Yoon Dong-hee named to Hangzhou Asian Games squad.
"My dad said I should go three-for-three."
That's what Yoon Dong-hee (20, Lotte Giants) said after being named to the national team just one day ahead of his call-up.
Yoon, who went 3-for-5 with a home run in his last game before the call-up, 카지노사이트랭크 didn't quite meet his father's "expectations" with a .296 season batting average.
But his parents couldn't have been prouder of their son, who wore the 'Taegeuk mark'. "My parents were really happy," he said. They said it was a long time coming and hugged me," he laughed.
Yoon joined Lotte last year as a third-round pick (24th overall) and appeared in only four games in his rookie year.
However, in her second year, she came into her own and played a lot in the first team. Despite not having a long bat, Yoon's accurate hitting, quick feet, and defense helped Lotte rise in the early season.
Yoon's path to the national team was not without its twists and turns. 섯다 After failing to make the initial Asian Games roster announced in June, Yoon was considered as a possible replacement for Lee Jung-hoo (Kiwoom) after the latter dropped out due to injury, along with teammates Kim Min-seok (Lotte) and Kim Hyun-joon (Samsung). Yoon had the advantage of being a valuable right-handed hitter for the national team.
However, Lee was eventually replaced by Kim Sung-yoon (Samsung), and it looked like Lee would not be able to participate in the Asian Games.
But there was another twist. The national team decided that left-hander Lee Yi-ri (KIA), who had been selected for the team, would not be able to perform at his best due to an injury, so the team selected outfielder Yoon Dong-hee to replace him a day before the call-up.
"There were a lot of worries inside and outside because we only had three outfielders," said Ryu Jung-il, the national team's head coach, "but at the last minute, we decided to use Yoon Dong-hee because of her performance."
After receiving the news a day before the call-up, Yoon didn't even receive a jersey for his first training session on the 23rd. 온라인섯다 He wore a sample of the national team jersey without a number, and then temporarily wore his old U23 jersey from last year.
"It's good to start fresh," he said. When will I get to experience training in the national team's unmarked undershirt," he laughed.
Before making the move to the national team, Yoon received many congratulations from his teammates, especially from Ahn Kwon-soo (30), who handed him a glove with his number on it.
Ahn Kwon-soo, a Korean-American, will likely return to Japan after this season.
"He told me to take the glove with me because I might not see him again," Yoon said, "and he gave it to me like a 'keepsake'. I won't wear these gloves, but I'll keep them like a talisman."
With Yoon's addition, the national team now has four outfielders, meaning that Kim Hye-sung (Kiwoom) and Kim Ji-chan (Samsung) don't have to worry about their 'outfield jobs'.
Yoon is confident that she can handle the center field spot vacated by Lee Jung-hoo, who has been playing mostly in right field for Lotte.
"When I first switched to the outfield, my position was in the outfield," Yoon said, "so I can do a good job in the middle infield." 고스톱
