San Francisco Giants Lee Jeong-hoo./SNS San Francisco Giants
[마이데일리 = 김진성 기자] “Have you ever heard of a nickname with a pedigree?”
For domestic baseball fans, former LG Twins coach Lee Jong-beom (54, Texas Rangers leader Yeonsu), ‘Son of the Wind’, and Lee Jeong-hoo (26, San Francisco Giants), ‘Man of the Wind’, are very familiar. He is the richest baseball player in the history of Korean baseball and his nickname is very familiar.
San Francisco Giants Lee Jeong-hoo./SNS San Francisco Giants
However, American baseball fans may be a little surprised. This is because there are not many cases where father and son have nicknames based on lineage. The McCovey Chronicle, which covers San Francisco in SB Nation, highlighted the nicknames Lee Jong-beom and Lee Jung-hoo on the 7th (Korean time).
The McCovey Chronicle said, “Lee Jeong-hoo’s father, Lee Jong-beom, was known as the ‘Son of the Wind’ because of his base running speed. Of course, the son can be called ‘grandson of the wind’, but I don’t know if he has ever heard of a nickname with a pedigree. “In many ways, how the nickname came about is unprecedented.”
The McCovey Chronicle did not know exactly how former coach Lee Jong-beom came to be called the Son of the Wind. It must be so. It would be hard to remember his flying days with the Haitai Tigers. In any case, former coach Lee Jong-beom earned the nickname ‘Son of the Wind’ because during his peak years of active duty, he looked like he was flying through the wind. In this way, Lee Jeong-hoo naturally became the ‘grandson of the wind’.
Instead, the McCovey Chronicle praised Lee Jung-hoo’s attitude of accepting the nickname as it is without necessarily mentioning his father. “San Francisco’s new center fielder gets a nickname just for himself, with no explanation to anyone in front of him. “My father set the KBO record with 84 stolen bases in 1994, but Lee Jeong-hoo recorded 69 stolen bases over 7 years.” Lee Jung-hoo emphasized that, contrary to his nickname, he has a different style from his father.
The McCovey Chronicle said, “This name is certainly not onerous. “At the inauguration ceremony two to three months ago, Lee Jeong-hoo introduced himself to the San Francisco fans as the grandson of the wind and commented on how much better English sounds than Korean.”
In fact, Lee Jeong-hoo spoke simple English at the San Francisco inauguration ceremony. He called himself a wind man. Of course, former coach Lee Jong-beom was also there. The McCovey Chronicle said, “I totally agree with this nickname. “Still good, grandson of the wind.”
Lee Jong-beom and Lee Jung-hoo are currently living together in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. The son commutes to San Francisco’s spring training site, Scottsdale Stadium, and the father commutes to the Texas Rangers’ spring training site, Surprise Stadium.
‘Agent of the Devil’ Scott Boras, Lee Jung-hoo, and Lee Jong-beom./Bora Corporation SNS
Meanwhile, Lee Jeong-hoo is off to a good start in the exhibition game. In 5 games until the 7th, he played well with 6 hits in 13 at-bats, a .462 batting average, 1 home run, 3 RBI, 3 runs, 1 stolen base, and an OPS of 1.302.
Correspondent Kim Jin-seong kkomag@mydaily.co.kr
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