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| '2000K' Kim Kwang-hyun enjoyed the ice water. Photo = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com |
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The water is really cold. This is why many players, including Yang Hyun-jong and Lee Jung-hoo, are running away from the celebratory water ceremony. Veteran Kim Kwang-hyun also stopped the players, saying, `Oh, don't do it.' However, he did not run away and willingly accepted the congratulatory water baptism of his juniors. I enjoyed myself to the fullest.
SSG Landers Kim Kwang-hyun achieved his third career 2,000 strikeouts in KBO League history against the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium on the 7th. It is a milestone set after Song Jin-woo (Hanwha) and Yang Hyeon-jong (KIA).
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| Kim Kwang-hyun is cheering after catching Choi Won-young with a double play in the bottom of the fourth inning with one out and runners on the first and second bases. |
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Kim Kwang-hyun, who became a winning pitcher with three runs in five innings with SSG's 7-3 victory, became the main character of the Su-hoon player interview. Junior pitchers began to move busily. I took out the water and ion drink from the dugout refrigerator and filled the icebox. It's ice cold water, not room temperature.
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| The junior Kim Kwang-hyun, who achieved the 2000 strikeout milestone, is interviewing and preparing for a water shower. |
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| "아~하지 마!" |
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| Kim Kwang-hyun | being dragged without any resistance
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As soon as Kim Kwang-hyun's interview was over, the youngest, Cheon Beom-seok, blocked the retreat. Kim Kwang Hyun said, "Oh, don't do it!," he gushed at his juniors.
However, the heart was different. Rather, he didn't run away or resist as if he was leaning on me. Kim Kwang-hyun's expression was full of joy after receiving the cold water bomb intact.
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| Kim Kwang-hyun's expression of joy. Thanks to the grateful juniors, the achievement of the milestone was more brilliant. |
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2000 strikeouts. It was because it was such a meaningful record for Kim Kwang-hyun. Kim Kwang-hyun, who joined the professional team in 2007, achieved this record in a total of 411 games and 2,302 ⅔ innings. It is a new record for the lowest number of games and minimum innings ever. This is faster than Yang Hyeon-jong achieved in 497 ⅓ and 2,413 games last year.
Kim Kwang-hyun, who became the strikeout king with 150 in 2008, his second year as a member of the team, has struck out more than 100 strikeouts every year so far, except in the 2011-2012 season, when he was unable to throw 100 innings due to injury. Excluding the 2020-2021 season when he played for the St. Louis Cardinals in the Major League Baseball, he has recorded 100 strikeouts for 10 consecutive years.
Kim Kwang-hyun said in an interview after the game, `I really didn't imagine it. I had to do 20 years of 100 each, but I didn't even think I would do it. I didn't think about this when I won 100 or 150, but I think 2000 strikeouts will be memorable until I die," he said with emotion.
Kim Kwang-hyun has 200 wins left. With this victory, Kim Kwang-hyun recorded a career-high 178 wins. Twenty-two victories are left.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
