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Park Byeong-ho, a 36-year-old giant of professional baseball KT, who had been evaluated as outdated, has recently risen.
He is leading the home run solo with aggressive hitting from the first pitch.
Byung-min Yoo.
<Reporter> Park Byeong-
ho hit 5 home runs last week alone, taking the lead in home runs alone with his 10th home run of the season, three ahead of second-placed Kim Hyun-soo.
What stands out is the activeness.
Of his 10 home runs this season, he hit four home runs on the first pitch and four on the second pitch, and the other two were all hit in the fourth pitch.
Without waiting, we aim from the beginning.
Compared to 2019, when he won the last home run king, the number of swings per plate increased by more than 10%, and the rate of hitting the first ball nearly doubled from 17.8% in 2019 to 34.2% this year.
[Park Byeong-ho/KT · Home Run 1st place: The opposing pitcher was very good.
So I thought I had to hit actively, and it seems to have led to good results.]
Park Byeong-ho hit 10 home runs in 29 games this season, similar to the 2018 pace when he hit 43 home runs.
He suffered from injuries and sluggishness over the past two years and was evaluated as being out of print, but he has revived splendidly after moving to KT and is aiming to return to the home run king after three years.
If 36-year-old Park Byung-ho becomes the home run king, he will surpass the 35-year-old oldest home run record set by Sutton, the current Lotte manager, in 2005.
(Video editing: Kim Jong-tae)