I came thinking of ending nightmares. It's a spoonful of courage that makes the difference, and Choi Won-tae's legacy permeates his delighted colleagues like great reason
Oct 11, 2025
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This is because each other's concentration doubles. In addition, I'm nervous. The body tends to stiffen and shrink from imagining negative consequences.
But if you think about it, it's all the same. Everyone is focused, everyone is nervous.
Since I'm not the only one, the one who relaxes first and takes courage first is more likely to win.
In a moment of desperation, a spoonful of courage to trust and execute oneself makes a difference.
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In the first semi-playoff game against SSG at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 9th, Choi Won-tae gave his team a precious one win with a brilliant pitching of two hits, eight strikeouts and no runs in six innings. A precious victory with a 68.8% chance of advancing to the playoffs.
Personally, it's my first win in fall baseball. It contains a touching story in a reversal drama that overcame a big failure.
Choi Won-tae was an icon of poor fall baseball. It was okay during the season, but it got smaller in the fall. In the negative consequences that could have been agitation or jinx, it has already become autumnal.
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Samsung's choice in the first round of the semi-playoff was inevitably Choi Won-tae, who consumed all of Hurado, Won Tae-in and Garabito in the wild card match.
There was no high expectation. It was the right time to put in a bullpen pitcher.
In the SSG Landers' batting line-up, Ahn Sang-hyun and Eredia Han Yu-seom, who are Park Sung-han, were deployed from 1 to 4 like landmines from the 1st inning.
Choi Won-tae, who took the mound with anxious eyes, made a remarkable difference.
He believed in his ball and believed in the signature of Kang Min-ho, the league's best veteran catcher. "My brother gave me a good autograph. I didn't shake my head and threw it, but there was a good result" is the first impression. It became a corner walk as he threw without any desire for restraint after seeing the catcher's mitt leading him to the center. Four pitches with different four-seam, two-seam, change-up, and slider directions were mixed in a balanced way to neutralize the Landers' lineup, which has not yet been grasped.
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Choi Won-tae, a former member of the Kiwoom Heroes, allowed a walk-off come-from-behind home run in the ninth inning in Game 5 of the 2022 Korean Series in Incheon.
He took the mound for a save in the bottom of the ninth inning with a 4-2 lead, and after building runners with walks and hits, he shook his head after a three-run home run from SSG Landers Kim Kang-min.
The two teams were tight with two wins and two losses until Game 4. This walk-off home run tilted the series, and in the end, Kiwoom lost Game 6 by one point and missed its first win, which it almost caught. For Choi Won-tae, it was like a nightmare that could remain as a trauma. The early steel plate for the 2023 Korean Series, which moved to LG, was also an extension of the bad memory.
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After Lee Jae-hyun's leadoff hitter solo home run in the first inning, a series of good chances were canceled. Was there any burden on the home run in the close lead until the beginning.
"I wasn't aware of the home run. I just thought about throwing a lot of strikes. I just wanted to put it in the zone even if it was right, but I think it was a good corner walk and blocked it well."
It was a huge failure, and the trauma continued even by moving the team.
Another new team, Samsung, also seemed to be losing its performance in the fall.
But as a team, personally and in a moment of desperation, a wonderful twist awaited.
I overcame the painful memory. It was a real victory over his fight. It was a spoonful of courage that made the anti-war drama.
Choi Won-tae struck out the last batter and natural enemy Herredia in the sixth inning with two outs and a runner on the first base. He didn't even do a violent ceremony. He just quietly clenched his fist and comforted himself, who had been struggling. And he gave a small thumbs up to Kang Min-ho, who helped him with the best pitching with a great lead.
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Choi Won-tae's good pitching left him with more than one win in the lingering squad.
Even in the worst case of desperation, the message permeated that you should have the courage to believe in yourself and take one step forward. In the full count of the reversal crisis, he instilled the courage to throw bold inducements and the courage to swing himself without hesitation in chances.
Lee Jae-hyun, who turned the first pitch of his first at-bat in the first inning and crossed the fence, and Lee Ho-sung, who escaped the crisis due to a breaking ball game in the eighth inning with two outs, also responded to his senior's courage.
Samsung's real fall baseball, woken up by Choi Won-tae, begins now.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
