Two days of chaos, there is only one way to kill the lowest team, winning with desperation

Jul 17, 2025

Two days of chaos, there is only one way to kill the lowest team, winning with desperation
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/



There's only one way to win.

It was simply two days of chaos. No one expected the replacement of the coach, general manager, and head coach at the same time. The promotion of the second-tier coach, who has no experience in the first-tier team, to acting as a coach and the vacancy of the head coach. On top of that, controversy erupted over the hiring of the daughter of former CEO Lee Jang-seok, who was permanently disqualified from the KBO, and the club was simply devastated. It is hard to get criticism that "'Why are you dismissing the coach and general manager while blaming the performance for creating a team that cannot be beaten?' but the former CEO Lee's daughter's hiring bomb had no choice but to pour out bad news.

Two days like two years have passed for Kiwoom, and baseball will start again from the 17th. Kiwoom, led by acting head coach Seol Jong-jin, will face the second half of the year by playing four consecutive games against the Samsung Lions in Daegu.




Acting coach Seol made unusual comments at his first training session with the team at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 15th. Usually, acting managers do not evaluate the baseball style and performance of their former managers. Because I think it's an example of hard work. It also tells hopeful stories to new players. However, acting coach Seol said of Kiwoom baseball's disastrous performance in the first half of the year, "There was not enough baseball to play."He warned that he would intervene by stealing more boldly and actively committing bunt and other operations from the beginning of the game." He also added that foreign pitchers will play baseball with six innings as basic regardless of the situation.

Two days of chaos, there is only one way to kill the lowest team, winning with desperation
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/
On top of that, he criticized the squad saying, "There was a lack of desperation as a professional." Captain Song Sung-moon said "Everyone may have different views, but if the manager (acting) saw it like that, I think we should have played baseball more earnestly." I think the team should go with the manager."

After all, there is only one way to quell the current controversy. We're going to win. It's a definitely different baseball style, and we have to win with the play of players who have become more desperate. Only then will there be a justification for this shocking personnel appointment.




Two days of chaos, there is only one way to kill the lowest team, winning with desperation
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/
Samsung aims to win this season. However, he fell into a losing streak at the end of the first half and fell to eighth place. The first start of the second half is not three consecutive games, but four consecutive games. It is obvious that he will make all-out efforts to win as many wins as possible and turn the atmosphere around by meeting Kiwoom, who is relatively weak in power and is confused by this controversy. In the meantime, will Kiwoom be able to turn the mood around with an impressive victory. First of all, I think the first game on the 17th will be very important. Depending on the outcome of this game, the atmosphere could be clearly divided in the future.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.