Classic Game" South Korea has a gap in combat power compared to Japan. Korean media: Lack of "competition" on the flag pitcher's mound

2023-01-06T06:14:10.144Z

The World Baseball Classic will ignite the flames of war in March. Japan and South Korea are in Group B and will stage a "feud showdown". Korean media "MK SPORTS" reporter Kim Jae-Ho said frankly that Japan has a large number of talents, while the South Korean team has no sense of crisis and intensity competitive mentality. The Japanese team in the classic game has a super luxurious lineup, led by Lu Mei Shuyu Darby, Shohei Otani and Makoto Suzuki, and Masamaka Yoshida, who has just joined the Red Sox, is also willing to put on the national team.

The World Baseball Classic will ignite the flames of war in March. Japan and South Korea are both in Group B and will stage a "feud showdown".

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[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] The World Baseball Classic will ignite the flames of war in March. Japan and South Korea are in Group B and will stage a "feud showdown". Korean media "MK SPORTS" reporter Kim Jae-Ho said frankly that Japan has a large number of talents, and The South Korean team has no sense of crisis and a strong competitive mentality.

The Japanese team has a very luxurious lineup in the classic game, led by the good players Shuyu Otani, Shohei Otani and Makoto Suzuki, and the newly joined Red Sox Masaka Yoshida is also willing to put on the national team jersey. Rhodes' fireball player Sasaki Langxi is very strong in pitching and shooting. Korean media "MK SPORTS" reporter Kim Jae-Ho specifically named Otani Shohei. The performance in the top 12 in 2015 was too good. I hope that the classic game's first pitching is not against South Korea. , He also admitted that there are excellent players in Japan every year, such as Murakami Sotaka and Sasaki Langxi, which is very enviable.

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South Korea recently announced the final list of 30 players for the classic game. A total of 3 major league players were selected, including Padre Guerrilla Kim He-sung, Pirates Choi Ji-wan, and the first Korean mixed-race star Edman in team history.

Kim Jae-Ho believes that South Korea's starting pitchers are mostly veterans, such as Kim Kwang-hyun and Yang Hyun-joong, and so far no outstanding young pitchers have surpassed them.

It is worth mentioning that Ahn Woo-jin, who is a double champion Korean professional pitcher, was unable to be selected for the national team due to a high school bullying incident.

After the South Korean team defeated the Japanese team in the 2006 and 2009 classics, they planted the Taegeuk flag on the mound, which caused controversy and made the Japanese team very dissatisfied.

Kim Jae-Ho said that at that time, the players fought Japan to the death with a strong competitive mentality, but it is completely different now. The young players have not felt the pressure and importance of the Japan-Korea war at all.

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Classic Game" South Korea has a gap in combat power compared to Japan. Korean media: Lack of "competition" on the flag pitcher's mound