Doosan Bears legend Dustin Nippert and Hong Sung-heun were selected as the “40 Legends Who Shined Professional Baseball”

Nippert and Hong Sung-heun held a pitch and pitch event in the match between KT and Doosan of the 2022 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the afternoon of the 23rd. At the awards ceremony held after the end of the fifth inning, the two players received a bouquet of congratulations from the captain of both teams after receiving legendary commemorative plaques. Nippert, who joined Doosan in 2011, played seven years for Doosan and one year for KT. Nippert clearly said “hello” in Korean in his feelings of being selected as a legend. “First of all, I would like to thank Doosan and KT for giving me the opportunity and consideration to play baseball in Korea,” he said in a trembling tone. 카지노사이트

“Thank you all the more to Doosan and KT fans. I also thank Doosan and KT colleagues. “Thanks to you, I was able to play baseball, and you are everything in the world,” he said, wiping away tears. Commentator Kwon Hyuk, who was broadcasting on TV, also said, “Nippert is a player with a good personality. And I can feel the sincerity in one word of my feelings,” he said. Hong Sung-heun, a “Hongpo,” joined the Doosan Bears as the first designation for the rookie draft in 1999, and was loved by fans as he was active with a batting average of 0.301, 208 home runs, and 1120 RBIs in 1957 games for 18 professional seasons.

“Nine God” Nippert recorded 102 wins, 51 losses, 1 hold and a 3.59 ERA in 214 games in eight seasons in Korea. Nippert is the only foreign player who has played for seven consecutive seasons on a team, and both winsand strikeouts remain the most foreign players. Meanwhile, in the game, KT won 2-1 with Kang Baek-ho’s timely hit in the top of the 11th inning of extra time and won two consecutive games. On this day, KT ranked third for the first time this season. KT’s starter Wes Benjamin set the stage for the team’s victory with 94 pitches, three hits, four walks, three strikeouts and one run in 6⅓ innings. And Kim Min-soo, Park Young-hyun, Lee Chae-ho, and Kim Jae-yoon took the mound one after another to secure the team’s victory. In the batting line, Kang Baek-ho scored the winning hit with two hits and one RBI in five at-bats, while Kim Joon-tae played with one hit and one RBI in three at-bats, and Bae Jung-dae played with two hits and one run in five at-bats.