The number that has been changed to the last greeting, asks for its meaning (Kim Yang -hee’s delicious baseball)
A player who has been retired for several months has increased his record. It is also an official business trip. The day decorated for goodbye has changed a line of statistics. It may be only one game. However, if you know the weight, you have no choice but to look around.
Jamsil Baseball Stadium on July 6th. Doosan Bears ‘One Club Man’ Kim Jae -ho’s official retirement ceremony was held. He took off his uniform at the end of the 2025 season, but he was registered as a special entry in Katie (KT) Wiz on the retirement ceremony on the retirement ceremony. During the first defense, he said goodbye to the ground by replacing Park Jun -soon, an active duty.
Just before the retirement ceremony, Kim Jae -ho’s total records were 1793 games, batting 0.272, 1235 hits, 54 homers and 600 RBIs. Doosan’s most business trips and shortstops, the highest hits, RBIs, and home runs were also up to his job. But after the retirement, the number changed. 1793 games have become 1794 games. It was only on the retirement commemorative stage, and the number of business trips was recognized as an official record.
Kim Kang -min and Park Kyung -soo, who retired this year, were also registered as a special entry and became the same ‘+1 game’. In the case of Kim Kang -min, it was recognized as a business trip, but the oldest business trip record was not recognized.
Park Yong -taek, the current KBS N commentator, was no exception. He retired in 2020, leaving the highest number of business trips (2236 games), but the official retirement was delayed to Corona 19 and reached 2022. Also, ‘one game’ was added, and the record record was corrected with 2237 games. The number that was the standard when Kang Min -ho (Samsung Lions) broke the record of Park Yong -taek’s commentator was also ‘2237’.
On the contrary, Lee Seung -yeop, former director of Doosan Bears and Lee Dae -ho, did not have a ‘+1 game’ for the time difference immediately in the last game of retirement. Not to mention the players who have stepped back without retirement. Only the ‘real’ game remained as a record. Even if it’s a single game, there’s a difference in front of the record.
Article 14 of the KBO Regulations is in paragraph 6 of the players. ‘If you want to register for a retirement game, you can register it in excess of the garden.’ There is a strange situation that is not included in the number of registered days but included in the number of games. The details of the regulations are a pity.
Even now, the second -team players are sweating to stand in a single stage. One game is not just a number, but a condensed weight of sweat, time and player life. The ‘Plus 1 match’ with the retirement ceremony may seem like a story, but it is a clear exception in front of the history and value of the record. Memorial and records are separate areas. If you lower the threshold of statistics for a beautiful farewell, even the fairness that the record has been shaken is shaken. In order to get rid of the confusion and confusion of the stuffed records forever, it is necessary to take off the uniform and the rules for the retirement ceremony.
The record is the footprint of the player and the memory of the fans. Change the value of a step, don’t forget the weight.
By Kim Yang -hee, reporter whizzer4@hani.co.kr
