[Asian Games] Kim Hye-seong, Captain of the National Baseball Team,
“Leading by Example Through Actions Rather than Words”
“Enemy until yesterday, colleague from today… Gold medal with one mind and one will”
Kim Hye-seong (24, Kiwoom Heroes), who was appointed captain of the Korean baseball team at the Hangzhou Asian Games,
promised to become a ‘captain’ who shows through actions rather than words.
Kim Hye-seong
Before the first national baseball team convocation training held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 23rd,
Kim Hye-seong said, “I feel like I have to lead by example. 카지노사이트킹
“I think (players) will follow suit if they show good behavior through actions rather than words,” he said.
Kim Hye-seong, a ‘model student’ with a serious personality and a sincere training attitude,
has already experienced the captaincy two years ago.
Second half of 2021 When Park Byeong-ho (KT Wiz) gave up his captaincy,
he represented the players for the remainder of the season at just 22 years old.
Kim Hye-seong said, “I have friends who are representing the national team for the first time,
so I should tell them about the feelings I have experienced,” and added,
“We will have a lot of conversations before I go to Hangzhou.”
KBO League
The players who competed fiercely in the KBO League just a day ago must now work together
with the goal of winning ‘4 consecutive Asian Games gold medals’.
Kim Hye-seong said, “We were enemies until yesterday,
but now we have become teammates starting today after wearing the national team uniform.
He expressed his determination, saying, “I will work hard toward the gold medal with one heart and one mind.”
Kim Hye-seong, who experienced the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021 and the World Baseball Classic (WBC)
in March of this year, said, “The national team title comes with responsibility.
“I wasn’t able to give you good results at WBC, so I will definitely repay you with good results this time,” she said.
In order for Korea to win the gold medal, it must beat Taiwan and Japan.
Minor League
While Japan’s baseball team is comprised of professional baseball players, similar to Korea’s corporate baseball,
Taiwan’s professional league players and prospects from the U.S. minor leagues are all present.
Kim Hee-seong said, “I heard that the Taiwanese and Japanese members are not bad.
I looked up the video and found that there are many good players.
I received the power analysis data in advance and am looking at it.
looked like a good pitcher because I gathered the images of him doing well.
I need to think about how to attack him.” did.
The baseball team players convened on this day will train for four out of five days until the 27th and leave for Hangzhou, China, the site of the final match, on the 28th.
Although it may feel a bit lacking to work well together,
Kim Hye-seong said, “I will complete the training well even in a short period of time and prepare perfectly.”
Kim Hye-seong revealed that she received encouragement from Lee Jeong-hoo (25),
who was her motivation for joining Kiwoom and who dropped out of the national team due to injury,
telling her to “work hard and come back.”
He said, “Luck is important in short-term games.
Baseball is a game of probability. It’s
a very difficult sport, but I think players and teams who increase the odds will win,”
said he would focus on increasing Korea’s chances of winning.