"This is Rose or Yoon Dong-hee." Home run and apartment ceremony. The national team became the mood maker
"This is Rose or Yoon Dong-hee." Home run and apartment ceremony. The national team became the mood maker
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The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12 national team, where highly anticipated sluggers have been sidelined due to injuries and other reasons, has given hope to Yoon Dong-hee (21) of the Lotte Giants, who succeeded in upgrading his slugging capability.
Yoon Dong-hee was listed as the team's fifth batter and right fielder in a warm-up match against the Taiwan Professional Baseball (CPBL) Weiquan Dragons at Tianmu Baseball Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan on the 10th.
From his first at bat, Yoon's bat turned sour. As a leadoff hitter in the bottom of the second inning, he hit a solo home run over the left fence by hitting the fourth pitch of Wei Quan starter Guo Yudeng. It was a thrilling shot that broke the 0-0 balance.
Later, Yoon Dong-hee drew a walk after a full count match at first base with no outs in the bottom of the fourth inning, creating a chance to score. The national team, which loaded the bases with one out with a ball that hit Kim Joo-won's body, hit a three-run double headed to the left-field line, and Yoon Dong-hee also homered and added a score.
On this day, Yoon Dong-hee scored one hit, one home run, one RBI and two runs in three at-bats. Yoon Dong-hee personally hit another home run following a practice game against the Cuban national team at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 2nd. Thanks to his performance, the national team won 5-1, completing the final inspection smoothly.
Yoon Dong-hee is in fairly good condition right now. "Dong-hee is in the best condition right now. With the bat, he has a trajectory that fits well with any ball," Korean national team coach Ryu Joong-il said. "I think he will hit a pitcher well even if he is new to me."
Already, Yoon has displayed good performance in the national team. Selected for the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games national team last year, he had a batting average of 0.435 (10 hits in 23 at-bats), one homer, six RBIs and six runs scored in six games, and led the exemption from military service by himself as Korea won the gold medal. Naturally, he has high expectations.
Yoon Dong-hee recently said of his condition, "As the number of games has increased and I continue to experience it, I think I now know what's wrong and what hasn't been done," adding, "I tried to improve on that part, and as a result, good results are coming out."
"I don't know how to say it," said Yoon Dong-hee, who said, "I don't think there's any responsibility. I think the results were good at the end of the ninth inning or when it was important, such as the runner-up's situation, but there are many short-term competitions in international competitions," and added, "That's why the results are good."
In his third year in the KBO this year, Yoon has been showing growth every year. Since his debut in the main league last year, he has been the starting player with a batting average of 0.287, two homers and an OPS of 0.687 in 107 games. This year, he had a batting average of 0.293 (156 hits in 532 times at bat), 14 homers, 85 RBIs and 97 runs scored, seven steals, and an OPS of 0.829, in 141 games. Notably, he has hit seven home runs since August, displaying improvement in slugging capability.
Yoon Dong-hee said, "The number of home runs has increased this year, and I felt something by the time of the second half of the year." "I wandered a lot early this year, and I talked with (Kim Tae-hyung) coach and coaches and received feedback, so my form changed," he said. "In the second half of the year, I felt more like, 'I should hit like this.' That's why I still have such a hit."
Although he is not very experienced, he is playing the role of mood maker in the dugout. On the day, Korean players celebrated their "APT" ceremony with Rosé and Bruno Mars, and Yoon himself hit a home run and looked at the camera, smiling in the dugout.
"I came up with the idea," Yoon Dong-hee said. "I thought about what I should do since training in Korea. Captain (Song) Sung-moon had a pre-match meeting because he thought, "We have to celebrate the game soon." There were several candidates, but Sung-moon said, "I think he liked 'Apartment' the most." 스포츠토토
Finally, Yoon Dong-hee said, "It's good to say, 'How many wins I'll win' in terms of numbers, but I think winning one game will be the most important thing," adding, "If you do it with that mind, you can go to the finals, and you can go up and aim for the first and second place, so you have to focus on winning."