Na Ji-wan, who was elected as the new captain of KIA this season, expressed his aspirations and opinions about the spring camp ahead of the 2021 season in an interview on the first day of winter training.
He said about the vacant position of Yang Hyun-jong, who left the team by declaring a challenge for the Major League (MLB), “It is not that the team does not work because there is no Yang Hyun-jong, but there is definitely a negative part in the power.”
The problem was when the story about the relative battle between the Doosan Bears and the LG Twins came out. Na Ji-wan said, “Seoul Jamsil Stadium was our home, but our two teams hurt our pride,” he said. In fact, KIA was absolutely inferior in the opponents with 3 wins and 13 losses against Doosan and 5 11 losses against LG in the 2020 season.
Although he could see his will to overcome his inferiority to the opposing team, the reaction that it was frivolous to mention Jamsil Baseball Stadium, which is used by Doosan and LG as their home, over the Gwangju-Kia Champions Field, the actual home stadium. many.
In addition, after winning the game against LG last year, Yang Hyun-jong also mentioned, “Jamsil is said to be the second home stadium, but I am sorry for the poor performance in Jamsil because there are many fans.” Is raising it.
Netizens said, “Yang Hyun-jong is like that, and hunger is like that all the time”, “Who is the champion then?” And the like.
Meanwhile, Na Ji-wan, who was born in 1985 and turns 36, is a franchise star who has been playing only in KIA until now, wearing a KIA uniform in the first round of the second round in 2008. He led the team’s championship with an ending home run in the 2009 Korean Series, and was appointed captain after Yang Hyun-jong.