Kim Kyung-min of Ansan Technical High School, who was injured by Dustin Nippert’s pitch in the strongest baseball program on JTBC, reportedly gave up baseball.
During the game between the “strongest baseball” Monsters and Ansan Technical High School, which aired on the 28th, Kim Kyung-min came out as a pinch hitter in the top of the ninth inning and collapsed after being hit on the chin by Nippert’s pitch.
Kim Kyung-min was immediately transferred to the hospital, and no major trauma was found as a result of emergency treatment, but he later underwent pin fixing surgery for the diagnosis of a jawbone fracture. It is known that it will take about six months to return, and Nippert and the Strongest Baseball Team reportedly visited the hospital and made a sincere apology to Kim Kyung-min.
However, after the injury, Kim Kyung-min quit baseball, and controversy continues as it is known that the reason is not the injury, but the school’s words and actions.
“Kyungmin no longer plays baseball. I put down everything I’ve been doing to achieve my dream for seven years,” Kim Kyung-min’s father said in a video comment released on the 29th. “Coaches of Ansan Technical High School, words and actions that overshadowed the expectation that they would give warm words to a child who returned to the baseball stadium a month after his injury, I will never forget and live with resentment for the rest of my life.”
The player said, “The senior coach gaslighting makes me quit baseball.”
The father of the player, who contacted MHN Sports on the 30th, said, “I was diagnosed with rehabilitation for six months, but I went back to the ballpark to participate in training as I was about to enter the third grade. However, the head coach made me throw too much bullpen pitching,” adding, “When Kyung-min said he was not in good shape, the head coach rebuked me by asking me to go out to the outfield and what do you know how to do?”
“The senior coach continued to make coercive remarks in front of the entire team, pointing out the lack of skills of certain players and making them feel intimidated. He gaslighted,” he said. “Kyungmin was also embarrassed and depressed when the coaches suddenly demanded that he turn into an outfielder,” he added.
The father of the player has currently requested the school to review the renewal of the head coach’s contract and conduct a psychological examination of all the players. 메이저놀이터
The school said, “There were no abusive language and abusive language…. He also gave more chances to play than other players.”
On the other hand, in the afternoon of the same day, Song Won-guk, head coach of Ansan Technical High School, expressed the exact opposite position in a phone call with this newspaper.
Coach Song said, “As a leader, I feel sorry for the player’s injury,” but added, “There was no verbal abuse or abusive language. Kyung-min had to do basic exercise in the order of rehabilitation, and when he came out in a month, the head coach just instructed him to start running in the outfield.”
Manager Song also said, “I was nervous about the catcher’s defense, but I wanted to use Kyung-min’s batting ability to turn into an outfielder and focus on the attack,” adding, “I didn’t make him a cold meal. I gave him more opportunities to play than other players, such as using the game in the strongest baseball broadcast.”
Ansan Technical High School is currently investigating the situation and will discuss whether the head coach will be disciplined based on the results of the investigation.
Meanwhile, Ansan Technical High School is the alma mater of Kim Kwang-hyun, Hong Chang-ki, and Jeong Cheol-won, and won the presidential cup national competition in August for the first time in 24 years.
