In the first half of the first half of the home run Diaz, All -Star home run Derby 3 crown
The overwhelming home run race in the first half continued in the All -Star home run Derby. Lewin Diaz (Samsung Lions) has been in the ‘home run king’. He swept all three awards with home run Derby. It was the result of the first place in the first half (29).
Diaz won the 2025 KBO League All -Star Baseball Home Run Derby at the Hanwha Life Ball Park on the 11th, as well as the longest and most home run award. Diaz, who won 11 home runs in the qualifying round, beat Park Dong -won (9 LG Twins, 9 qualifiers and 7 finals) with eight home runs. Samsung won the home run Derby for the first time since Lee Seung -yeop (retirement) in 2013.
Diaz received a trophy, a prize of 5 million won, and a Galaxy S25 Ultra due to the injuries of home run Derby. The longest distance (135.7m) injuries were LG Stan Bimi. The most home run injury was worth 1 million won. It was said that it was the 2025 All -Star home run Derby by Diaz, Diaz.
The home run Derby included Diaz, Park Dong -won, Song Sung -moon, Lee Ju -hyung (Kiwoom Heroes), Moon Hyun -bin (Hanwha Eagles), Ahn Hyun -min (KT Wiz), and Kim Hyung -jun (NC Dinos). Originally, Choi Jung (SSG Randers), the No. 1 home run in the league, was also expected to participate, but the hamstring status was not good, so he expressed his intention to participate before the start.
This year’s home run Derby was carried out by combining part -time and out -based parts. In the qualifiers, two minutes and two outs and the finals were hit for two and three outs. In the qualifiers, Diaz (11) and Park Dong -won (9) were followed by Song Sung -moon (7), Lee Joo -hyung, Moon Hyun -bin (6), Kim Hyung -jun, and Ahn Hyun -min (more than 4). Diaz and Park Dong -won, the first and second qualifiers, scored the finals. The runner -up Park Dong -won received a prize of 1 million won.
Meanwhile, in the previous Futures All-Star Game, the Northern League All-Star defeated the southern league All-Star 4-2. Son Yong -joon (LG), a four -at -bat, and one goal, was selected as the best player award (MVP). The prize money is 2 million won. Son Yong -joon said, “I will give my parents a MVP prize.”
Park Jae -hyun (KIA Tigers) was awarded to the best performance award (1 million won) awarded to a player who performed an impressive ceremony. Park Jae -hyun laughed at the fans by dancing in a monkey costume in line with the nickname ‘Kiki’ (monkey). SSji outfielder Lee Seung -min stood at the plate with his father, Lee Byung -kyu, LG, in the first at -bat. Lee Byung -kyu reenacted the scene that he kissed Lee Seung -min’s ball at the 2005 Golden Gloves Awards. Lee Seung -min, in the Futures All -Star Game last year, took care of his father’s nickname ‘Red Toma’ and dressed up on the ground and started the ground.
By Kim Yang -hee, reporter whizzer4@hani.co.kr
