'3 mistakes of 5G'→ 'Do only what you're good at' Park Jun-soon 'Gigi Revival Project' and return with a home run + 4 hits in the finals, "It was a great help for advice from people around me." [the scene of Jamsil]

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"Just do what you're good at today."

a two-game blunder. The team has lost four games in a row. Doosan Bears coach Kim Won-hyung (54) relieved the burden of the 20-year-old main infielder, who had heavy shoulders. Park Joon-soon (20) gave the head coach the gift of escaping back-to-back losses with a hard hit in cycling.

Park Joon-soon started as the first designated hitter in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League home game against the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 5th and hit four at-bats, including a three-run final home run, with one strikeout, three RBIs, and one run.

A match that sold out for three consecutive days in the home opening series. Doosan, which had been losing one win and four consecutive games in seven games since the opening, needed a victory. Park Joon-soon's shot produced a valuable victory.

Park Joon-soon was selected by Doosan as the sixth pick in the first round in the 2025 rookie draft. The strong infield defense, which was the symbol of Doosan, was loosened by the transfer and retirement of veterans, and Park Joon-soon was evaluated as a card to fill the weakness, and Doosan chose it instead of prominent pitchers. It was an outstanding talent enough to win the Star Award at the Futures Star Awards in 2024, but Doosan's nomination in place of prominent pitchers was surprising.

Despite being in his first season last year, he hit hard with a batting average of 0.284 in 91 games and proudly secured the starting position from the opening game of this season. In defense, free agent Park Chan-ho and Ahn Jae-seok settled down at third base, and Park Joon-soon shared opportunities with Lee Yoo-chan and Kang Seung-ho at second base.

He showed strong performance in batting, but his defense was somewhat disappointing. In particular, he bowed his head with an uneasy defense in this series. In the match against Hanwha on the 3rd, he added two runs when he made a catch error with two outs in the top of the second inning.

In the game on the 4th, he failed to catch a ground ball once again with one out and runners on the first and second bases in the top of the fifth inning. The bases loaded, and the team later gave up three more points. In the end, Park Joon-soon was replaced by Lee Yoo-chan ahead of the defense in the top of the sixth inning. He made three errors in five games as a defense.

On this day, he took the opportunity as a designated hitter. Before the game, head coach Kim Won-hyung said, "Jun-soon came on the professional stage last year and a 19-year-old player played baseball without knowing what to do. Now, he is playing from the opening game with the question of whether he will be the main player or not, he said. "I'm careful because I think I'll be hurt if I talk about my mistake." There will be some difficulties. I didn't lose because of that, but I might think I lost because of that. "I feel a little bit of pressure, and it may be a burden to the team and the staff, so I think I have to solve it with a hit that I can do well now," he said.

It was the best choice. Park Joon-soon, who put down the burden of defense, flew up. Park Joon-soon, who started with a right-handed hit from his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning, struck out in the third inning, but made a decisive hit in the fifth inning.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, when the two teams were at 0-0, pitcher Yoon San-heum hit a fastball on a 145km/h high course. The ball quickly extended to the left and became a three-run home run with a distance of 115 meters.

In the seventh inning, he hit Kim Bum-joon's fastball on the outer course to make a triple that separates the right-center. In the eighth inning, he scored a large amount of points and completely solidified his spirit to take the fifth batter's box and even hit right-handed against Jung Woo-joo. He fell one double short until his first professional cycling hit, but he was able to make up for the mistakes of the past two games with four hits.

In six games, he has a batting average of 0.474 (9 hits in 19 at-bats), one homer, five RBIs, a on-base percentage of 0.500, a slugging percentage of 0.737, and an on-base percentage of 1.237. Doosan, which has the lowest team batting average of 0.227, is leading the batting lineup with the hottest batting sense by far.

After the game, Park Joon-soon said, "Before the game, the coach called me and asked me, 'How is it?' and he said, 'Just do what you're good at today,' and said, "I felt a little comfortable."

The head coach protected the young player from shrinking, but Park Joon-soon could not think of it without shaking off the defense. Park Joon-soon said, "I didn't make a mistake during the trial game and I was confident, but I didn't seem to be moving well because I kept coming out after the error against Samsung. I'm trying to keep moving when I get a bango, he said. "I'm fortunate that I scored in the fifth inning, but I still feel sorry."

Everyone goes through a time of pain for growth. The head coach was not the only one who cared about the young junior's difficulty.

Park Joon-soon said, "I was able to do this well yesterday because (Kim) Min-seok bought me meat because I made a mistake," and mentioned the exact amount, and added, "I want to say thank you for being able to do this." Cho Ha-sung also thanked me for buying McMorning before training to cheer up for two consecutive days.

That wasn't the only thing. "That was a lot of strength because coaches and older brothers around me comforted me, saying, 'We've all grown up like this,'" he said. "It was a great help that Coach Son Si-heon or Coach Son Ji-hwan taught me a lot, 'Make it comfortable,' and 'Make it confident.' "

There are definitely some things that are better than last year. "I think I've improved my strength, and I think I've adjusted a lot because I've seen more pitchers' breaking balls and balls than last year," he said with confidence.

It grows by making mistakes and falling down. The person in charge gave advice on words that would help each other, even though they were sicker than anyone else, but they knew it was a rite of passage. Park Joon-soon, who gained strength, shook off and stood up faster than anyone else.

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