Weren't you just giving us trophies? This detail in the frame of Choi Jeong's 500 home runs! → The KBO is sure to honor the legend
Jul 19, 2025
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SSG Landers held the Choi Jeong 500 Home Run Award ceremony before the 2025 KBO League Doosan Bears match at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 19th. KBO Memorial Awards usually only award trophies, but this time, they even made a special frame.
SSG has planned four consecutive weekend games from the 17th to the 20th as a festival to commemorate 500 home runs. It is also named 'BEYOND 500 FESTIVAL with LANDY & FRIENDS'. The event was held on the 17th and 18th as the game was canceled due to rain.
Fortunately, the game proceeded on the 19th, when the main event was held. Distributed '500 Home Run Commemorative Keyring' at four main gates at Landersfield. It also held a Choi Jeong fan signing event.
Prior to the play ball, Choi Jung threw the first pitch with his family and celebrated his achievement through an official award ceremony.
KBO said "We even awarded the frame considering the symbolism of the league's first 500 home runs." He showed off his meticulousness to insert the game record in the photo at the moment he hit 500 home runs.
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Choi Jung joined the 2005 Rookie Draft with the first nomination. He is active as an SSG one-club man. He has exploded double-digit home runs for 20 consecutive years since 2006. He became the home run king for the second consecutive year with 40 home runs in 2016 and 46 home runs in 2017.
Choi Jung-eun currently has 506 home runs. Choi Jeong's 500 home runs are not expected to be broken for the time being. Among the active players, Park Byung-ho (418) and Choi Hyung-woo (409) deserve a challenge.
Choi Jung-eun is also on the verge of 10,000 at-bats for the first time in the KBO League. He played 9,645 at-bats until the 19th.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
