“If you are a player like Shin-soo Choo, you should call me first… have a good conversation.”
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Nam-jik Han = Korean baseball team coach Kim Gyeong-moon (63), preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, heard an interview with Choo Shin-soo (39, SSG Landers) who said, “I want to play for the national team if I can be selected.” .
“If you are a player like Shin-soo Choo, no matter how much I am a baseball senior, even if I am a coach, it is right to call first.
As coach Kim Kyung-moon reached out first, Shin-soo Choo, who was contemplating’Is it polite to call the national team manager first?’, also put down a big burden.
Coach Kim told Shin-soo Choo, “I have to decide on a preliminary entry for the Tokyo Olympics soon, and I want to include Shin-soo Choo,” and Shin-soo Cho replied, “Thank you very much.”
Coach Gyeong-moon Kim, who won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and Shin-soo Choo, a veteran hitter who hit 218 home runs, the most Asian majors in the US major leagues, honored each other in this way.
In a call with Yonhap News on the 12th, coach Kim Gyeong-moon said, “When Shin-soo Choo was self-quarantine, I called. I am a senior, and although I am a manager, I decided that’a player of the size of Choo should be respected.’ It was also time to decide on the entry, so I called Choo Shin-soo and said,’I want to put it in the preliminary entry.’
Choo Shin-soo wore the Taegeuk mark at the 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC) and the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games.
However, after that, he was not able to join the national team against the opposition of the major league club.
There are no obstacles to joining the national team in 2021 while playing for the KBO League SSG.
SSG Choo Shin-soo is interviewing reporters at the Sajik Stadium in Busan on the afternoon of the 11th. After returning to Korea after a long major league life, Choo Shin-soo ended self-quarantine and joined the team. [연합뉴스 자료사진]
Director Kim Kyung-moon welcomed Choo Shin-soo to the KBO League, saying, “Isn’t it good news for many fans that Shin-soo Choo decided to play in the KBO League. He returned to Korea in good shape, such as donating a substantial amount of his annual salary.”
As a commanding tower for the baseball national team, Choo Shin-soo maintains his skills and competes in the Tokyo Olympics this year.
However, Director Kim tries not to burden Choo Shin-soo in advance.
Director Kim said, “Cho Shin-soo is already under a lot of pressure and will play the KBO league. I don’t want to put any pressure on Choo. Shin-soo, he said, “Do not get hurt, play the baseball that you want to play.” He said.
It is not necessary to disclose whether the national team will be selected as the final entry.
Director Kim said, “I hope that Shinsoo Choo will play a good role in the development and success of the KBO League, and I will watch the season,” he said. “The final entry will be decided in consultation with the coaching staff.”
First, coach Kim and KBO plan to confirm and announce preliminary entries for the Tokyo Olympics on the 15th. The Japanese national baseball team made up 185 preliminary entries on the 10th.
Manager Kim said, “I was planning to put about 110 people in the preliminary entry. There are many good young pitchers who want to watch a little more, so I plan to include more than 110 people in the preliminary entry.”
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2021/03/12 16:00 sent