‘Red Tomato Colt’ Lee Seung-min Becomes SSG

‘Red Toma’ son, ‘Red Tomato Colt’ Lee Seung-min becomes SSG… “I love you dad”

Lee Byeong-gyu, son of Samsung head coach... Received SSG nomination in the 2nd round and entered the professional stage

Among the jokes that spread throughout the baseball world, there is a saying that “Coach Lee Jong-beom is wrong for not having 9 sons.”

This is the story of Lee Jung-hoo (Kiwoom Heroes), who established himself as the best player in the league by adding his 카지노 own efforts to the talent he inherited from his father, and is the 'only son' of LG Twins coach Jong-beom Lee.

Like their story, the 'second generation baseball player' who received the most attention in the 2024 season KBO rookie draft held at the Westin Chosun Seoul in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 14th was outfielder Seung-min Lee (Whimoon High School), the son of Samsung Lions head coach Byeong-gyu Lee.

Like coach Jong-beom Lee, coach Byeong-gyu Lee also used his performance in the KBO League as a stepping stone to enter the Japanese professional baseball league and played for the Chunichi Dragons.

Among the 'baseball heroes' who experienced the KBO League and Japanese professional baseball, another child has played in the KBO League for generations.

Seungmin Lee, who plays center field like his father, was selected by SSG Landers as the 20th overall pick in the second round.

Lee Seung-min, who posted a batting average of 0.328, 1 home run, and 16 RBIs in high school baseball this year, is evaluated as taking after his father by showing accurate hitting and exciting base running ability.

Seungmin Lee said, “I am grateful to have been nominated to a good team.

My goal was to go to a team that needed me and become a player they needed.

“I want to realize my dreams to the fullest at SSG,” he said.

He continued, “I’m really grateful to my dad, who was the reason I started playing baseball.

“We are in different (clubs), but our hearts are always in the same place, so I love you,” he expressed his affection.

His father, coach Lee Byeong-gyu, could not come to the draft that day because of preparation for the game.

Seung-min Lee said, “I was so nervous yesterday that I couldn’t sleep, but my father.

I got a call late at night.

“We talked on the phone for an extremely long time,” he said, laughing.

“My father said, ‘It’s already decided, so don’t be nervous and enjoy it,’ so I lay down, but I couldn’t sleep until 4 a.m.”

Coach Lee Byeong-gyu’s nickname during his active years was ‘Red Toma.’

Lee Jong-beom, the ‘Son of the Wind.

Just as the coach's son, Lee Jeong-hoo, became the 'Grandson of the Wind,' Lee Seung-min's nickname naturally became 'Red Clay Colt.'

Lee Seung-min said, "I am satisfied with the nickname," and said, "I will work hard to show up right away starting next season."