desperately send a love call to the former coach for development as a baseball team. He needed a rival 'fireball'Big Name' to compete with manager Kim Sung-geun. That way, the success of the program in which they can earn wealth and honor depends on it. The participants of the "strongest baseball" mentioned above could not have known the aftermath of the former coach Lee's departure from KT to become the coach of "Choi Gyan-goo". They know propane's physiology better than anyone else. "I got a call from my juniorsIf the saying is true, it means they have no choice but to be accomplices who have used the former coach for their success and disrupted the order of the baseball community. So this controversy just feels even more regrettable.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.