“Wouldn’t it have been hurt?”
Park Dong-won (LG Twins), the catcher of the “2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12” national team, started training to adjust to the stadium held at Taipei Dome in Taiwan on Tuesday. He thoroughly inspected the ground through batting and defense training.
Park Dong-won, the homeowner of the national team, will be wearing the national flag for the first time in his career at this year’s event. It is an honorable moment in his 16th year as a professional player. Park Dong-won, who has been sweating profusely for his team’s performance, said, “It’s great. It’s our dream team, and the players are getting along really well together and the atmosphere is great. If we don’t end here and go to Japan, I think our dream will come true. I’m still grateful (for playing in the national team), but I think it will be even more impressive if we do well and go all the way to Japan.”
Park Dong-won, who is preparing hard for the upcoming event in Taipei, was surprised to learn that his junior Jang Hyun-sik was transferred as a free agent a day earlier. The two of them were playing together at Kia in the 2022 season, and they are playing together once again. 먹튀검증
There is an interesting episode related to this. Park Dong-won watched YouTube and saw rumors that Jang would be transferred to the free agent. The YouTuber’s destination was none other than LG, and the current LG player sent a message to Jang in a playful tone, “Are you coming to LG, Jang Hyun-sik?” However, Jang, who was uncharacteristically strange, hasn’t contacted me for two days. After signing an FA contract with LG on the 11th, he replied, “It’s a surprise for you,” to Park Dong-won.
Park Dong-won said, “I told Hyun-sik, ‘Congratulations on joining the army.’ I haven’t heard anything from him since I’m in Taiwan, and I don’t know anything about him. I asked him ‘Are you coming to LG’ as a joke, but he didn’t see any messages for two days. I was in my room yesterday (11th) and he suddenly contacted me to inform me of Jang’s contract. Then I got a message. So I asked him, ‘Are you sending me a message after signing a contract while sleeping?’ and he said, ‘It’s a surprise. I must have been stabbed. I just watched YouTube and contacted him.’
The recruitment of LG Twins’ Jang Hyun-sik, who has been struggling to form a bullpen throughout this season, can greatly contribute to the team’s strength. He added a 3.94 ERA in 75 regular season games, including five wins, four losses and 16 ⅓ with 16 holds, to help the Kia Tigers win the title overall this year, before switching to a new team. He will start anew with good spirits.
For Jang Hyun-sik, his junior whom he cherished, Park left a message of support. “I hope many people say that Hyun-sik did well next season and brought him back safely. As he was a former teammate, he said, “I will always help you if you need anything. I will help him better so that he can adapt quickly.”
Another teammate, Moon Bo-kyung, said on the news of Jang’s contract, “I have a strong bullpen pitcher, so I will defend hard in the background. It’s great.” Hong Chang-ki is also happy. “I have a really good player, so it will help my team a lot. I hope we can throw a lot and win a lot. I think it will be good to meet and talk to him when we get back to Korea.”
