SSG Landers' Choo Shin-soo from the US Major League failed to hit a hit in their debut in the KBO League.



Shin-soo Choo made a historic debut at the demonstration game with SSG and NC Dinos held at Changwon NC Park in Gyeongnam on the 21st.



After graduating from high school, Shin-soo Choo went to the US professional baseball and played for the major league Texas Rangers until last year.



Choo Shin-soo, who went into self-quarantine after entering Korea, joined the SSG spring camp immediately after being released from quarantine on the 11th, but did not play in practice games.



On this day, the demonstration game is the stage of Choo Shin-soo’s first actual game in Korea.



It is also the first appearance since last year's September 28th (Korean time) 1 hit in the major league Houston Astros.



As a result, on this day, Choo Shin-soo started as the No. 2 designated batter and was replaced after striking out, striking out, and flying balls.



Before the start of the game, the name of the designated batter Choo Shin-soo appeared on the SSG's second batter spot on the Changwon NC Park display.




Choo Shin-soo's name was first engraved on the display board of the KBO League Stadium.



In front of SSG's Dougout, Choo Shin-soo, wearing a white'Incheon Army uniform', appeared.



Then, as the national anthem flowed and the national ritual proceeded, Choo Shin-soo closed his eyes and salutes with a helmet on his hand.




When the match started, SSG hitter No. 1, Jong-Wook Go picked a walk, and Shin-soo Choo entered the at-bat.



After several practice swings, Choo Shin-soo took a pose at the plate and confronted NC Wes Parsons.



Before the match, Choo Shin-soo announced that he would focus on seeing a lot of the opponent's pitchers during the demonstration game.



Choo Shin-soo watched Parsons' ball until the 1-ball-1 strike.



Since then, I played the bat for the first time, but it was a missed swing.



In the 1-ball-2 strike, Parsons watched the ball, but the referee struck out.



After returning to Dougout, Choo Shin-soo tilted his head and expressed the feeling of Korea's first at bat with an expression.



At the beginning of the 3rd inning, Choo Shin-soo hit the second at-bat at one-out first base.



The opponent was still Parsons.



Choo Shin-soo, who had a first strike, fouled the second ball.



The ball hit by Choo Shin-soo hit his leg.



Afterwards, Choo Shin-soo picked the 3rd ball, but he struck out a false swing by throwing the bat at the high ball outside the 4th ball.



Shin-soo Choo smiled slightly as if he had struck out the batters.



In the beginning of the 5th inning, Choo Shin-soo at bat is back again without a one-out runner.



Choo Shin-soo watched the changed pitcher Song Myung-ki's initial pitch.



In the second pitch, Choo Shin-soo swung the bat greatly, but was caught as a left fielder.



Choo Shin-soo, running with his head down, turned to Dougout with a wide smile when the ball was caught.



Song Myung-do, who is 18 years younger than Choo Shin-soo, laughed at the out count against Choo Shin-soo.



In the beginning of the 8th inning, Kim Kang-min came in instead of Choo Shin-soo as the lead hitter.



SSG coach Kim Won-hyung announced in advance that Choo Shin-soo will only play 3 at-bats before the match.



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