Ryu Hyun-jin's personal message to his friend Hwang Jae-gyun, who stopped him from winning 99 games, "It's war."

Jae-gyun Hwang “I asked him if he could see my batting average (0.130).”

Ryu Hyun-jin on the mound in Daejeon

Hanwha Eagles Ryu Hyun-jin (37) sent a personal message to Hwang Jae-gyun, KT's starting third baseman and friend of the same age, after finishing the 2024 professional baseball home game against KT Wiz held at Daejeon Hanwha Life Eagles Park on the 29th. sent.

The content was short, one sentence. 'It's war'

Ahead of the Hanwha match held at the same location on the 30th, Hwang Jae-gyun chuckled and said, "I received a message after the game. They said let's go to war."

He said, “I asked if you could see my batting average (0.130 as of the 29th),” and added, “I’m in a hurry and can’t afford to take my friend’s situation into consideration.”

On the 29th, Hwang Jae-gyun hit a timely hit against Hanwha starter Ryu Hyun-jin in the top of the 6th inning with 2 outs and runners on 1st and 3rd base when the team was down 1-2.

Hwang Jae-gyun's hit tied the game, and Ryu Hyun-jin's first win since returning to Korea was lost.

Ryu Hyun-jin's 99th personal victory also went in vain.

On October 4, 2012, in the last KBO League game before advancing to Major League Baseball (MLB), Ryu Hyun-jin gave up a solo game-tying home run to his 'same-age friend' Kang Jeong-ho in the top of the 6th inning with a 1-0 lead against the Nexen Heroes (now Kiwoom). I failed to achieve my 99th victory, but this time I was defeated by a friend of the same age.

This is the background of Ryu Hyun-jin sending a half-joking, half-serious message to Hwang Jae-gyun, with whom he is a close friend.

Hwang Jae-gyun said, “(Ryu) Hyun-jin will play in many games in the future,” and added, “All he has to do is win 99 in the next game and 100 in the next game.”

In addition, he added, “It’s been a while since I played against (Ryu) Hyun-jin, and it was just fun.” He added, “When I came to bat, I realized that Hyun-jin was here.”

KT Wiz Hwang Jae-gyun

Meanwhile, Jae-gyun Hwang also encouraged 'Giants junior' Jeong-hoo Lee (San Francisco Giants), who scored a hit in his MLB debut on the 29th.

Jae-gyun Hwang hit a left-field solo home run in his big league debut against the Colorado Rockies on June 29, 2017, while playing for San Francisco.

Among Korean big leaguers, Hwang Jae-gyun is the only one to hit a home run in his debut game.

Jae-gyun Hwang said, "Lee Jung-hoo is not a player who can't hit a fast ball, so I said he would do well even before entering the MLB. As expected, he has been performing well since the exhibition game, and he seems to be doing really well."

He recalled, “I was lucky enough to hit a home run in my debut game,” and “I was a rookie at the time, so the opposing pitcher threw mainly fastballs, and I aimed for fastballs and got good results.”

Among the 12 Korean fielders who entered MLB, only Byung-ho Park (KT), Hyun-soo Kim (LG Twins), Jae-gyun Hwang, Ji-hwan Bae (Pittsburgh Pirates), and Jeong-hoo Lee had a hit in their debut game.

사설토토; https://www.sportstotomen.com

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Pub: 02 Apr 2024 02:54 UTC
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