SSG Choo Shin-soo is playing in a demonstration game against NC at Changwon NC Park on the 21st and is swinging in the first at-bat in the first time. Changwon = Yonhap News
“Seeing a lot of balls comes first.”
Major leaguer Choo Shin-soo (39), who returned to Korea, finally made his first appearance on the domestic professional baseball stage. Choo Shin-soo’s first match result was three strikeouts and two strikeouts.
On the 21st, Shin-soo Choo played as the second nominated batter in the NC and SSG demonstration game held at Changwon NC Park on the 21st. Choo Shin-soo, who joined the team on the 11th after self-quarantine for two weeks, did not participate in the practice match against KT and Samsung, so that day’s demonstration match became the KBO League debut. He entered the first at-bat in SSG’s temporary uniform,’Incheon Army uniform’, and wearing a unique’farm military fashion’ with stockings up to just below the knee. Go Jong-wook, a leading batter, had advanced to first base by walking.
Choo Shin-soo stood at the plate and looked at the first pitch thrown by NC starter Wes Parsons. Passed the outer strike zone with a 148km fast ball. The second was a ball with a slider. After seeing the two pitches, Choo Shin-soo swung the bat vigorously at the 148 km fastball thrown by Parsons for the third time. However, the ball was stuck in the meat of the positive intention, and Choo Shin-soo’s bat shattered the air. On the 2nd strike and 1 ball, Parsons immediately stabbed outside the strike zone with a 148km fast ball. It is the moment that Choo Shin-soo’s first at-bat of KBO is recorded as a looking strikeout. Choo Shin-soo entered the bench and tilted his head as if the left and right were wide.
Shin-soo Choo met with reporters before the game and said that in the demonstration game, he will focus on checking the timing of pitchers and getting used to the KBO strike zone. The strategy is to refrain from hitting in the demonstration game so that you can see a lot of the ball.
SSG Choo Shin-soo is heading to first base after hitting the ball in the outfield after the third at-bat in the 5th inning of the NC and SSG demonstration game held at Changwon NC Park on the 21st. Changwon = Yonhap News
However, even in the second at-bat, Choo was again struck out by four balls and was unable to hit as intended. Choo Shin-soo, who entered the last at-bat scheduled on this day, ended the game by standing and seeing the fastball, the first ball thrown by the changed NC pitcher Song Myunggi, and then hitting the 145km fastball with the left field ball. This is the first outfield hit that day. Choo Shin-soo experienced a total of 10 pitches on this day.
Shinsoo Choo said, “Timing is important. It was a game that helped a lot from seeing the ball of a good pitcher from the beginning.” The part that needs to be fixed,” he said after the game.
Choo Shin-soo plans to focus on hitting without defending for the time being. Coach Won-hyung Kim said, “I will focus on the batting-at-bat until the 23rd match against Lotte.” This is taking into account the fact that he has not been able to do ground training such as defense for about six months since the regular season in the major leagues in September last year. Right fielder Hanyu Island is expected to be mainly used as left fielder Choo Shin-soo, who has various outfield experience due to the lack of left field experience.
Meanwhile, last season’s championship NC defeated SSG to 11–3 thanks to the new foreign player Parsons’ 3 innings free (4 strikeouts) and a home run by Park Min-woo, Kwon Hee-dong, and Lee Myung-ki.
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