"He's a player with a Korean record..." Director Kim Kyung-moon feels sorry for the cancellation of Son Ah-seop's first team [the site of a war]

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"He has a KBO record..."

Hanwha Eagles head coach Kim Kyung-moon (68) expressed regret over the cancellation of Son Ah-seop (38)'s first-team entry.

Son Ah-seop holds the KBO league record with 2,618 hits. After moving from the NC Dinos to Hanwha in July last year, he became a free agent (FA) after the season, but he belatedly completed the contract for a year and 100 million won only in February.

This season, he came out as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning against the Kiwoom Heroes on the 28th, the opening game, and only grounded out to second base. Hanwha excluded Son Ah-seop from the first team on the 30th to reinforce the pitcher's entry.

Coach Kim told reporters before the game against KT Wiz at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 31st, "It's very unfortunate for the coach that (Son) Ah-seop went down," adding, "He is a record player in Korea, but neither the coach nor the player can use only one at-bat in the game. Anyway, I think there will be an opportunity to come back up and play again," he said.

Instead of Son Ah-seop, Hanwha registered pitcher Um Sang-baek (30) in the entry. Manager Kim said, "(Um Sang-baek) can also take the mound in today's game," adding, "We have to do everything here and there (whether starting or in the middle). When the starting pitcher can't pull him, he has to throw it over and over again, and if you need an intermediate pitcher, you have to prepare like that," he said.

Hanwha has set up the same starting lineup for three consecutive games since the opening game of the day. No. 1 Oh Jae-won (center fielder), No. 2 Peraza (right wing), No. 3 Moon Hyun-bin (left wing), No. 4 Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), No. 5 Kang Baek-ho (designated hitter), No. 6 Chae Eun-seong (first baseman), No. 7 Ha Joo-seok (second baseman), No. 8 Choi Jae-hoon (catcher), No. 9 Shim Woo-jun (striker). The starting pitcher is a foreign right-hander, White.

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