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Choi Jeong (37, SSG) will once again challenge for the record for the most home runs (468) in professional baseball history at Sajik Stadium in Busan.

Choi Jeong-eun tied the record (467) in this category in his last at-bat against KIA at home on the 16th, but was unable to play after being hit by a ball on his side in his first at-bat the next day.

However, he is not completely excluded from the first team entry list and can participate at any time.

SSG coach Lee Soong-yong said, “In the training department (he resigned on the 23rd), we expressed the opinion that he may be able to play against Lotte.”

Choi Jeong-eun hit his 341st home run in the bottom of the 8th inning of a home game against KT on June 18, 2020, surpassing Jong-hoon Jang (56) and becoming the player who hit the most home runs in professional baseball among right-handed hitters. So, we can say that Choi Jeong is the representative right-handed home run hitter of Korean professional baseball. However, even in the early days of his professional debut, Choi Jeong dreamed of becoming a switch hitter. Choi Jeong is ambidextrous and has no problems writing and eating with her left hand.

The reason Choi Jeong chose to be a switch hitter between left and right batting was because he was particularly weak against ‘submarines’. In 2007, Choi Jeong only hit a batting average of 0.155 against pitchers who threw underhand or sidearm. This is why his batting average for the entire season was only 0.267 even though he hit 0.287 against right-handed 'orthodox' pitchers and 0.281 against left-handed pitchers. Therefore, Choi Jeong-eun chose 'unusual switching' by coming in from the left side of the batter's box against submarine pitchers, but mostly coming into the right side of the batter's box against right-handed overhand pitchers. 파워볼사이트

Choi Jeong proved why he is called a ‘baseball genius’ by recording a batting average of 0.364 against submarine pitchers in the first half of 2008.

Kim Seong-geun, then manager of SK (now SSG), also commented, “His batting form is better than that of most left-handed hitters.”

The problem was that it did not fit with his trademark nickname, ‘Boy Merchant.’

The only long hit he recorded as a left-handed hitter was this single triple against Lotte's 'Ryu Geunja' Na Seung-hyeon (37) at Sajik Stadium on April 2, 2008.

So, there is no home run that Choi Jeong hit as a left-handed hitter.

He suffered from back pain every time he batted while batting with his left hand, so he was unable to use his strength properly.

Choi Jeong began to bat only with his right hand again in the second half of that year.

At the same time, the attempt to transform into a switch hitter remained as an episode of 'that's how it was back then'.

Choi Jeong-eun also took the mound as the team's sixth pitcher in the bottom of the 12th inning in a visiting game against Gwangju on June 25, 2009.

Facing the last defense with the score tied at 5-5 means that the team's chances of winning have disappeared anyway.

Moreover, the rules at the time treated a draw as a loss, so SK had to make its last defense having lost the game anyway.

Choi Jeong recorded a top speed of 145 km/h that day, but ended up being the losing pitcher after allowing 1 run (non-earned run) in 1 inning. 성인웹툰