LG Twins Confirms Direct Service to Korean Series
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29 Years Since a Little Boy Became a Parent... LG Twins Confirms Direct Service to Korean Series ‘In a Bus’
With a solid bullpen and hot batting , it is a real 'full of joy' to take the lead since June and win the Korean Series until the finish line ... Let’s see Okinawa Soju and Rolex watches shine
The kid who watched the LG Twins win the Korean Series at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul while holding his father's hand in 1994 is now putting a LG uniform on a kid just as tall as he was 29 years ago and shouting, 'Invincible LG.'
This is a common story that can be heard from LG fans who won first place in the regular league and a direct ticket to the Korean Series only after an entire generation. 온라인카지노
LG, which had only 'magic number 1' left until first place in the regular league, confirmed that it would advance directly to the Korean Series without playing a game on the 3rd as KT Wiz and NC Dinos, the target teams for the magic number, lost side by side on the 3rd.
According to an LG team official, the LG players, who are traveling for a two-game series against the Lotte Giants to be held at Sajik Stadium in Busan starting on the 4th, heard the news that first place in the regular league was confirmed on the bus.
It has been 21 years since LG entered the Korean Series in 2002, and it has been 29 years since 1994 that LG went directly to the Korean Series.
In 1994, LG went straight to the Korean Series with 81 wins, 45 losses, and a winning percentage of 0.643 in 126 games, and won the championship trophy by winning all four games of the series against the Pacific Dolphins.
LG had the opportunity to challenge for its third championship this year.
LG, which finished second in the regular league last season but was caught with 1 win and 3 losses by Kiwoom Heroes in the playoffs, chose Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop as its 'winning contractor.'
LG, which occupied the top rankings in April and started as a 'three-strong system' with SSG Landers and Lotte Giants, beat rival teams one by one with the power of a powerful batting line that once had a team batting average of .300.
First, Lotte was eliminated from the competition for the lead, and after leaping to the top of the league in the Incheon SSG match on June 27, they have never missed the top of the leaderboard.
At the end of July, after the All-Star break, they went on a 7-game winning streak, ran away from their rivals, and prepared to dominate.
KT Wiz, which started at the bottom at the beginning of the season but showed a surprising upward trend and chased LG by 4.5 games at one point, was no longer able to keep up with LG's solid power, which rarely fell into consecutive losses.
Even though Adam Plutko, who played as the team's ace in the first half of the season, left in the second half, LG filled the void brilliantly with the performances of replacement starters such as Ji-gang Lee and Jeong-yong Lee, who were just looking for opportunities.
In addition, the bullpen team led by veteran Kim Jin-seong, Ham Deok-ju, Baek Seung-hyun, Park Myung-geun, and Yoo Young-chan was not enough to break the opponent's will to chase.
Even though Go Woo-seok, who was the league's best closing pitcher until last year, and Jung Woo-young, who grew into a regular bullpen pitcher for the national team, performed worse than previous years, there were no problems with LG's 'protecting baseball'.
LG's strong bullpen led to the team's performance.
1st place in overtime winning percentage (9 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses, winning percentage 0.750), team winning percentage when quality starts fail (within 3 earned runs over 6 innings as a starter) (46 wins, 42 losses, 0.523), and most come-from-behind wins (40 times) all have a strong bullpen.
Without it, it would not have been possible.
The well-organized batting order of 9 starting players from 1st to 9th was an object of fear for all nine teams that faced LG.
As of the 3rd, team batting average (0.281), on-base percentage (0.364), slugging percentage (0.397), OPS (on-base percentage + slugging percentage, 0.761), and points per game (5.1 points) were all ranked first in the league.
Manager Yeom gave credit to the training department, saying, "This year's achievement was that the nine main players played until the end of the season without any major injuries."
LG's batting lineup, which minimized variables in long-term races, became the driving force behind the upward trend.
In addition, despite numerous criticisms at the beginning of the season, Coach Yeom's tenacity in encouraging players to aggressively run bases by emphasizing 'running baseball', and the teamwork of the players centered around captain Oh Ji-hwan served as a driving force for LG's rise.
Now that LG has achieved its primary goal, it will truly get relief by winning the Korean Series.
‘Awamori Soju’, a famous liquor from Okinawa, Japan, and ‘Rolex watch’ are two items that contain LG’s wish for winning the Korean Series.
These two 'items' that LG fans cannot help but recognize can only shine if they win the Korean Series.
Former LG Group Chairman Koo Bon-moo, who passed away in 2018, loved baseball so much that he even memorized the names of second-team players.
After the 1994 camp in Okinawa, Japan, former Chairman Koo toasted his victory with 'Awamori Soju', a local distilled spirit, and tasted his victory.
Before the 1995 season, he bought three bottles of the same soju, saying, 'If we win again, let's toast with this soju.'
However, over the years, Soju has been sleeping without ever being opened.
The Rolex watch that former Chairman Koo purchased for 80 million won in 1998, saying, ‘If you win the championship, pay it to the MVP’, is also waiting for its owner.
The strong scent of soju wafts from the victory celebration, and only when the Rolex watch finds its true owner will LG's sorrow for nearly 29 years be relieved.
