“I think I’ll be relieved if I achieve the record quickly.”
SSG Landers’ living legend Choi Jung (37) has been working hard since the beginning of the season and is approaching the record for most home runs in his career.
Choi Jeong hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning in a home game against Lotte in the “2024 KBO League” at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 24th.
In the opening game the previous day, Choi Jeong, who hit his first home run of the season over the left fence in the third inning with two outs and a runner on second base, showed a good batting performance with a home run for two consecutive days.
Choi Jeong, who has already added two home runs with two games since the opening, is tied for the lead in this category with Hanwha foreign hitter Peraza.
This season is a very important year for Choi Jung and the KBO League. This is because a new history will be made in the home run category, which is called the flower of baseball.
Starting with 12 homers in 2006, Choi Jeong-eun has continued to hit double-digit homers every season, and has maintained this record for 18 consecutive years up to last year. Double-digit consecutive home runs are a record that Choi himself values.
The number of home runs he has accumulated over the past 18 years is also huge. In addition to creating 40 home run seasons in two previous seasons, Choi Jong-un is still showing off his robustness, and entered this season after hitting 458 home runs.
And Choi Jeong, who added two more home runs in the early days of the season, is approaching the 467th homerun of Lee Seung-yeop (currently Doosan manager), who is the No. 1 player in this category.
It is only seven steps away from reaching history. As the team started its home run early in the season, it will reach the milestone much earlier than expected.
Now, fans can witness the moment when the most home runs change as early as April or as late as May.
This is not the end. Choi is more than just a player who hits double-digit home runs. He also has an individual goal of 20 home runs for nine consecutive years, which has continued since 2016. If he continues his steady performance, he will be able to achieve an unprecedented 500 home runs for the first time in the KBO league.
BY: 메이저 토토사이트