Ahn Woojin finally explained himself You were called out of the parking lot after the shower? Actually, it's not
Aug 07, 2025
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Kiwoom Heroes pitcher Ahn Woo-jin, who is serving in the military as a social service worker, eventually announced his position himself. Ahn Woo-jin underwent reconstructive surgery of his right shoulder oblique ligament through arthroscopy at Sejong Sports Orthopedic Clinic at 3 p.m. on August 7.
Director Geum Jeong-seop, who conducted the operation, said "The operation took about an hour, and it ended well without any problems. After focusing on treatment and recovery for about five to six months, it seems that it is possible to start step-by-step technical training after that. "When looking at similar cases in the past, the recovery process is generally good." We will be able to fully recover our existing performance.
Ahn Woo-jin plans to stabilize for the time being after being discharged from the hospital on the 9th, and plans to start a full-fledged rehabilitation program after the release of the social service personnel on the 17th of next month.
Before the surgery, Ahn Woo-jin told the club "I sincerely thank many people for their concern. As the team is in a difficult situation, it has been preparing to return more enthusiastically, and I personally had high expectations. "I wanted to improve my physical condition and join the team to help the team and show good performance to the fans, but I'm very sorry to have an unexpected injury again," he said. "I'll do my best in rehabilitation and come back with a better appearance."
I understand that various suspicions have been raised regarding my injury. But now is the time to focus on recovering his health above all else. "I fully explained the situation at the time of the injury to the club. Rather than talking about unconfirmed facts, we ask for your wishes and support for a speedy recovery."
The club plans to spare all support during the rehabilitation process for Ahn Woo-jin's quick recovery. In addition, since the injury was attributed to negligence in the safety management of the team, we plan to make more efforts to prevent injuries and manage safety of players during training to prevent similar events from happening again in the future.
In addition, the club expressed its position regarding the alleged coercion of training. This was all confirmed to Ahn Woo-jin, and the details were disclosed in a statement with the consent of the player.
▶The following statement on Ahn Woo-jin's alleged coercion revealed through the club
1. Background of participation in additional training and background of injury
- Ahn Woo-jin took the mound at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 2nd (Saturday) for an actual sensory inspection at the Blue and White match held at Goyang National Baseball Training Center. After that, he threw about 15 more pitches from the bullpen, and after finishing pitching, he moved to the treatment room for treatment and reinforcement workouts.
- Ahn Woo-jin attended the entire team meeting after the Blue and White match and learned that additional training was scheduled for the losing team. Ahn Woo-jin visited the coach's office and politely asked the part coach to exclude additional training, but decided to follow the part coach's recommendation and participated in additional training.
- The pitcher's group, which includes Ahn Woo-jin, was scheduled to conduct additional training (fungo) on the right field position turf (infield third base, catcher and outfielders are at the back of the home base). Ahn Woo-jin had switched to sneakers after taking the mound, and quickly headed to the ground to participate in training. In order to faithfully engage in additional training, he also wore an outfield glove that had an advantage of catching the ball and went into training. I have not been unfaithful in training because my request for exclusion from training was not accepted.
- Ahn Woo-jin fell and hit his shoulder when he missed the ball while receiving his second pungo, and was immediately taken to the hospital for his first detailed examination.
2. Compulsory participation in additional training
- I was forced to go to training on my way home from work after changing my clothes after the showerThe claim that ' is not true. Ahn Woo-jin has never moved to the parking lot or boarded a vehicle to leave work, and no specific player has come to Ahn Woo-jin to deliver the coach's instructions to participate in training.
3. additional training intensity
- After the end of the Blue and White games, the losing team's pitchers played Fungo with additional training in the outfield field. The players receiving the pengo stood 6M to 7M wide from the left and right, and the distance between the player and the coach who hit the pengo was about 5M. The intensity of the ball was as good as putting the ball lightly on the bat. The entire time took about 15 to 20 minutes. Team training is scheduled after additional training, so it was shorter than usual.
4. an alleged cover-up of injuries
- It's not true. With no accurate diagnosis of Ahn Woo-jin's injury, he requested to refrain from speculating until the final result, fearing that reckless misunderstandings would spread, and the injury was a very sensitive issue, so it was part of efforts to prevent misinformation from being delivered. There is no fact that the team has gathered and pressed the team to cover up the injury.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
