SSG Landers ‘Captain’ Choo Shin-soo (42) prepared for the 2024 season more ambitiously than anyone else. He decided to retire after this season and dreamed of ‘The Last Dance’.

However, his injury demons came from the first game of the regular season.

He injured his finger in the game against the Incheon Lotte Giants on March 23, the opening game of this year’s regular season. He walked out to a ball that hit his body, stole second base, and was trying to steal third base when he was hit on the finger by a check ball thrown by Lotte pitcher Aaron Wilkerson.

The hospital examination results showed a right ring finger incontinence, so he was excluded from the first-team roster.

After recovering and rehabilitating, Choo Shin-soo returned to the first-team on April 11, but less than a month later, he encountered another injury crisis

. After feeling pain in his right shoulder during the game against the NC Dinos in Incheon on May 4, Choo Shin-soo was excluded from the first-team roster on the 7th of the same month and was diagnosed with a right rotator cuff injury (the tendon that surrounds the shoulder). 메이저사이트

Choo Shin-soo, who entered rehabilitating again, returned to the first-team roster a month later on June 7th. When he was injured in the opening game, Choo confessed, “I love baseball, but it makes it hard until the end. I think baseball is about pretending to give everything but not giving it to you,” and suffered a lot of mental anguish after suffering two injuries. Choo Shin-soo said, “I’ve been injured a lot during the 20 years I’ve been playing in the U.S. I counted and had seven surgeries. He said, “I really couldn’t get hurt anywhere, and if you just add up the rehabilitation period, it would be three years,” and confessed, “I overcame the injury to get here, but I got injured again in the year that I announced as my last season. It was hard to accept the reality.” He continued, “Some people say that injuries are also a skill, but it was really frustrating. When I got injured in my shoulder, which I had never had a problem with while playing baseball, I even wondered, ‘Why is this happening to me at the end?’” and “I got tired because I kept getting hurt while playing.” Choo Shin-soo, who had been out for a long time due to an injury, had a hard time raising his batting sense. However, since his recent return from his shoulder injury, he has gradually come to life. Since his shoulder injury, Choo Shin-soo has played in 19 games with a batting average of 0.339 (21 hits in 62 at-bats), 2 home runs, 9 RBIs, and an OPS of 0.930. In particular, in the game against KT Wiz on the 26th, he showed off his batting skills with 3 hits, 1 RBI, and 2 runs in 5 at-bats, including a double. Choo Shin-soo said, “I feel like I’ve just finished spring camp and just started the season because I was out with an injury,” and “I’ve been up and down recently, so it’s hard to say that I’ve gotten my batting feeling back.” However, he said that he had some hits he liked in the game against KT on the 26th, saying, “Home runs and hits are good, but I think it’s okay when I do it the way I want to at the plate,” and “I had one at-bat that I liked out of the 5 at-bats I had on the 26th. I was also satisfied with the home run I hit against Moon Dong-joo in the game against Hanwha Eagles on the 14th.” Choo Shin-soo, who was born on July 13, 1982, will be 42 years and 8 days old on July 21 this year. If he plays in another game, he will set a new KBO League record for oldest appearance by a batter, held by Felix Jose. Also, if he hits a hit or a home run, he will set a new record for the oldest home run and hit. However, Choo Shin-soo is no longer concerned about his personal records. Since he has been away for a long time, he plans to focus only on the team’s victory without injury during the remaining time until retirement. Choo Shin-soo said, “I have not played many games due to my injury. I have almost put aside my personal performance,” and emphasized, “I had a hard time preparing for a season with my juniors. I will only think about how to help the team win every day. As the time I have been out due to injury has increased, my desire to help has grown even stronger.” He said, “The most important thing is not to be left out of the entry list again. I will make sure not to get injured,” and “Guillermo Heredia and Choi Jeong are showing good batting sense, so I will focus on getting on base. I will try to play a supporting role rather than a leading role.” 토토사이트