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“The moment you can put it down comfortably”
“We’ve never had an easy season. In fact, it’s really important to finish (the regular season) quickly and get some rest, because even when we won the championship, we went to the first-place game (tiebreaker).”
The KT Wiz have made a full comeback. For the first time since their inaugural season, they are in fifth place in the Fall Baseball Organization.
KT produced a big four-run inning in the bottom of the seventh against the SSG Landers at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on April 24 to pull off a 5-3 victory.
This year, KT’s unique ‘season-turning baseball‘ is on display again. Until June 16, the team had 28 wins, 1 draw, and 41 losses, with a win-loss margin of -13.
But that was just the beginning of KT’s season. Since then, KT has raced to an 18-6-1 record in 25 games to climb to fifth place in the standings.
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“We’re a little bit like that, too. Last year, when (Kim) Sang-soo came as a free agent, I was like, ‘No, this is so different from the KT I see outside, isn’t this a hidden camera? I thought it was going to be really hard this year, but we’re coming in last. From the moment I thought, ‘It’s not going to work this year,’ baseball has been good.”
KT coach Lee Kang-cheol also said to his players, “It’s too hard in the second half. This year, let’s get stronger from the beginning.” But the season doesn’t go their way. The moment you think, ‘Okay, let’s relax, there’s next year,’ suddenly 사설 토토사이트 things start to flow.
“Last year, we turned it around from a -14 win-loss margin, and I think I was more relaxed because I thought, ‘Where were we at this time of year? We’re better than last year!’” Jang laughed, adding, ”I don’t think it means anything that we’re in fifth place right now. It’s just one day. At the end of the day, it’s about where we are at the end of 144 games,” he emphasized.
“I would like to settle the standings early and take it easy in the second half of the season…but it’s really hard after 130 games. But it seems like we’re always in a battle until the 144th game. Even when we win the championship, we play for first place. I think this year will be similar.”
When asked about the hardest time he’s had and how many times this year, Jang Sung-woo replied, “It’s always hard, and when I feel like I can’t do it anymore, I go up, so it’s a little hard to say how many times.”
“It’s a lot harder on our pitchers and hitters because it’s our defense, and Cuevas had already thrown more than 80 pitches, so it was probably harder for him because the tempo kept getting interrupted,” he said of the repeated ABS errors in the sixth inning.
On this day, however, Jang played as a designated hitter. “I prefer to play defense,” he said. I had yesterday off, so it was okay to go out today. But since it’s summer, I think they gave me an extra day off. I didn’t mind the heat as a designated hitter,” he laughed.