It doesn’t matter if I’m late in my work”…Coach Lee Jong-beom thought of his son first
There is a family that will spend the busiest time in baseball this winter. It is coach Lee Jong-beom’s family. ”Son” Lee Jung-hoo (Kium Heroes) will challenge the Major League stage. KBO said on the 24th, “We asked the Major League Secretariat to post Lee Jung-hoo to 30 major league clubs at the request of Kiwoom.”
If the Major League Baseball secretariat announces Lee Jung-hoo’s posting, it will negotiate the contract for 30 days from the next day. Lee Jung-hoo recorded 1,181 hits, 65 home runs, 515 RBIs, 581 runs and a batting average of 0.340 OPS 898 in seven seasons in the KBO League. This season, he played in 86 games due to an ankle injury, but multiple clubs, including the New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres, are already interested in Lee Jung-hoo. 먹튀검증
Son-in-law Ko Woo-suk (LG Twins) also challenged the big league. On the 22nd, when the second draft was held, LG General Manager Cha Myung-seok said, “I told them to post for now. He said, “I asked them to check how interested the U.S. side is.”
Ko Woo-seok debuted in 2017 and has established himself as LG’s closure since the 2019 season. He recorded 42 saves in 61 games last season and posted a 3.68 ERA with 59 strikeouts in 44 innings with three wins, eight losses, 15 saves, and 44 innings this season. Currently, there are local reports that the St. Louis Cardinals are interested in Ko Woo-suk.
Coach Lee Jong-beom is also expected to take a flight to the U.S. after breaking up with LG, who has five years of leadership experience. However, coach Lee Jong-beom nailed that Lee Jung-hoo was unconditionally the top priority.
Coach Lee Jong-beom participated in the 2023 Hope-Adding Charitable Baseball Competition of the Yang Joon-hyuk Baseball Foundation held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 26th as the head coach of the “Jongbeom-shin” team. Coach Lee Jong-beom, who met with reporters before the game, said, “First of all, the club probably has the key to (Go) Woo-suk’s direction.” It’s a matter for the club to take care of rather than my intention,” he said.
Regarding Lee Jung-hoo, he said, “The reason why I can’t give a definite answer is not my job, but my son’s job. Also, nothing has been decided yet, he said. “First, Jung-hoo signed a contract and entered the season, and now I have to find my job.” That is what is right. In addition, I have to do my job after solving all the problems such as home, car, and interpretation until Jeong-hoo enters the season. I don’t mind being late after I’m done with my work. My work is much later. First of all, Jung-hoo comes first.
Coach Lee Jong-beom also played on the Japanese stage when he was a player. He played for the Chunichi Dragons from 1998 to July 2001. As such, you will know the difficulties of playing in a foreign country better than anyone else.
Coach Lee Jong-beom said, “As far as I remember, it was the most difficult to adapt to the team or culture in the first year of my Japanese career. So I think Jung-hoo should focus on adapting and do a lot of other things for me and my wife, he said. “There is a difference between Japan and the United States. Japan is an Asian culture like us, so the club does it, but in the United States, players and parents must take care of it. It was a little different in that way,” he said.
Regarding the advice, he said, “Japan and the United States are different, so they only tell mental stories rather than technical ones. Major League Baseball is a place where famous players from many countries are. The key is to quickly adapt to the culture there, he said. “Technical issues are unadvised. You have to feel it yourself,” he said.