Yang Jun-hyeok reveals his difficult family background: "Mother supported me by cleaning motels and selling pickled radish" [Sadang-gwi]

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Former professional baseball player Yang Jun-hyeok is opening up about his challenging family past.

According to the production team of KBS 2TV's 'The Boss Has Donkey Ears' (directed by Choi Seung-hee, hereafter 'Sadang-gwi'), the episode airing on the 17th will feature Yang Jun-hyeok, who served as a one-day coach for the Uiseong High School baseball team, sharing his own story of nearly giving up baseball due to his family's financial struggles with high school students who dream of playing the sport.

In the broadcast, Yang Jun-hyeok revealed that when his desire to play baseball was met with his parents' opposition, he persuaded them by saying, "I'll even beg at a hanbok shop in the city, so please let me play baseball," and shared how he began his baseball career despite his family's poverty.

He added, "My mother worked as a housekeeper, cleaned motels, and even ran a pickled radish stall to support me," confessing his parents' sacrifices and stating, "That's why I played baseball with my life on the line."

Yang Jun-hyeok described his time with the Lions as "the best moment of his life," saying, "I was the third batter who made the fourth batter, Seung-yeop, shine." He expressed gratitude to Lee Seung-yeop, noting, "When Seung-yeop performed well and his salary increased to about 600 million won, my salary rose from 140 million won to around 400 million won. My salary increase was entirely thanks to Seung-yeop."

In response, special MC Kim Tae-gyun mentioned, "It's said that Senior Yang Jun-hyeok gave his performance bonuses as allowance to his juniors whenever they performed well." MC Jeon Hyun-moo reportedly exclaimed, "That's truly generous," marveling at Yang Jun-hyeok's boundless generosity toward his younger teammates. The episode will air on the 17th at 4:40 p.m.

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