"To fill 10 GGs... Thank you, Choi Jeong."

Hanwha Eagles' Noh Si-hwan, who had the best year of this season, expressed his ambition. At the 2023 Pro Baseball Golden Glove Awards held at COEX Auditorium in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on Wednesday, Noh became the third baseman of the Golden Glove.

With a batting average of 0.298 (153 hits in 514 times at bat) and 31 homers and 101 RBIs in 131 games this season, Noh has established himself as a new powerhouse in the KBO League. Notably, he ranked No. 1 in home runs and RBIs among them, showing tremendous batting performance.

On the day, Noh garnered 245 votes out of 291 votes, winning the Golden Glove with 84.2 percent of the votes. "I'm so happy to receive the Golden Glove. It's the first Golden Glove in my baseball career. I'm so happy. I want to thank Park Chan-hyuk, president of Hanwha Eagles who supported me to play baseball, Sohn Hyuk, who took care of players, and Choi Won-ho, who took care of me. I'm also very grateful to my family who supported me," he said.

In an interview right after the ceremony, he said, "I think I look prettier in person and weigh a lot than I imagined while watching them on TV. When I was young, I thought, 'Is it really gold?' and 'Will I be able to win that Golden Glove?' To be honest, after I got this award here, I still can't believe it. It's such a happy day."

Noh Si-hwan also expressed his gratitude to Choi Jung, a competitor in the third baseman category and his role model. "I competed for home run king all season. Choi always mentioned my name. I also tried to follow Choi Jung. I came running to pass him. I am grateful." "I think I was able to come this far because he was my rival," Noh added.

This season, Noh won numerous trophies at various award ceremonies. Among the trophies he won, the Golden Glove is the most meaningful," Noh said. "Golden Glove is the most meaningful award," adding, "I will be the most Golden Glove winner as a third baseman. It must be a tough record, but I will try to fill 10."

As for his next year's goal, he said, "This year, I became the homerun king, but I failed to record a batting average of .300. Next year, I will set a batting average of .300 and .100 RBIs. I will prepare harder."

Finally, about his future plans, Noh said, "I plan to start working out from the end of December. We could start preparing before the spring camp starts. The opening of the season has accelerated by a week. I plan to prepare to build up my body first," he said, revealing his plans for the off-season.

Meanwhile, Hanwha has produced the Golden Glove winner for the first time in 17 years since the 2006 Lee Bum-ho. Regarding this, Noh Si-hwan said, "Hanwha fans must have waited a long time," and added, "I will work hard to continue the tradition of home run king following Jang Jong-hoon and Kim Tae-kyun."  토토사이트