[Locker Room S]'Mask Controversy' Altair has changed... '4 Tare' '5 Tare' Confidence

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Aaron Altair, a foreign hitter of professional baseball NC Dinos, was selected as the MVP of the match after hitting a decisive 3-point home run in the first game of the Korean Series last year.

However, after the game was over, he refused to wear a mask, and the MVP awards ceremony and official interview were canceled for the first time ever.

Altair, who stood up for not wearing a mask in the case of Corona 19, has been criticized a lot.

KBO also imposed sanctions for Altair's neglect of wearing masks.

Despite the controversy over the mask, Altair played an active part in the Korean series, contributing to NC's first championship.

The NC club pushed for a renewal of the contract with Altair, and in the process of negotiating, they demanded that they follow the quarantine rules of Korea and KBO League well.

Altair agreed and signed a renewal for $1.4 million.

$1.4 million was Altair's highest career salary (formerly $1.35 million).

Altair, who met at Changwon NC Park on the 22nd, said, "I am so happy to receive the highest personal salary, and I am grateful to the NC club for allowing me to play in Korea this year."

Altair stood in front of the camera for the first time after controversy about refusing to wear a mask.

Whether he was conscious of the past, he put on a straight mask every time the mask flowed down during the interview, showing a different look.

When asked about the controversy over the mask, he immediately replied, "I will follow the Korean quarantine rules and the KBO rules this year."

He added, "The corona situation is still difficult and unbelievable, but I still think we have to follow the current rules. As the corona ends soon, I want to see everyone taking off their masks. I want to hear the fans' support here at NC Park."

Altair played 136 games last year, recording 31 homers, 108 RBIs, and 22 steals, making a big success since their debut season.

The funny thing is that Altair was very strong in the lower batting order.

He batted 0.196, 1 ​​home run, and 7 RBIs in the fourth batting order, while batting average 0.271, 2 homers, and 11 RBIs in the fifth batting order.

On the other hand, in the 8th batting order, he flew with a batting average of 0.325, 17 home runs, and 52 RBIs.

So, the nickname that was created is

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First of all, Altair picked'constant appearance' as the reason why he was able to achieve good results last year.

“I think I was able to play games every day after joining the KBO League, so I was able to get good grades. I have never played close to 140 games in my career. I played hard, and if the timing was right, I got a home run and I got a good result Same."

NC coach Dong-wook Dong-wook hoped that Altair would play an active part in the central batting order from last year.

However, depending on the batting order, Altair's grades were very different, so he was assigned 7~8 times mainly.

This year, Altair is expected to be placed in central batting order from the beginning.

When Altair joined the team, he had an interview with Director Dong-wook Lee, where he asked Altair to be the main hitter.

In that case, NC will complete the cleanup trio of fear that leads to Na Seong-beom who remained in Korea and built-in No. 4 Yangui-ji and No. 5 Altair.

Altair showed confidence that '4 tare' and '5 tare' are also possible.

“I heard from director Dong-wook Lee about changing the batting order. Of course I know that my nickname is '8 Tear' (laughs). I'm okay with No. 4 or No. 5. I told the director that the batting order from No. 6 to No. 8 is okay anywhere. We are very pleased and honored to have contributed to the team's first victory last year. I would like to see that glory again this year.”