[데일리굿뉴스] Reporter Shinkyu Kim = Infielder Jeong Choi (35) of SSG Landers, who recently recorded double-digit home runs for the first time in 17 consecutive seasons in Korean professional baseball history, has emerged as the protagonist of the most ‘balls that fit the body’.
Jeong-eun Choi was hit in the left forearm by a pitch by NC starter Dru Luchinski in the 1st inning in a home match against NC Dinos at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on June 24. In the ball count 1 strike, Luchinsky’s 148km/h fastball could not be avoided from penetrating deep into the body.
It is the first ball in the KBO league to hit the body for the 300th time in his career.
Jung-eun Choi has already established himself as the overwhelming ‘king of the sand dunes’ in the KBO league. There is a difference of nearly 100 from NC Seok-min Park (209), who is the second best fit ball in his career.
Huey Jennings (1891-1903, 287), the holder of the MLB record for the most four balls in American professional baseball, and Kazuhiro Kiyohara (1986-2008, 196), the most in Japanese professional baseball (1986-2008, 196). get embarrassed
But this record cannot but be a record of glory. This is because Choi Jeong-do, who shows off his strong bones, could not avoid injuries starting with the ball that hit his body.
On April 12, in the match against the Jamsil LG Twins, he was hit by Im Chan-gyu and missed the next game, and in October of last year, he missed three games due to the aftermath of the sand dunes.
Nevertheless, Choi Jeong-eun competes in 113 games a year on average from 2005 to 2021, the debut season, and maintains her position with considerable pain.
This year too, Choi Jung-eun appeared in 59 of the 71 matches played by the team, including that day. It is interesting to see how many more times his four-ball record will be recorded in the future.
