Choo Shin-soo, first relax with’snow baseball’… “You will see a lot of balls”

Sending time2021-03-21 12:19

First appearance on the Korean stage as No. 2 designated hitter

(Changwon = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi In-young = Choo Shin-soo (39, SSG Landers) will show’Snow Baseball’ before batting skill in the Korean professional baseball stage.

On the 21st, Shin-soo Choo will be selected as the 2nd designated batter in the demonstration game between NC Dinos and SSG held at Changwon NC Park in Gyeongnam.

After graduating from Busan High School in 2001, it is the first official KBO match of former major leaguer Choo Shin-soo, who played in the US professional baseball stage until last year.

Shin-soo Choo only attended the SSG Spring Camp practice game and did not stand at bat.

SSG coach Kim Won-hyung said that Choo Shin-soo is scheduled to start three games in a row from the 22nd to the 23rd against the Lotte Giants, and that he plans to digest about 3 at-bats in the first game of the day.

Choo Shin-soo intends to focus on grasping the timing of Korean pitchers in the demonstration game. He predicted that he would deliberately refrain from hitting so that he could see a lot of the ball.

Shin-soo Choo emphasized, “I will not say that I will not hit 100%,” but emphasized that “Watching a lot of balls is a priority.”

However, he explained, “I can hit the ball when the ball I am aiming for” and “I plan to hit the ball if it comes to the course I want after the 2nd strike.”

“I want to look at the ball, but if the other pitcher throws a strike, he only sees 3 balls,” he said.

Choo Shin-soo, who was known as an’out-base machine’ in the major leagues, has a good idea. In order to pick the ball well in the KBO league, you have to get used to the new strike zone.

Choo Shin-soo announced that he had prepared for the referee’s strike zone by analyzing the video of the KBO league game during the self-quarantine period.

He said, “It was better than I thought,” and said, “I thought it was more like a strike than when the ball I thought was called a strike, but there were more cases when calling the ball.”

Meanwhile, Shin-soo Choo has been interviewing almost every day since coming to Korea. Interviews were also conducted when the demonstration game was canceled the day before, and interviews are scheduled both before and after the demonstration game on this day.

In response, Shin-soo Choo laughed, saying, “It’s my first time trying, but this situation is not burdensome,” and “I won’t do it all year.”

One thing to worry about is that all the spotlights are focused on you.

Shin-soo Choo said, “Baseball is not one player, but 26 people as one, but if you focus too much on one player, other players may feel deprived, so I’m sorry.” “He said.

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