"I love you, Lotte fans"…An Kwon-soo's home farewell exhibition, which has deepened for a year, is a sea of tears 

"I love you, Lotte fans"…An Kwon-soo's home farewell exhibition, which has deepened for a year, is a sea of tears 



Lotte won 14-3 in the final home game of this season against the Doosan Bears at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 11th. Starting pitcher Park Se-woong allowed three runs in six innings and Kim Min-seok's record of 100 hits as a high school graduate for the first time in the Lotte club, which ended well in the final home game. They won in front of 9,940 homestamers.


But I wasn't as happy that day. It was a home farewell match for Ahn Kwon-soo (30), a Korean-Japanese outfielder who spent a year with Lotte this year after being released by Doosan last year.


Ahn Kwon-soo, a third generation Korean resident in Japan, was born and raised in Japan and is a prestigious Wase in JapanAfter graduating from university, he continued his career in the Japanese independent league. Then, he participated in the 2019 tryout to play baseball in his grandfather's home country and started his career in Korea after being selected 99th overall in the 10th round of the 2nd 2020 Rookie Draft.


However, the gateway to the military service law remained for Ahn Kwon-soo, a Korean-Japanese resident. In order to continue commercial activities such as professional players in Korea, military issues had to be implemented. There was not much time left, and Doosan released Ahn Kwon-soo last year.


Lotte, however, had a different idea. According to Lotte's calculation, there was a year left for Ahn Kwon-soo. Lotte suggested that Ahn spend the last year together, and Ahn, who was uncertain whether he would go back to Japan and continue his baseball career, decided to burn down another year at Lotte so as not to leave any lingering feelings.


Ahn was an indispensable boost to Lotte's run in April. In April, he played a significant role as an offensive spearhead with a batting average of .318, 27 hits in 85 at-bats, two homers, 12 RBIs, 10 runs and an OPS of .815.


Ahn Kwon-soo said, "Looking at the players' skills during the spring camp, I thought I would be able to advance to the postseason as well as win, but there were many injured players and I was also injured. I feel sorry a lot," he explained. He was also included in the preliminary roster for the Hangzhou Asian Games team. If he was given military service exemption for the Asian Games gold medal, it could open the way for him to continue his career without restrictions on the military service law while choosing Korean nationality. 바카라


But the sweetness of April did not continue. The elbow bone fragment issue caused pain and made it difficult to perform normally. Eventually, he left the lineup after undergoing surgery to remove bone fragments in his elbow during the season. With Ahn Kwon-soo's injury, Lotte lost power, and after repeated falls, the fall baseball fell.


Ahn Kwon-soo said, "Looking at the players' skills during the spring camp, I thought I would be able to advance to the postseason as well as win, but there were many injured players and I was also injured. "I feel sorry," he said, expressing his feelings ahead of the home farewell match.



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