[엑스포츠뉴스 창원, 조은혜 기자] SSG Landers Choo Shin-soo shared his feelings after the KBO’s first match.
SSG lost 11-3 in a demonstration match against the 2021 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League NC Dinos held at Changwon NC Park on the 21st. Choo Shin-soo, who started the KBO’s first real match as the second nominated hitter on this day, recorded no hits in 3 at-bats. Choo Shin-soo, who withdrew from Wes Parsons in the first two at-bats with a looking and missed swing, respectively, scored a floating ball in the second ball against Song Myeong-gi in the third at-bat.
For Choo Shin-soo, who first experienced the Korean League, it was a trembling experience from the national anthem before the start of the game. Shin-soo Choo said, “In the United States, I only heard the United States, so I didn’t have the opportunity to hear the national anthem unless it was an international competition, but I also felt like I was at an international competition. And looked back.
After finishing all the games,’It was a good feeling. It was a good trembling, and there was a sense of tension. There were also strengths that could not be expressed in words,” he said. He said,’I felt that each at-bat was getting better. Parsons is a player with a good pitch, so it would be helpful to face such a pitcher. When he smiled after hitting a floating ball in the third at-bat, he said, “I felt good to hit the ball”.
After striking out looking for four at the first at-bat, he waited for data to see if his judgment on the last ball was correct. Shin-soo Choo said,’Because I thought I was missing, I waited for the report. It was just to check whether I was right or not, but when I saw it on (strike zone), I thought I had to change it.
The current physical condition felt during the full-fledged battle is more than expected. Shin-soo Choo said, “In terms of major leagues, it’s like the first day of playing live at the spring camp before the demonstration game, but it was a different feeling. I think I can find it quickly. Thoughts may not be able to follow the timing as the body thinks, even if they do that, but there is nothing to worry about other than that, he expected.
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