“I feel bad. I also told NC Dinos coach Kang In-kwon that I am sorry after the game.” 안전놀이터
Lotte Giants manager Kim Tae-hyung expressed his heartache at the injury of his “lovely son” NC Park Gun-woo.
Lotte will play the second game of the weekend series against NC at Changwon NC Park on the 27th.
Park Kun-woo was hit on the right wrist by Lotte’s Park Se-woong’s 146km fastball during the attack in the bottom of the third inning the previous day. Many baseball fans felt sorry for Park Kun-woo, who was in pain right after the hit.
What’s more, manager Kim Tae-hyung feels the same way. Kim Tae-hyung is a teacher who nurtured Park Kun-woo as an outfielder at Korea National University when he was the head coach of Doosan. Park played for Doosan until 2021, and even after changing his uniform to NC after signing a six-year, 10-billion-won contract in 2022, he has been a league-class outfielder and right fielder at Korea National University.
Even though he was the head coach of the opposing team, he was exceptionally on the ground and looked at Park Gun-woo, who was suffering. Park Kun-woo was eventually evacuated by ambulance and was found to have a broken wrist. He will undergo a thorough examination again in Seoul on the 29th.
“I don’t feel good,” said Kim Tae-hyung, who met him before the match. After the match, he said he was sorry to coach Kang In-kwon after hearing “suspicious fracture.”
As soon as he got hit, he felt so much pain that he felt sorry for himself that it was a serious injury. “I saw his face before getting on the ambulance. I felt so sad watching him,” coach Kim Tae-hyung said.
On this day, Park Gun-woo was excluded from the first-team entry. Instead, Kim Han-byeol was registered. The NC club replied, “The CT scan at the club-designated hospital Cheonga Hospital showed a suspected fracture and the second radiology diagnosis also showed a fracture.” On the 29th, Park Gun-woo will visit an orthopedic clinic in Seoul to be diagnosed again.
NC, which had Son Ah-seop left earlier due to a cruciate ligament injury in its left knee, is facing growing troubles due to the injury of another leading hitter. Kim Sung-wook, Park Si-won, and Park Han-gyeol will fill the void of Park Gun-woo.
