If you look closely at Ahn Hyun-min's honest expression, which he heard in person, the heated praise of the Major League-class batter coach...There's a long way to go.

Nov 17, 2025

If you look closely at Ahn Hyun-min's honest expression, which he heard in person, the heated praise of the Major League-class batter coach...There's a long way to go.
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If you look closely at Ahn Hyun-min's honest expression, which he heard in person, the heated praise of the Major League-class batter coach...There's a long way to go.
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"He's a major league-class player. I've only seen it on video and it's more powerful in real life."

He stood tall as the best hitter in the KBO League in just one year. The Japanese national team coach also fell in love with Ahn Hyun-min's lightning swing.

Ahn Hyun-min, however, thought differently. Ahn Hyun-min, who met the baseball team at the arrival site at Gimpo Airport after the match between Korea and Japan on the 17th, was embarrassed, saying, `There is still a long way to go.'




Ahn Hyun-min said last Korea-Japan exhibition
If you look closely at Ahn Hyun-min's honest expression, which he heard in person, the heated praise of the Major League-class batter coach...There's a long way to go.
Japanese national team coach Hirokazu Ibata, Korean national team coach Ryu Ji-hyun. Yonhap News
He hit home runs in two consecutive home appliances, clearly imprinting the presence of 'monster hitter'. There is even a story that Major League scouts who visited the scene to see Japanese pitchers all paid attention to 'Who is that hitter?'

Ahn Hyun-min, who played in the national team until mid-November following a season of forced troops, was full of fatigue. He said, `There were so many good players in Japanese pitchers that I had a lot to learn. It was a fun and good experience,' he said, looking back on the last series.

The two home runs against Japan became a hot topic in the country. Ahn Hyun-min was awkward, saying, `I see reactions while doing SNS, but I can't speak Japanese at all.' Regarding asking Japanese reporters 'Why didn't Murakami Munetaka come out', he was a reporter who spoke Korean. Actually, I don't know much about Japanese baseball. I only know a few famous players, but they weren't in the entry, so I just asked them where they went."




If you look closely at Ahn Hyun-min's honest expression, which he heard in person, the heated praise of the Major League-class batter coach...There's a long way to go.
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The selection of the national team was Ahn Hyun-min's first experience as a national team player since he started playing baseball. However, there was no sign of contraction at all. In four games against the Czech Republic and Japan, he had four hits in 14 at-bats (home run 2), five walks, six runs and three RBIs, and an on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of 1.188.

"Honestly, I wasn't nervous at all. I didn't feel it was much different from the league game. Dealing with good pitchers, like the league, didn't feel particularly nervous."

As for the environment without ABS (automatic ball determination system) "It was a bit confusing at batting. The result value is different from the strike zone I think, so it needed to be corrected. The step of matching was also interesting. It's my first experience since I was in high school, so I laughed.




As for the double steal against Song Sung-moon, he moved after receiving an autograph. (Song) Sung-moon replied, "As a result of moving after receiving an autograph as I did..."

As for the hit ball that hit the ceiling and fell off Tokyo Dome's local rule, would it be a double? I was curious about the regulation. A Japanese player told me 'Foul if I get hit by the ceiling and go out of the line' I thought 'Why are you here (second base) then?' The batter probably didn't know where he fell."

If you look closely at Ahn Hyun-min's honest expression, which he heard in person, the heated praise of the Major League-class batter coach...There's a long way to go.
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Hirokazu Ibata, the coach of the Japanese national team, said "Any notable player in the Korean national team is also Ahn Hyun-min. He made headlines when he praised him for being a major league player.

However, Ahn Hyun-min emphasized, "If you look closely, you've expressed that I'm not a major league player, but that the speed of my home run hit is a major league," adding, "It's just that much now, and there's still a long way to go."

"WBC is a dream stage for me. Of course, I want to go out, and I would appreciate it if you could pick me. What role can I play on that stage, and wouldn't it lead to a good result if I drew an image?"





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.