LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yup reflects on the moment they won the Korean Series.
On the 'Open Interview' of Channel A's 'News A,' which will be broadcast on the 18th, Yeom will appear and reveal the story of the moment when the team won the Korean Series for the first time in 29 years.
Yeom admits that the moment Choi Won-tae, who started the game, walked off the mound after giving up four runs on two hits and two walks in ⅓ of an inning was the "biggest high point." "It's hard to win the Korean Series if you lose the second game," he says, adding that he was determined not to give up a single run and used a total of eight pitchers, one for each inning.
"At that time, the main drink was wheat, and Chairman Koo showed off a lot of alcohol," says Yeom, who joined LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo for dinner after the championship. When asked if he had tasted the Awamori Shochu that the late LG Group Chairman Koo Bon-moo bought and stored in Okinawa, Japan, in 1995, saying, "Let's drink it when we win," Yeom replied, "It's been nearly 30 years, so it must have spoiled." "In fact, the alcohol in the three bottles has almost evaporated, so we're storing it in one bottle and will drink it soon," he said.
The owner of the luxury watch, which has been in the baseball team's safe for 24 years, is "Captain" Oh Ji-hwan. When asked by the anchor if Koo had promised any gifts to Yeom, he replied, "I think I'll give him a blank check." It's not as if there was no investment from the club.
It's not that there was no investment from the club, and it's not that the team was weak, but Yeom led LG Twins to the championship. "LG Twins was a 98% complete team, and we tried to fill in the 2% gap," he says. When asked by the baseball master who inspired confidence through hesitation, fear, and offensive baseball, "Are you Duk-jang or Yong-jang?" he humbly expresses the joy of winning the Korean Series by saying, "I'm Luck-chan". 스포츠토토맨