'Difficult Rebuilding' Explored by a 20-Year Baseball Reporter, a Championship General Manager, and an Amateur Baseball Expert: 'Rebuilding, How Strong Teams Are Made' Published

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To answer the perennial challenge of Korean professional baseball, "What is rebuilding?", experts from both professional and amateur baseball have come together.

Rebuilding is known as an innovative process of redesigning a team's foundation to find new competitiveness, even at the cost of short-term performance decline. However, the authors of this book state, "In Korean baseball, rebuilding has degenerated into a mere generational shift of sending out veterans and promoting rookies, or a 'sweet excuse' to waste time under the pretext of declining performance."

Munhwa Ilbo reporter Jeong Se-young, former SSG Landers general manager Ryu Sun-kyu, and amateur baseball columnists Son Yoon and Yoo Hyo-sang aimed to redefine the concept of rebuilding and propose a path forward unique to Korean professional baseball through their book, "Rebuilding, How Strong Teams Are Made?"

The book is structured into four parts. Part I, "Scouting: One Choice Can Determine Ten Years," emphasizes that the decision of which player to develop and on what timeline is the essence of player selection.

Part II, "Development: Talent Is Completed Through Systems," discusses the importance of systems that can wait until a player possesses the technical proficiency and personal routines necessary to survive in the first team.

Part III, "Operations: Performance Is Not Built Overnight," presents strategic operational plans for sustainable victory, including organic collaboration between power analysis and training departments, as well as strengthening the catcher and center line.

Part IV, "Management: Strong Teams Are Built Off the Field," addresses the unique ownership structure of the KBO League and issues regarding the delegation of authority to the front office.

Additionally, interviews with Korea University head coach Kim Ji-hoon, former Doosan Bears interim manager Cho Sung-hwan, LG Twins general manager Cha Myeong-seok, and former SK Wyverns president Shin Young-chul are included at the end of each part to convey on-the-ground voices. The book also gained further interest with recommendations from KBO President Heo Koo-yeon and general managers from all 10 teams.

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