SSG Choi Jeong, who wrote a letter of resignation in the history of 468 home runs, will shoot a 500 home run celebration gun at home
SSG Choi Jeong, who wrote a letter of resignation in the history of 468 home runs, will shoot a 500 home run celebration gun at home
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Will Choi Jung, the leading hitter of the professional baseball SSG Landers, be able to shoot a 500-homer celebration from his home turf.
Choi Jung-eun, who hit a career-high 498 home runs by the 7th, will reach the 500-homer mark for the first time in KBO league history if she draws two more arches.
SSG will play a home game against the KIA Tigers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 9th and 11th, and bring the NC Dinos to their home turf on the 13th and 15th.
It is Choi Jeong's first home game of this season, which was delayed in the start of the season.
At an exhibition game against Kia Tigers at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on March 17, Choi felt pain in his right hamstring (muscle behind his thigh) during defensive training. Tests have shown he was diagnosed with partial damage, and he failed to start the regular season on March 22.
Choi Jeong, who focused on recovering from his injury for more than a month, was judged to have recovered from the injury during a re-examination on the 22nd of last month, and joined the first team on the 2nd after coordinating his sense of practice in the Futures (second division) league.
Since returning to the ground, Choi has played in away games only. He played against the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium on Saturday and Sunday, and against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium on Sunday and Sunday.
"I'm worried that I won't be able to hit the timing at all," Choi said, but Choi showed "best down" performance in six games. He hit three home runs and posted seven RBIs with a batting average of 0.300.
He displayed a "self-congratulatory shot" at his first at-bat after returning to the game against LG Electronics at Jamsil Stadium on Tuesday. He hit a two-run shot to left against Son in the first inning with one out and runners on the first base.
Two days later, in the match against LG on the 4th, he drew a solo arch over the left-center fence against Coen Win in the first inning.
In the match against Lotte in Sajik on the 5th, he faced Lotte right-hander Lee Min-seok with one out and runners on the first and second bases in the first inning and scored a three-run left-hander.
Choi Jung-eun, who showed off her robustness by shooting 37 home runs at the age of 37 last year, increased her career home runs to 495 and finished the 2024 season.
After returning from injury, he boasted a fierce home run pace and was on the verge of achieving a total of 500 home runs.메이저놀이터
Choi Jeong, who hit a historic home run outside her home last year, aims to achieve a milestone in six consecutive home games.
Choi Jeong hit his 468th career home run against the Lotte Giants on April 24 last year, beating current Doosan Bears coach Lee Seung-yeop (467 home runs) to become the No. 1 home run in the KBO League.
At that time, the Lotte match took place at Sajik Stadium in Busan, not Incheon.
This time, with the goal of achieving a milestone, six consecutive home games continued, which is a good opportunity for Choi Jung to hit a congratulatory shot at home.
Of course, Choi had the most home runs in his home stadium where he played the most games. He had 268 of his 498 at Incheon SSG Landers Field.
He hit his 468th home run at Sajik Stadium, but he also hit numerous milestones in Incheon.
He hit his first home run in a home game against the Hyundai Unicorns on May 21, 2005. He also had 100 home runs (against the Samsung Lions on September 30, 2011), 150 home runs (against the LG Twins on August 22, 2013), 250 home runs (against the NC Dinosaurs on June 22, 2017), and 300 home runs (against the Hanwha Eagles on July 8, 2018) in his home game.
It was also in Incheon that Choi Jeong hit his 450th career home run. On August 9, 2023, he became the second KBO league player and the first right-handed hitter to hit the 450th homerun mark in a home game against NC.
Choi had four homers in 14 games against KIA last year. On the other hand, he only had one homer in 15 games against NC Dinos.
Kia has placed Adam Oler as its starting pitcher for Tuesday's game. Choi, who failed to play in the exhibition game at Kia, will face Oler for the first time.
The weather can be a variable. It is unclear whether the game will be held or not due to rain forecast in Incheon throughout the afternoon of the 9th. If the game is canceled due to rain on the 9th, a doubleheader will be held on the 10th.