Training with a 1kg close bat… “Good” for the pouring attention
Choo Shin-soo (39, SSG Landers) is the hottest figure in professional baseball this year.
Choo Shin-soo, who played the main game in the MLB until last year, signed a contract with SSG last month after receiving the highest treatment of 2.7 billion won per year.
SSG is a new club launched by Shinsegae Group after acquiring SK Wyverns.
Since Shin-soo Choo is a star with the most home runs (218) in major league Asian players, attention has been paid to every step of the way, such as when he will play in the game and whom he will talk to during training.
At Changwon NC Park on the 20th, attention was paid to Choo Shin-soo’s’Bat’.
Choo Shin-soo was scheduled to play his Korean professional baseball debut in the demonstration match between SSG and NC Dinos on this day, but it was canceled as the game was canceled due to rain.
SSG coach Kim Won-hyung explained the condition of Choo Shin-soo, who was wrapped in a veil, and was surprised, “When I was training, I felt dull than I thought, but it turned out that the bat weighed more than 1 kg.”
He added, “The more I practiced, the better I turned the bat with its weight,” he said. “I was surprised that there would be few domestic players hitting with a bat over 1 kilogram.”
After the interview with the director, Choo Shin-soo came into the interview room with two bats.
Shin-soo Choo uses a 992ｇ bat during practice.
“In the game, we use 34.5 inches long and 31.5 oz (893 g) bats,” explained Choo Shin-soo.
There was a bit of error from coach Kim’s explanation, but hitters wielding a bat in the second half of the 900′ in the KBO League are certainly not common.
Shin-soo Choo said, “I use that bat most of the time in practice, and I hit it with a lower bat in the game.”
When asked,’Is it a training corporation for major league hitters?’ Shin-soo Choo said, “Each player is different.
Not all players do,” he replied.
He explained, “There is an expectation that the swing speed will increase if you practice with a heavy bat and hit it with a light one in the game.”
The situation is focused on everything about himself, but Choo Shin-soo is thinking positively.
“It’s not common for many fans to come and ask for autographs and pay attention wherever they go,” he stressed, “It’s good.”
He said, “I came to Korea to try something I couldn’t do.
If I had been in the US, these people would not have been able to come close to the baseball field, but I think it’s good.”
In addition, he said, “I am so happy,” he said, “I am very happy,” saying that the environment itself is happy to communicate accurately with the players in Korean and eat three times three meals Korean food.
/yunhap news