"The director told me to cheer up when I met him in the sauna..." Even with the final hit, he was full of self-blame and self-reflection

The "trade fortune" NC Dinos' Kim Hwi-jip led the team to victory, but Su-hoon was full of blame.

Kim Hwi-jip played as the sixth third baseman in the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 22nd and recorded two hits and one RBI in four at-bats.먹튀검증

He hit the finishing hit. Kim hit a finishing double off LG closer Jang Hyun-sik in the 10th inning, and led his team to victory.

After the game, Kim said with a big smile, "I lost consecutive games against a good team. What a relief. Many fans came, and I really wanted to repay them."

The game was fierce. They kept exchanging points in the second half of the game. If NC leads, LG follows repeatedly.

NC, which has lost consecutive games, may have felt anxious about the continued pursuit of No. 1 LG.

"I think I'm getting better little by little because I'm still focusing on what to do at bat these days," Kim Hwi-jip said, looking back, "There was no pressure at bat."

"Today, everyone was determined to win, and I felt that I had a chance after blocking the bottom of the ninth inning. In fact, (Shin) Min-hyuk and (Kwon) Hee-dong did a good job in front of me today, and I just ate with a spoon," he said with a smile.

Kim, who was called by Kiwoom as the ninth overall in the second round of the first round in 2021, is a right-handed hitter who posted a batting average of 0.239 with 33 homers and 168 RBIs in 396 games until last year. He transferred to NC through a trade during the last season.

And I'm playing my first full-time season since the trade.

However, the team did not have a good start to the season. Kim committed an error in the first inning of the first three consecutive games against the Hanwha Eagles over the weekend, and submitted the big inning to the team. After the crushing defeat, the NC Dinosaurs lost two more games and lost three consecutive games.

Looking back on this, Kim Hwi-jip said, "I thought I ended a bad start to the third consecutive defeat against Hanwha. So I wanted to make up for it in Jamsil," and added, "I wanted to make up for it, but I wanted to make it more energetic as the youngest one. I was so sorry for everyone because the youngest one didn't have energy and didn't seem to do anything even though I couldn't play baseball."

Every season, he reflected on his poor performance in the beginning. Kim Hwi-jip said, "Actually, I think I have the worst period every April. I saw the director at the sauna today, and he told me to cheer up, so I was very sorry. I wanted to say to the director, 'I'll do my best to cheer up,' but I couldn't tell him." He repeatedly expressed his sorry.


Still, he made up his mind again thanks to his performance on the day. "First of all, I hope today's victory will be a turning point for the team. Personally, hitting is not going as well as details. I will pay more attention to those things," Kim said. "I don't like what I used to say, 'Koraji playing baseball'. That's why I keep reminding myself of those things and try to take care of them."

Still, Kim is changing his mind little by little. "I'm trying to keep bumping into things that have changed a little this year," Kim said. "I'm trying to break the wall on my own. If you keep knocking on the wall, there will be a day when your defense will get better."

Due to an unexpected accident at NC Park in late March, NC has not been able to play its home games continuously due to safety concerns. "I miss my home fans," Kim said. I want to solve it well and return to Changwon as soon as possible, he said. "The coach, the coaching staff, and the front office are struggling more. As everyone is struggling like this, I think the players should repay me with good performance."

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