Samsung's Park Byung-ho starts as the 6th designated hitter against Kiwoom

“For the last time of my baseball career, I will work harder than anyone else.”

Park Byung-ho (37), who transferred to the Samsung Lions from professional baseball Wiz, will make his new team debut against the Kiwoom Heroes, who made him who he is today.

Byung-ho Park will start as the number 6 designated hitter in the home game against Kiwoom at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 29th.

It has been a week since Park Byung-ho's starting appearance was against his current team, Samsung, when he was with KT.

In a trade promoted by KT and Samsung the previous day, Park Byung-ho and left-handed slugger Oh Jae-il swapped uniforms. 카지노사이트

Oh Jae-il also joined the KT squad on this day and will play his first game with his new team against the Doosan Bears, his hometown.

Before the game, Park Byeong-ho said, "I felt awkward when I entered the baseball stadium today," and "I was driving down there yesterday, and I didn't even know what I was thinking."

He added, "Unlike when he changed teams when he was young, he was worried a lot, and since it was the end of his baseball career, he just thought he had to do well."

Park Byeong-ho, who was said to be close with Oh Jae-il, a player of the same age, said, "It's funny" about the situation in which he played with Kiwoom and Oh Jae-il played with Doosan in his first game with a new team.

In a phone call with Oh Jae-il immediately after the trade, Park Byung-ho said, "This is what happened, but I hope we both end our baseball careers well."

The baseball world was greatly surprised when news broke on the 28th that 'big hitter' Park Byung-ho, who had limited playing time this year due to poor batting, had requested to be released from KT first.

KT moved quickly after reports of Park Byung-ho's request to be released and agreed to a trade with Samsung before the start of the professional baseball game on the 28th.

After the game on the 28th, Park Byung-ho visited Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, met with the players, including KT coach Lee Kang-cheol and KT general manager Na Do-hyun, and expressed his gratitude before moving on to Daegu.

Park Byeong-ho said, "I have been unable to play in games since April and requested a trade from the club. I also thought about quitting baseball if a trade was difficult.

In the process, I thought about being released and playing for another team through waivers." He explained.

He continued, “There was a misunderstanding that it seemed like I was breaking up with KT while fighting,” and “It is true that I was moved when I talked to the KT team because I was about to retire.”

At the last meeting on the 28th, KT coach Lee Kang-cheol encouraged Park Byeong-ho, saying, "It's still too early to retire," and "I hope he goes to Samsung and plays well in his last baseball game," and Park Byeong-ho said, "I came to KT after seeing the coach, and I was so grateful." bowed down.

Park Byeong-ho was positive that the new hitter-friendly environment at Samsung Lions Park could help his comeback.

He hit a total of 15 home runs in his new home.

Park Byeong-ho, who evaluated Samsung as a team where the sure-win pitching team has become stronger and where young players like Kim Young-woong are quickly finding their places, said, "I will try to get to know my fellow players outside of baseball and play defense so that David MacKinnon can take turns playing first base."

“I will practice hard,” he pledged.

Park Byeong-ho said, "KT was the only team that reached out to me when I signed as a free agent (FA).

I ​​won the home run title at KT and enjoyed fall baseball for two years in a row, and the enthusiastic support of KT fans greatly helped me adapt to the team."

“It helped me,” he said, looking back on the past years.

He then expressed his gratitude again to the KT team that made the trade, saying, "The KT team thought about my future until the very end," and bowed his head to the KT fans, saying, "I feel sorry for not being able to achieve my goal of ending my career at KT Wiz."