"Legend" Choi Jeong vs "Young Gun" Kim Do Young...The winner of the league's representative third baseman face-off is
"Legend" Choi Jeong vs "Young Gun" Kim Do Young...The winner of the league's representative third baseman face-off is
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Choi Jeong (38, SSG Landers) and Kim Do-young (22, KIA Tigers) will have a showdown in Incheon. It is the first meeting of the "new third baseman" this season.
SSG and KIA will face each other in three consecutive games on the weekend of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League, which will be held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon for three days from the 9th.메이저사이트
In the first match held in Gwangju on April 11-13, the two teams played a boiling game with one win and one loss (one game of rain cancellation).
Attention is focusing on the second meeting in Incheon because Choi Jung and Kim Do-young are expected to face off.
Choi Jeong and Kim Do-young represent the league. If Choi Jeong, who debuted in 2005, is a "living legend," Kim Do-young is now a "young gun" who has begun to bloom.
However, both of them had injuries earlier this season. Coincidentally, the injury was the same.
Two days before the season's opening, Choi suffered a hamstring injury and left the team for more than a month without being able to join the team from the beginning. He had been slow to recover to the extent that his first game of the season was only played in May, and has now played six games.
Kim started the opening game but sat out for about a month after just two at-bats due to a hamstring injury. He returned in late April and played 10 games.
Both teams struggled in the early stages due to the absence of the two key hitters. So far, SSG has tied for sixth with 16 wins, 1 draw and 19 losses, while KIA has tied for sixth with the same winning rate.
Choi Jung-eun will aim for a career milestone of 500 home runs in this three consecutive games.
Choi Jung-eun, who topped the list with 495 home runs over Lee Seung-yeop (467 home runs) last season, has already hit three home runs in six games since returning from injury this season.
He hit home runs from his first at-bat since his return, and out of the six hits he has had so far, half were homers. He is an "old man" in his late 30s but still exudes strong power.
If Choi Jung, who will appear in front of home fans for the first time this season, adds two home runs in the three consecutive games, he will reach the long-awaited 500 home runs mark.
SSG Landersfield, which Choi Jung has used as a home for more than 20 years, is also where he has hit the most home runs. More than half of the 498 homers came from here.
500 home runs are the true record of only 28 players in the major leagues with more than 100 years of history. Giancarlo Stanton (New York Yankees) has the most home runs among active players in the big league with 429 home runs.
Against this backdrop, Kim is far behind Choi in terms of his "tactical record." However, he is one of the hottest stars recognized by Choi as he was named MVP of the league last season. Choi, who hit 37 home runs last season, missed the Golden Glove in the third base category due to Kim's presence.
Since Kim Do-young's return, KIA's batting line has been revived as a whole, which is a big part of him. Kim Do-young also produced hits in eight out of 10 games after his return, and produced one RBI per game with 10 RBIs in 10 games.
Choi Jung also has speed that he does not have, as he achieved the youngest 30 (homer)-30 (stealing) last season and exceeded 40-40.
Hyun-jae, who returned after a hamstring injury, refrains from trying to steal, but his baserunning ability and sense to aim for one more base at any time even after a hit can change the flow of the game.
Moreover, Kia failed to keep a seven-point lead and lost eight runs in the bottom of the eighth inning in the match against the Kiwoom Heroes on Sunday, the previous game. It desperately needs a reversal of mood.
Kim Do-young already showed her presence when she was away from her performance last season and this season. In a moment of crisis that can lead to another downward trend, it is time for Kim Do-young's sparkling presence once again.