Even though they didn't fit so well, they didn't show off and took care of their juniors. The reason I was grateful to the veteran for his lackluster rap.
Aug 11, 2025
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The LG Twins are writing miracles in the second half of the year, creating a situation in which they can seek to win again in two years after winning in 2023.
In the second half alone, he has an overwhelming run of 17 wins and 4 losses. The first half ended with a 4.5-game gap with Hanwha, the first-place team, and the gap widened to 5.5 games in the early second half, but now it is first place, two games ahead.
In the three consecutive games against Hanwha, which began on the 8th, it won two consecutive games to widen the gap to three games, but lost 4-5 on the 10th, narrowing the gap to two games again. The game also lagged 2-5 and showed off its power to not give up until the end, scoring two runs with two consecutive hits in the bottom of the ninth inning to narrow the gap by one point.
LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop cited the team's atmosphere as the reason for such a rebound in the second half. In particular, he publicly expressed his gratitude to veterans. Even though his personal performance was not good, he praised his efforts to boost the team's atmosphere by taking care of his juniors without showing any signs.
Coach Yeom said in the game on the 10th, `There is something I am most grateful for this season,' and `"During the last season, the main players suffered injuries and were sagging because their baseball was not working." As a result, it was very difficult to change the atmosphere, so positive baseball started this year. "Even if it doesn't work, there is a team atmosphere, so let's make sacrifices and separate our roles, hitting and defense," he said before the start of the season and emphasized the team's request during a dinner after the first half.
Then "The captain (Park) Hae-min was very bad at the beginning of the season, but he did his best and took care of the children in the dugout and led by example." (Oh)Ji-hwan also tried to be helpful even though baseball was really bad. (Park) Dong-won is also not doing well these days, but I can see the changes he has made to defend hard and try not to show as much as possible in the dugout. "We were bad in June, but we were able to endure that time because the atmosphere did not sag." So in the second half, they turned their performance around, and the team was able to turn around"
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Oh Ji-hwan also had a deep poor goal. He has been to the second division, but has rarely risen. He hit only 2.18 percent in the first half of the year. Oh Ji-hwan is also one of the leading players in the game. He got on base with a hit in the top of the ninth inning and created a chance to draw Park Hae-min's home run. In the match against Samsung in Daegu on the 2nd, he also led the team to victory by hitting a winning solo shot after two outs in the top of the ninth inning when the score was tied 2-2. He is showing signs of rebounding little by little, hitting a .25 batting average in the second half of the year.
Coach Yeom said, `No matter how much the coach talks, baseball is played by the players, and the atmosphere is also created by the players. Now our team is led by captain Hae-min, Ji-hwan, Dong-won, and Chan-gyu, and I think the best Hyun-soo and Jin-sung did a good job and created the atmosphere of the current reversal. "Even now, let seniors focus by talking about Hae-min that if a small mistake occurs before I talk about it, the flow can be cut off." Even if you lose, you can turn it upside down. It's creating this atmosphere. There's nothing I can do. The seniors are doing so well," he said, describing the current atmosphere of LG's dugout.
There was a scene where you could feel this atmosphere. On the 8th, when Oh Ji-hwan hit a left-handed double in the bottom of the 10th inning with one out and second base, when the game was tied 1-1 against Hanwha in Jamsil, Son Yong-joon, a runner on second base, thought he could catch a ball and ran back to the second base, so he failed to enter the home. After that, veteran Kim Hyun-soo, who was in the dugout when Chun Sung-ho's walk-off hit came out, and Oh Ji-hwan, who followed Son Yong-joon as a runner on second base, went to Son Yong-joon, who missed the base run, not Chun Sung-ho, who finished, and was happy to hug him together. He took care of the young junior who would feel sorry for the team with his poor performance.
Coach Yeom said, `There is something I feel from the atmosphere of our players. So expectations are very high."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
