Park Gun-woo (33, NC Dinos) was at the center of controversy when he was suddenly excluded from the entry at the end of the first half.
It was not an injury or poor performance. It was the cancellation of the first-tier entry for “criticism.” NC coach Kang In-kwon pointed out, “I hope you don't get away from the one team.”
Park Kun-woo had his entry canceled for similar reasons when he played for Doosan in the past. He was expected to mature as he moved to NC after the 2021 season for a six-year total of 10 billion won, but his eyes continued to be disappointed by the controversy over the “walk-esque” that came to the surface once again.
Park Kun-woo has the best ability to be called the best right-handed hitter in the KBO League. He has sophistication and slugging ability to achieve a .300 batting average and 20 home runs at the same time. Park Kun-woo's name is engraved in the second batting average (0.326) of active players.
a situation in which a game cannot be neglected. Even for coach Kang, it was not an easy decision to cancel the first-tier entry of the “signboard hitter.”
The “shock therapy” at the expense of loss succeeded. Park Kun-woo, who returned at the start of the second half, was a little more mature.
With a batting average of only .286 in 69 games in the first half, he showed off a fierce batting average of .36 in 61 games in the second half.
NC, with Park Gun-woo's performance at the forefront, finished the regular season in fourth place and won a ticket to the fall baseball for the first time in three years since 2020.
Park Kun-woo, who gained abundant autumn baseball experience when he was at Doosan, showed off his skills properly in his first fall stage at NC.
He had one hit, one walk, and two points in five at-bats in the wild card game, and added one hit in the first round of the semi-playoff.
It's completely preheated. Game 2, which became a watershed moment for advancing to the playoffs. Park Kun-woo, a 10 billion won FA, showed his true value. I stepped up as a troubleshooter.
He was on fire from his first at-bat. SSG tapped Kim Kwang-hyun, the “ace card of remorse,” who was brought out to counterattack from the beginning. Park Kun-woo was at the center of it.
Leadoff hitter Son Ah-seop took a hit, and Park Gun-woo followed with a hit after one out.
NC ran away 3-0 with Martin and Kwon Hee-dong's timely hits and Seo Ho-cheol's sacrifice fly. The moment when he completely defeated the opponent's ace.
Park Kun-woo raised the mood further by scoring an additional RBI with a timely hit in the top of the second inning with a 3-0 lead, with two outs and runners on first and second bases. His batting skills stood out by kneeling on a low change-up.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, he caught Choi Jeong's foul ball with a sliding catch and caught the last out count. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Kim Sung-hyun's foul ball was followed intensively and showed his fighting spirit by hitting the fence.
Park Kun-woo, who continued his good performance on both sides of the offense and defense, even flew the screw guitar in the eighth inning. He hit a timely hit at runner 2nd base, clearly widening the gap to 7-3. In the end, NC won 7-3 with Park Kun-woo's performance, winning two consecutive games in the enemy territory. If you take a day off and add one more win in the two consecutive home games in Changwon, which will continue from the 25th, you will be confirmed to advance to the playoffs.
