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| LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop is interviewing reporters ahead of the final Cheongbaek match on the 22nd. Jamsil = Reporter Kwon In-ha |
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| KBO League match between Hanwha and LG at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 27th. LG Tolhurst preparing to pitch. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.27/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. LG Chirinos is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.01/ |
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"Starting baseball is important."
The key point of the Korean Series for the LG Twins is the starter. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop met with reporters at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd, the last in-house match and the opening ceremony of the Korean Series, and talked about the plan for the Korean Series.
The part that coach Yeom paid most attention to while preparing for the Korean Series was none other than the selection. LG will play the Korean Series with four starters: Yoni Chirinos, Anders Tolhurst, Lim Chan-kyu and Son Joo-young. Coach Yeom has not thoroughly revealed the order this time, but foreigners from Chirinos and Tolhurst are likely to be selected in the first and second games, and Lim Chan-kyu and Son Joo-young are likely to be selected in Korea in the third and fourth games.
Manager Yeom said, `It's important to analyze the opponent, but it's important that we do ours well.' `We played starting baseball this year. That's why it's important how well the four of our starters play their roles. There is a high probability of winning only when it becomes a starting baseball. That's a big reason why we won the regular league."
Coach Yeom continued, `Hitting pace is also important, and I'm thinking about baseball that thinks more and preparing baseball. It's also important to go one more base offensively"What we can do, what we shouldn't make mistakes, what we can do well, we can defend the other side as well."
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| LG starter Lim Chan-kyu is pitching hard in a game between Kiwoom and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 29th. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.29/ |
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| LG-Doosan match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 10th. Son Joo-young is also pitching hard in the seventh inning. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.9.10/ |
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| The KBO League match between NC and LG held at Changwon NC Park on the 24th. LG's Song Seung-ki, who is pitching as a starter. Changwon=Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.24/ |
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In the playoffs, foreign pitchers who played the ace role in the regular league, including Cody Ponce, Ryan Weiss of the Hanwha Eagles, Ariel Furado of the Samsung Lions, and Kherson Garabito, all showed poor performance. There is no choice but to raise concerns that LG's foreign pitchers will also be sluggish in the Korean Series.
Coach Yeom said, `If we want to win this year, aren't those two the keys. Basically, I think Chirinos and Tolhurst should be good"Why don't you scratch one of (Im) Chan-gyu and (Son) Joo-young?" I think the starters have a good chance of winning if they do their part."
Song Seung-ki, who won 11 games as a fifth starter, changed his position to a bullpen pitcher in the Korean Series. When asked about the possibility of becoming a long-throwing bullpen pitcher like Hanwha's Moon Dong-joo, Yeom shook his head. Coach Yeom said, "(Song) will throw a short one or two innings. You will play a must-win group with the existing Yoo Young-chan, Kim Jin-sung, and Kim Young-woo. In addition to this, Jang Hyun-sik, Ham Deok-ju and Lee Jung-yong plan to run the bullpen."
On the fact that Hanwha and Samsung's batters are exploding, Yeom expects another Korean series. "I don't know the Korean series. There is no guarantee that it will explode in the Korean Series. No one can predict itCoach Yeom said, `If you don't stop it, you can't win. If it doesn't explode together, the first thing to do is to prevent it," he said, emphasizing the importance of the starting team once again.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
