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Shim Jun-seok, the best fastball pitcher in high school baseball, has been confirmed to join the Pittsburgh club in the US.
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Shim Jun-seok, who caught the attention of domestic and foreign baseball circles by throwing a fastball in the mid-150 km/h range since his freshman year at Deoksu High School, gave up his application for the domestic professional baseball draft last year when he was in his third year and declared a challenge on the American stage.
And of the many teams that made offers to him, he chose Pittsburgh.
[Shim Jun-seok/Pittsburgh Pitcher: I think I was very moved by the Pittsburgh club's detailed and well-drawn picture of my growth process.]
After the official announcement, I received a congratulatory phone call and realized that my dream had become a reality.
[Shim Jun-seok/Pittsburgh Pitcher: Even the person who lost contact said, "Congratulations to Jun-seok," and "I trusted you." Then Dong-joo-hyung came over and suddenly laughed and said, "Congratulations," and just hung up.]
Thoroughly prepared for the tough challenge .
are making it.
[Shim Jun-seok/Pittsburgh Pitcher: I exercised mainly for strength training and training, so now I'm in a state of strength and a lot of muscle mass...
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Sim Jun-seok, who will start his journey to the major leagues with an initiation ceremony at Pittsburgh's home stadium on the 26th, is determined to endure hard times.
[Shim Jun-seok/Pittsburgh Pitcher: (The US stage) will be more difficult, but I thought that there would be other results if I bumped into it.
I will try to go up to the major leagues as soon as possible.]
(Video coverage: Lee Byung-ju, video editing: Woo Ki-jeong, CG: Seo Dong-min)