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In the opening two games of professional baseball, players who suffered the ordeal of release last winter performed dazzlingly.
Veterans such as SSG Noh Kyung-eun and Doosan Doosan Lim Chang-min gave hope to the new team.
This is reporter Bae Jung-hoon.
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Noh Kyung-eun, who was announced to be released at the age of 37 after collapsed with a 7-point ERA at Lotte last year, broke everyone's expectation that he would retire,
and started the challenge again after passing the SSG test.
Through hard work over the winter, health and comfort were restored.
With a fastball that was more than 3km/h faster than last year, he took the first place in strikeouts in the demonstration game, and he came out as the team's second starter in the match against NC yesterday (3rd) and won the victory with a flawless throw in 6 innings.
[Kyung-eun Noh / Pitcher SSG: If I was sick or injured, I would have thought about retirement a little bit, but my physical condition was too good for that.
I want to become a player who can give hope that he will be healthy no matter how old he gets.]
Contrary to Noh Kyung-eun, who left Lotte and seized a new opportunity at SSG, Park Seung-wook, who was released from SSG and settled in Lotte, also became Cinderella in the opening game.
Taking advantage of Lee Hak-joo's injury gap, he took the spot as the starting shortstop and number 1 hitter, and won the hearts of Lotte fans with his hard-hitting doubles and stable defense in the opening game final.
After his release as a 37-year-old NC finalist, Lim Chang-min transformed into Doosan's 'trustworthy man'.
They all appeared two consecutive days before the start of the season, winning two holds with a scoreless throw, and foretelling a great performance.
The veterans who have risen from the ordeal of release are running towards tomorrow, saying that it's not over until it's over.
(Video editing: Oh Young-taek, screen provided by: SSG Landers)