“I think I’ll be able to maintain the speed of 150km”
Moon Dong-joo (20, Hanwha), who received a “special order” of winning the first game, expressed his bold determination, saying, “I will show the spirit of the Korean player.”
Moon Dong-ju said at the official press conference of the Asian Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) 2023 held at Tokyo Dome in Japan on the afternoon of the 15th, “I’m in very good condition now because I’ve prepared well from Korea,” adding, “It’s my first tournament since the Asian Games, and I’ll play with good energy.” Moon Dong-ju, who experiences Tokyo Dome for the first time, completed the final preparation before the game by checking the mound condition during the training.
Moon received great attention from Japanese reporters at the scene. Asked by a Japanese reporter about his strengths, he said confidently, “It is a big advantage to be able to throw fast balls without being intimidated by any batter.”
When asked about the current speed, he said, “In Daegu, where we did the call-up training, the speed came out a little slow, maybe a problem with the speed gun, but I think we can maintain the mid-to-late 150km speed if we throw it in a good atmosphere at Tokyo Dome.”
Coach Ryu Joong-il, who cited a fast ball and a big curve as Moon Dong-ju’s advantage, told him, “I hope you throw it as well as you did in the Asian Games. Moon Dong-ju gave Korea the gold medal with six scoreless innings in the final match between Taiwan and Hangzhou on the 7th of last month.
The key is a sense of reality. Moon Dong-ju, who ended the regular season relatively early due to the club’s inning restrictions, will play an official game 40 days after taking the mound in the final of the Taiwan and Hangzhou tournaments on the 7th of last month.토토사이트 순위
Moon Dong-ju said, “Of course, the goal of this tournament is to win. “I think we can get better results once more if we gather the belief that everyone can do it because we did it at the Asian Games,” he said. “The average age of the national team has decreased in the APBC tournament, but I think there is nothing that can’t be done because we are young.” I’ll show you the spirit of Korean players,” he said.