“I hope the opponent of the Korean Series will be decided quickly.”
Choi Hyung-woo (41), the hitting leader of the KIA Tigers, praised the practice game. Choi Hyung-woo, who met at Hampyeong Challengers Field on the 15th, said, “I’m not very interested in Samsung and LG losing their physical strength. Rather, I hope the opponent of the Korean Series will be decided quickly.”
This is what Choi thinks. It is true that we are curious about the winner of the playoffs. What is more important than that, however, is KIA’s preparation for the Korean Series. Choi has many experiences preparing for the Korean Series as a member of the winning team during the regular season since his days with the Samsung Lions. Looking back on that experience, the most important thing is a practice game.
“It’s important for the opponent to be decided quickly and for us to prepare well,” Choi said. “We had three practice games (Mangju on September 9, Lotte Giants on April 14, and our own practice game on April 19), which is enough.” If we agree, we want to play more games.
Choi said, “Playing is more important than practicing. It is important to have more practice games right before the Korean Series. I think it is good to have the game two or three days ago.” He often put in live batting between practice games. However, Choi said, “Live and play are very different. You have to play games.”
In reality, it is not easy for a team that goes directly to the Korean Series to find an opponent for the practice game. In that sense, the game against Lotte was really unusual. There were great efforts by head coach Lee Bum-ho and general manager Shim Jae-hak. Choi Hyung-woo knows this, but he still emphasized the importance of more games.
Despite pointing out that many practice games are at risk of injury, Choi Hyung-woo said, “Then if you don’t get the hang of it in the first and second games of the Korean Series, you’ll be in big trouble.” He said that since everyone has the possibility of injury while playing baseball anyway, proper practice games are important to quickly improve the sense of the game. 메이저사이트
In this regard, the practice game on Wednesday is very valuable. The game was scheduled to be held at 18:00 on Wednesday, but it was postponed one day due to rain. It will take place at 18:00 on Wednesday. Coach Lee Bum-ho also told the Dong-A Ilbo on Wednesday that if he fails today, he will play at the same time tomorrow. Since there will be many night games in the Korean Series, it is better to hold practice games at night.
According to the lineup revealed on the 18th, the white starting pitcher is Yoon Young-chul. And the white lineup is the main lineup of the Korean Series (Park Chan-ho, Socrates Brito, Kim Do-young, Choi Hyung-woo, Na Sung-bum, Kim Sun-bin, Lee Woo-sung, Kim Tae-gun, and Choi Won-jun). This is the detail of Lee Bum-ho, who tries to provide the main players with an environment as similar as the Korean Series as possible.
