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| The match between NC and Hanwha at Changwon NC Park on the 15th. Hanwha won against NC and won five consecutive games. Director Kim Kyung-moon greets his fans. Changwon = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.08.15/ |
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| The match between NC and Hanwha at Changwon NC Park on the 15th. The bases loaded with two outs in the fifth inning. Shim Woo-joon hit a timely two-run hit. Chae Eun-sung succeeded in scoring. Changwon = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.08.15/ |
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| The match between the KIA Tigers and the Hanwha Eagles at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 1st. Hanwha catcher Choi Jae-hoon and starting pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin are catching their breath. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.01/ |
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Hanwha Eagles' upward trend is undaunted. He has won five consecutive games and is fiercely following the No. 1 LG Twins.
Hanwha won 9-2 against the Changwon NC Dinos on the 15th with Moon Hyun-bin's three-point wedge. It is an even more meaningful victory as it is Son Ah-seop's 'Home Coming Day' and Changwon, which is like his hometown for head coach Kim Kyung-moon.
On the same day, LG also won, and Hanwha is still in second place, one game behind LG. However, as a result of humiliating Lotte Giants' first series sweep since the opening, the gap with third-place Lotte has already widened to eight and a half games.
Hanwha's move this season is literally a battle against prejudice. Suspects toward senior coaches such as manager Kim Kyung-moon and Yang Sang-moon, Yang Seung-kwan and Kim Min-ho, who are 46 years apart from Kim Seo-hyun, who was born in 1958, are representative.
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| The match between NC and Hanwha at Changwon NC Park on the 15th. Hanwha coach Yang Sang-moon is smiling happily while replacing Jung Woo-joo in the seventh inning. Changwon = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.08.15/ |
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There is also a view of Hanwha's potential, which has already become a weak team. Even while running at the top of the list, there were not a few stories about 'I'm going to fall like that." When Hanwha gave LG the top spot, it was evaluated as 'That's right then'
However, Hanwha's momentum did not die. The revived Hanwha Eagles have won five consecutive games to shake off Lotte and solidify their two-top system with LG, which has continued throughout this season.
Hanwha's squad is full of veterans in their 30s. As a result, the atmosphere is not easily shaken, and things are not wrong in a hurry. Even if they fall into a losing streak, they have a lot of know-how to quickly find and overcome wrongs throughout the team.
Hanwha Shim Woo-joon, who was interviewed after the game, said "When the team's performance is good and when it is not good, the manager's game management changes. He also explained, "Veteran brothers really support that trend." Even if the team is shaken, the atmosphere of catching them in the dugout is different.
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| The match between NC and Hanwha at Changwon NC Park on the 15th. Hanwha's Moon Hyun-bin hit a three-run home run in the ninth inning. Changwon = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.08.15/ |
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However, there was also a hidden secret in the veteran leadership that Shim Woo-joon said. This year, there was a 'union contest' led by head coach Kim Kyung-moon, who is 67 years old and is by far the oldest among the 10 team leaders.
Coach Kim Kyung-moon called up veterans in the team during the All-Star break. Players around 30 'young', such as Um Sang-baek, Shim Woo-joon, and Ha Joo-seok, can't even be impressed.
Captain Chae Eun-sung and Lee Jae-won, Choi Jae-hoon and Ahn Chi-hong were the main players. Coach Kim Kyung-moon set the team's atmosphere that could be loosened through the meeting, where An Chi-hong, who was born in 1990, was treated as youngest' and 'cutline'.
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| A match between NC and Hanwha at Changwon NC Park on the 15th. Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon is watching the players' training. Changwon = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.08.15/ |
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At the same time, coach Kim Kyung-moon does not hesitate to inspire and encourage young players one by one. Hanwha players agreed that manager Kim Kyung-moon does not play a role in setting the mood behind the scenes even at the age of 67, but that he always leads the front line. In other words, this is the secret of Hanwha's unwavering 'high flight' throughout this season.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
