First of all, professional baseball is one of the most popular sports in Korea.In Korea, there are professional leagues such as baseball, basketball, volleyball, and soccer. Among them, baseball is a national sport and has a weak base (i.e., schools in elementary, middle, and high schools).However, even in this structure, he produced outstanding players, advanced to major leagues or Japanese professional leagues, and played well with good performance. As a representative example, Park Chan-ho (Major League) in the 1990s and Lee Seung-yeop (Yomiuri Giant) in the 2000s have achieved great results in the Japanese league.In March this year, the WBC was humiliated by failing to qualify due to disastrous results, but it is a country that has always achieved excellent results at the Beijing Olympics and international competitions.However, not long ago, I found gloomy news like a negative cartel. The situation is that the head of a traditional strong team called the Kia Tigers will pay a large amount of money to a player who becomes a free agent, so he is asked to take care of the money negatively. In Korea, it is unbelievable that the team leader did this.Furthermore, Jang Jung-seok is the father of another professional baseball team player named Jang Jae-young. The player is a fast-ball power feature that was also coveted in the Major League and is currently a member of the Korean professional baseball team.
Jang has resigned from the team, but the club has decided to dismiss him.
In fact, Korea had many problems with school sports such as soccer as well as baseball.Until recently, amateur coaches and coaches were sentenced to prison or dismissed due to various forms (demanding money or asking for interests) of parents to send them to universities or professional leagues.
In a sport loved and enthusiastic by the whole country, we have to play fair according to our skills
If the school ties, delays, and interests of coaches and officials who lead and guide the team on the field dominate the sport, it is worth being punished or expelled for exercising hard, having a goal, and being passionate about youth and spirit.
Of course, Lee Sa-tae is a problem for those who asked for back money, and the player who filed a complaint with the association should also take careful action. The reason is that it will be a dilemma for the entire league, as well as the management team, players and associations, as it happened ahead of the opening of professional baseball on April 1. In order for the player to be justified himself, he had to sign a free agent contract with another team a long time later to report and inform it
I don’t think the action was appropriate.The background of the birth of Korean professional baseball was national policy and an excuse for the people, which would undermine the sacrifices of those who returned home from playing as Korean in other countries’ leagues.Currently, South Korea is preparing players who play in the U.S. Major League (Kim Ha-sung, Choi Ji-man, and Bae Ji-hwan) and excellent players to go to the Major League from the lower minor leagues.In addition, Lee Jung-hoo, the best hitter in Korea, is mentioned as a talent who will go straight to the U.S. Major League next year.And after the disastrous fall of the preliminary round after the WBC, it wasn’t a good look for a war of words with a senior and junior baseball player. Korean professional baseball will become a truly popular sport only when the right and mature league, club management, and players’ behavior stand properly.
Sophia Kim
US ASIA JOURNAL
