"Bamjikgu" Lim Chang-yong, "National Artillery" Yang Eui-ji, "Nasta" Na Sung-beom, and "160km/h" Moon Dong-ju.
Gwangju Jinheung High School baseball team that produced famous players in the KBO League.
There are players who are developing another dream here. They are pitcher Jung Jin-woo (3rd grade), and batter Kim Tae-hyun (2nd grade).
Jeong Jin-woo is 185 centimeters tall, weighs 70 kilograms, and is considered the ace of Jinheung High School because he has a large angle of breaking balls and control.
In seven games this season, including the High School Baseball Weekend League and the 2024 Shinsegae E-Mart Cup National High School Baseball Tournament, he is 2-0 with a 0.47 ERA and 18.2 innings, recording 19 strikeouts with 12 walks.
Although there are relatively many dead balls, Jung Jin-woo's characteristic is that he minimizes the number of runs with his unique crisis management ability, and his ability to strike out is excellent.
The maximum speed is 130km/h.
Since it is a side arm, the speed is not high, but it faces batters with a large angle of control as its main weapon.
Another hopeful is second grade infielder Kim Tae-hyun.
Usually, in high school baseball, 3rd graders who are about to be nominated often play.
However, Kim Tae-hyun is so excited that he has gained experience at bat since he was a freshman.
Kim Tae-hyun has a batting average of 0.208 (5 hits in 24 at-bats) and four outs and an OPS of 0.613 in seven games this season, including the High School Baseball Weekend League and the 2024 Shinsegae E-Mart Cup National High School Baseball Championship.
In the weekend league, the sense of hitting has not yet been revived, but it was different in the recent national competition, Shinsegae E-Mart Cup.
Although the team had to pack up with a one-run loss to Kyungmin IT High School in the second round, he played well as the team's No. 4 hitter, sweeping a .500 batting average (4 hits in 8 at-bats) in two games.
Kim Tae-hyun is 184 centimeters tall and weighs 83 kilograms.
I started playing baseball when I was in 2nd grade of elementary school, but I love eating so much that I gained up to 100kg.
I am so serious about baseball that I realize that it interferes with it and lose it with a strong heart.
The amount of training is also extraordinary.
Kim Tae-hyun always comes an hour or two before the other players, practices batting, and then goes into the main training.
The calluses in his hands prove this.
The role model is Na Sung-beom of the KIA Tigers.
He said he wanted to look like Na Sung-beom, who has good skills and physicality as well as good personality.
In addition, thanks to the performance of many players, including second-year pitcher Lim Seo-jin and pitcher Lee Ki-bok, Jinheung High School ranks second after Gwangju Il High School with 6-0 losses with 4 wins and 2 losses in 6 games in the first half of the high school baseball season (Gwangju and Jeonnam).
The Jinheung High School Baseball Department, which is playing its baseball together despite the assessment that its power has weakened a lot due to the transfer of a lot of third-year fielders and quitting baseball.
It's worth paying attention to this year.
If you search for 'Kespick' on YouTube, you can get live interviews of high school hopefuls.
BY: 스포츠토토