On the last day of the first half of the US Major League Baseball season, the Korean major leaguers got some good news.
After returning from injury, Choi Ji-Man and Kim Ha-Sung reported multi-hit games, while Ryu Hyun-jin looked like the “Korean Monster” in his rehab game.
Hanjun Kim is a reporter.
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In the second inning, trailing 0-1, Pittsburgh’s Choi Ji-Man stepped to the plat
He takes a fastball straight to his stomach and sends it over the tallest fence in the stadium.
It was a huge home run with a batting speed of 168km and a distance of 130.1 metres.
Interview: local broadcasters
- “Choi Ji-Man is back, it’s great to see his power, it’s incredible.”
Choi hadn’t played since 13 April due to an Achilles tendon injury.
But in his third game back from injury, he hit a home run and a double, raising hopes for the second half.
San Diego’s Kim Ha-seong, batting leadoff, sends a dropped ball from New York Mets ace Max Scherzer into left field.
▶ Interview: local broadcasters
- “It was a changeup down in the strike zone, and he hit it really well.”
A freak toe injury forced him to take a game off, but he showed he was healthy with a multi-hit performance in his return.
The ‘eldest’ Ryu Hyun-jin signalled his return in the second half of the year with a four-inning “no-hitter” in a minor league rehab game.
A healthy Hyun-jin Ryu will be a boon for Toronto, which is competing in the autumn baseball season.
This is MBN News’ Han Joon Kim.