Song Sung-moon, who got on the last train after shooting the 'first All-Star' career high, said, "Honestly, I was disappointed, but..."I'm convinced that there are two third basemen for the national team."
Song Sung-moon, who got on the last train after shooting the 'first All-Star' career high, said, "Honestly, I was disappointed, but..."I'm convinced that there are two third basemen for the national team."
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Song Sung-moon (28) of Kiwoom Heroes in professional baseball has been selected as an All-Star for the first time since his professional debut.
Song Sung-moon started the game against the LG Twins in the "2024 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League" at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 3rd and played 2 hits and 2 RBIs in 4 at-bats. Kiwoom won 4-1 thanks to Song Sung-moon's performance, winning 6 consecutive games.
Prior to the game, the KBO announced the list of replacement players for the All-Star due to injury. Song has been selected as a substitute for Lee Woo-sung (KIA). It is Song's first All-Star selection since his debut. "I feel sorry because I was selected as an All-Star due to an injured player. Personally, however, it was a place I really wanted to go at least once while playing baseball. I wanted to go to the All-Star Game when I was doing well, but I am honored to go at a time when I am doing well this year."
Song is enjoying his best season this season with a batting average of 354 (96 hits in 271 times at bat) in 78 games with nine homers, 57 RBIs, 40 runs, six steals and OPS.937. However, he was not selected as an All-Star because there were so many outstanding candidates at the third base including Kim Do-young (KIA) and Noh Si-hwan (Hanwha).
"To be honest, I was disappointed when I was not selected as an All-Star for the first time," said Song. "However, I understood when I saw the All-Star list. National team third baseman (Roh) Si-hwan is leaving, Austin is really good, and Kim Do-young goes without saying. Since there are two national team third basemen, it is true that I am doing well, but there is nothing we can do about it because we have two national team players. I thought it was a natural choice. There is another national team player (Kim Hye-sung) at second basemen."
Song Sung-moon said, "I went to Futures All-Star in 2015, the first year of my joining the team. Other than that, I haven't been to a national team and an All-Star game, so I didn't have many chances to get close with other seniors. If I go to the All-Star game, there are many seniors who are really good. I don't know if I can play together, but I think it'll be a dream and I'll be excited to spend a day in one space." He then said, "Si-hwan is close to (Kim) Hyesung, so I got close to him. When I go to the All-Star game this time, there is Kim Hyun-soo, who was a role model from before, and there is (Hong) Chang-ki-hyung, who I thought was a really cool person, and Kim Do-young is an amazing player. I want to get close to all the players, but I don't think I can do it as I want to." He imagined the All-Star game.
Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki said he was the first to mention Song Sung-moon after getting a call from Yeom Kyung-yeop, LG's coach for Nanum All-Star. After hearing this, Song said, "But why didn't you pick me at first?" and joked, "I'm grateful for the alternative player candidate No. 1. As I said before, I can fully understand because we have two third basemen for the national team."
When asked about his performance in the All-Star game, Song replied, "There's nothing special I want to show. I want to go to the batter's box first. I'm not going to be a starter because I have the best lineup, but just playing with the 스포츠토토 best players will be a great experience."
Song Sung-moon, who is having his best season, said, "We won the first series of the week in the first half of the first half of the year, and I hope we can finish the last three consecutive games with the Winning Series. We were on the rise at the end, and of course, LG is a strong team, but if we play the Winning Series, I think it will be a driving force to show good performance in the second half." As Song Sung-moon wished, Kiwoom secured the Winning Series in the last three consecutive games in the first half. Kiwoom, the lowest ranking team in the league, recorded a .438 winning rate and trailed ninth-ranked Hanwha (35 wins, 2 draws and 44 losses) by 0.5 game difference.