Army active-duty soldier → Independent league → Fireworks baseball → Lotte joined, and even came to the professional baseball team while trying to quit baseball. "I wish I was remembered as a bad player."

Army active-duty soldier → Independent league → Fireworks baseball → Lotte joined, and even came to the professional baseball team while trying to quit baseball. "I wish I was remembered as a bad player."

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An independent league infielder who made his face known through a baseball entertainment program has succeeded in entering the professional league. Park Chan-hyung (23, Lotte Giants) is burning his will even in a dreamlike time.

Park Chan-hyung met with Star News at Sangdong Baseball Stadium in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province on the 4th and said, "I should try to produce a lot of results because I don't think there are many opportunities because I came in as a nurturing player."메이저놀이터

Park Chan-hyeong, a former member of the Coriyo Independent Baseball Team in Hwaseong, entered the professional stage after signing a contract with Lotte as a nurturing player on April 15. He has a batting average of 0.188 (three hits in 16 at-bats) in six games in the Futures League as of April 4, and played in four at-bats against the strongest second-tier Sangmu on April 4.

After tasting the professional game for about three weeks, Park Chan-hyung said, "I have a sense of responsibility because I am always an amateur." When I was an amateur, I felt comfortable even if the result didn't come out, but in a professional game, I still have to prove it because I am a nurturing player. He also said, "I was in a hurry as I played 12 at-bats (based on the 4th day before the game). As I tried to show them, I got used to them and tried to visit them."

The coaching staff knows this, too. "Coach Moon Kyu-hyun and coach Lee Byung-kyu said, 'Don't rush it. He said, "If you do what you do in the independent league, you will have good results."

Park Chan-hyeong, a graduate of Unbuk Middle School and Baejae High School, is a right-handed, left-handed infielder. After graduating from high school, he completed his mandatory military service as an active-duty soldier in the Army and played with independent baseball teams including Yeoncheon Miracle and Hwaseong Coriyo. Under the guidance of Hwaseong Coriyo coach Shin Kyung-sik, he ranked first in RBIs with a batting average of 0.379 and 26 RBIs this season.

Park Chan-hyung, who confessed that he had wandered for six months after graduating from high school, said, "I wasn't going to do baseball, and I thought of another career path, but my father said, 'If you have to go to the military anyway, solve it quickly,' so I went." A former driver, he was motivated to play baseball by watching videos of the game in the unit. "I had regrets and regrets, so I decided to do it more," he said.

Park Chan-hyung, who trained his body through weight training in the military, took a vacation as a sergeant and joined Yeoncheon Miracle, and was discharged from the military by pouring precious vacation into exercise. Looking back on his two-year career in the independent league, he said, "My skills have improved thanks to coaches and older brothers such as Hwang Young-mook in Yeoncheon. I gained experience because coaches and coaches trusted and wrote about it in Hwaseong."

Park's name came to be known through the Studio C1 baseball entertainment program "Fireworks Baseball." After joining Fireworks Fighters through a tryout, Park was praised for his good defense. "Although it was a short time, I learned a lot from Kim Sung-keun, coach Lee Kwang-gil and other seniors. It was an opportunity for me to feel that I have grown further," he said.

While playing "Fireworks," Park received top-notch mentoring, which is hard to buy even with money. "I learned a lot of infield defense steps, footwork, and handling from (Kim) Jae-ho. They gave me a lot of advice and gave me feedback as it was similar to (Jung) Sung-hoon or (Park) Yong-taek's styles." Lee Dae-ho, who is on permanent absence from Lotte, reportedly awakened him by telling him, "Lotte is treating him well."

Park Chan-hyung explained about himself, "I can play all positions in the infield, and I have strong shoulders. I have good contact in batting and I am confident that I will not strike out." "Bunt has been doing it a lot since he was young, so he has good ability to carry out operations," he said. "In defense, there is an urgent aspect when catching a ball, and we need to increase our power in hitting," he said, adding that he complements the situation.

What kind of player does Park Chan-hyeong want to remain as a Lotte player? "I hope he will be remembered as a persistent player who is passionately and gritty at the baseball stadium."