2024-04-14 03:19:31
Oh Ji-hwan requests replacement as captain due to poor performance at the beginning of the season
“He played his role 100%.”
LG Twins coach Yeom Kyung-yeop embraced Oh Ji-hwan, who resigned from his position as captain.
Ahead of the game against the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 13th, Coach Yeom explained the reason for accepting Oh Ji-hwan’s return of the captaincy, saying, “I wanted to completely help.”
Oh Ji-hwan has served as LG captain since the 2022 season. Last year, he had the best year by leading the team to a combined championship and winning the Korean Series Most Valuable Player (MVP).
However, this year has been struggling from the start. He is not showing his true potential in batting, with his batting average being only 0.238 (15 hits in 63 at-bats).
In the end, he visited Coach Yeom the day before and requested a replacement as captain. An LG official said, “I continued to think that Oh Ji-hwan was lacking as a captain, and there were some difficulties due to the sense of responsibility for the captain. “He asked to step down as captain so he could focus on baseball.”
Director Yeom said, “I completely wanted to help Ji-hwan,” and “At first, I said, ‘Ji-hwan, you have to overcome this too.’ But it was so hard. “He said he would do whatever you want.”
During the interview, the topic of baseball was not brought up. Instead, he expressed his gratitude to Oh Ji-hwan, who has played his role with great responsibility.
“I had a really hard time (making the claim) last year as well. Jihwan has a very strong sense of responsibility. I want to do well (in my role as captain), but shouldn’t I also be good at baseball? “It was very difficult because we wanted to do many things well,” said Director Yeom, who added, “Even though it was difficult, we did it well. This year, it seems to have come even stronger. “The stress was worse,” he explained.
He continued, “You’ve worked hard so far. He added, “I told him to play baseball comfortably and thanked him for giving 100% to his role as captain.”
Kim Hyun-soo took over the captaincy position that Oh Ji-hwan left. Kim Hyun-soo previously served as captain from 2019 to 2021.
Director Yeom said, “So far, Hyunsoo and Jihwan have been acting like co-captains. “We made up for each other’s weak points,” he said, expressing his faith by saying, “Even if Hyun-soo is the captain, Ji-hwan will play that role, so you can think of only the captain’s armband being changed.”
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