It's not easy to make a comeback despite the promise of "paying back with baseball"…Na Kyun-an's walk → 3 runs replaced, but he is still a long way from returning to the starting lineup
It's not easy to make a comeback despite the promise of "paying back with baseball"…Na Kyun-an's walk → 3 runs replaced, but he is still a long way from returning to the starting lineup
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He promised that he would repay Lotte fans with baseball, but it does not seem easy to make a comeback. Na Kyun-an, who started in the last practice game of the Lotte Giants spring camp in professional baseball, failed to capture manager Kim Tae-hyung's heart.
Na Kyun-an started the final showdown of the Lunar New Year's Day against the Doosan Bears at San Marin Stadium in Miyazaki, Japan on the 2nd, and was shaken by four hits, one strikeout, three walks and three runs (two earned) in two innings.안전놀이터
Na Kyun-an met leadoff hitter Kim Min-seok at the bottom of the first inning when he was 0-0, and swept away his surprised chest by hitting a foul home run to the left. Luckily, the hit slightly off the line, but immediately faced a crisis by dedicating a double to the deep right. He then met Kim Jae-hwan and induced an ordinary infield ground ball, but shortstop Park Seung-wook was forced to the first and second bases with no outs, following the bad luck of missing it, and allowed a timely RBI against Yang Eui-ji.
Na Gyun-an stopped Jake Cave with a fly ball to the right field and breathed a sigh. However, Pyeonghwa also briefly walked Kang Seung-ho, causing the bases loaded, while Yang Seok-hwan hit a timely two-run homer to the left. Shortstop Park Seung-wook made a mistake when throwing home during the game, and the crisis continued with runners on the second and third bases with one out.
Na Kyun-an stopped Oh Myung-jin with a foul fly and Ryu Hyun-jun with a ground ball to the first base and did not lose any additional runs.
He was also shaky in the bottom of the second inning when his team was tying 3-3. Up until when he struck out leadoff hitter Park Joon-young, Park was expected to have an easy three-out strikeout, but he also walked Yang Eui-ji and Cave in a row with two outs and runners on the second base due to Kim Min-seok's heavy hit and Cho's bases loaded. It was another crisis of the bases loaded. This time, he grounded out Kang Seung-ho to the second base to prevent a run.
With 55 pitches in two innings, Na was substituted for Kim Jin-wook in the bottom of the third inning when his team was tying 3-3. He threw curves, sliders, and folk balls under his maximum speed of 147 kilometers, but failed to control the ball. He dominated the advantageous count but overplayed the ball, making it difficult for him to win.
Na Kyun-an, who turned catcher into a pitcher and wrote a success story, attended a drinking party with an acquaintance a day before his start in June last year and spent time until dawn, causing outrage. Controversy grew as a baseball fan uploaded a photo of Na Kyun-an's drinking party on the Internet community. Numerous baseball fans were angry at the lack of professional spirit to have a drinking party until dawn on the day of his start.
Lotte held its own disciplinary committee against Na, confirmed the facts of the player, suspended him for 30 games and imposed a 40-hour ban on him from social service activities. In addition, Na has been at the center of controversy over family history, posting the worst record of four wins, seven losses and an 8.51 ERA in 26 games last year.
"I want to take this interview as an opportunity to apologize to the fans. I think I have to show really good performances at the ballpark in the future. As a baseball player, I think it is right to repay the fans with baseball," Na Kyun-an said when he bowed his head to reporters in Miyazaki.
Kim Tae-hyung gave his diligent training attitude a chance to start in the last practice game, but he didn't get a passing score. It doesn't seem easy to return to the starting lineup.