How can I win...23-year-old infielder's agony, career high, right-wing growth will take place
Sep 03, 2025
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Ko Myung-joon (23, SSG Landers) hit a home run in the fourth inning against the Kiwoom Heroes at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 2nd.
Ko Myung-joon, who took the batter's box as a leadoff hitter in the bottom of the fourth inning when the score was 1-1, kicked Kiwoom starter C.C Mercedes' first pitch fastball came into the bottom of the strike zone, and the ball crossed the left-center fence.
Ko Myung-joon's 12th home run of the season and the final shot of the game on the day. Ko Myung-joon recorded a home run career high in his personal season, exceeding 11 home runs last year.
After the game, Ko Myung-joon said "From the time I analyzed my power, I was not a fast pitcher, but I thought it was better to come in suddenly when I came in, so I hit the first at-bat, and the ball was good." In the second at-bat, I thought I was swinging a fastball and passed the first pitch boldly from the first pitch. "I'm happy that I hit more than I hit last year, and I'm happy that I won with a home run today, although I still have a long way to go."
On the 9th of last month, Ko Myung-joon was excluded from the entry for the first time in the season. He went into reorganization in the Futures League for 12 days. For Ko Myung-joon, who ran tirelessly, it was a time to look back on the season.
Ko Myeong-jun said "You gave me a chance, but it wasn't good. I went down to the second team and thought again. I thought about how the team won and thought a lot about how I would play baseball if I got to the first team"When I went up to the first team, I thought a lot that I wanted to contribute to the victory." Even though I'm not good at it, if I don't make a mistake in defense, I can't give you a point, so I thought I should focus a little more when there are runners."
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The goal became difficult to achieve, but he succeeded in breaking his record last year.
Ko Myeong-jun said "I don't think I'm going to fly the ball. I had a separate training session with coach Kang Byung-sik before the main training, which helped me."
He might have been exhausted because he was playing more games and at-bats than last year, but he said, `I'm not feeling well physical. They say it looks a little hard for others, but I'm rather dull. But I'm taking care of the amount of training"I've been enjoying baseball lately. It's better to win."
SSG is fiercely competing for third place. With the victory on the 2nd, he came in third, 0.5 games ahead of the fourth-place Samsung Lions. Ko Myeong-jun thinks he's going to win every game. If I do that, I think I'll be on a high ranking at the end"I tend to check the ranking table every day. Honestly, I also want a team that is not far from us to lose, but we just have to win more."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
