"I lost 7-8kg." Korean baseball's synonym for weight loss became slimmer. "I don't like salad, but I ate a lot."
"I lost 7-8kg." Korean baseball's synonym for weight loss became slimmer. "I don't like salad, but I ate a lot."
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Kim Beom-seok (20), a big shot of the LG Twins in the professional baseball league, is successfully on a diet. "I lost 7-8 kilograms from last month," Kim said.
LG's "2024 Love Giving Day" event took place at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Wednesday. It is a charity event where fans and players of LG have participated together since 2017. It is also the last official event where players meet with fans after finishing a season.메이저사이트
The event, which started at noon, concluded at 7 p.m. with fan signings. The players communicated with the fans through recreation, talk concerts, and fan signings.
During the talk concert, Kim was asked a question by a fan. When asked if there was a player who would run faster than him, Kim replied with a smile, saying, "I think he would run faster than Kim Jin-seong." He pointed out Kim Jin-seong (39), the oldest pitcher in his team.
The host encouraged him to run only about 10 meters. When Kim Jin-seong was embarrassed, Kim Bum-seok said, "If you don't take the challenge, I'll just lose," and Kim smiled and refused.
Kim said, "Last time, I lost to Park Hae-min in Daegu with three shots. I ran in front and lost. I will try again next year."
Park Hae-min, who has won four stolen base titles in his career, kept tilting his head, saying, "My mouth will hurt if I say it," at Kim Bum-seok's words. "It's kind of hard to think that he would beat me with that body...Well, the challenge is open 365 days, 24 hours a day, so I'll go out and run even if I call you in my sleep," he replied humorously.
Later, when the host said he became thinner toward Kim, he said, "I'm heading for the better. I lost 7-8 kilograms compared to last month." He said, "I don't like salad, but I ate a lot this time. I think I'm losing some weight because I'm controlling my diet for dinner."
When asked about the maximum amount of food he can eat, Kim replied, "The maximum is two hamburger sets and three bags of ramen. I like chicken, so I can eat up to two."
Kim joined the team after being drafted by LG in the first round of the 2023 Rookie Draft. As a catcher, he was considered a promising player due to his slugging capability and accuracy. At the time of the draft, Cha Myung-seok, LG's general manager, drew attention when he praised his proper noun, "Kim Beom-seok, has the ability to become a byword for Korean baseball."
In his first year in the 2023 season, Kim gained professional experience in the Futures League. He made his debut as a call-up for the first team in June, and made his return to the first team in October at the end of this season. He had a batting average of 111,010 (three hits in 27 at-bats) and one homerun and four RBIs in 10 games for the first team. He hit his first homer ever since his debut at Jamsil Stadium. Since then, Yeom has included Kim in the Korean Series entry to nurture future promising players and recorded one hit in one at-bats.
In his second year since debut, Kim returned to Korea midway through the spring camp in February this year due to an injury to his abdominal muscles. Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop tried to raise his main catcher Park Dong-won as his second catcher, but failed to lose weight and was injured.
After rehabilitation, Kim came to the first team in mid-April and showed strong batting performance. He played in 12 games in April and posted a batting average of 361 (or 13 hits in 36 times at bat), two homers and 12 RBIs. Commentators from the legend praised Kim's "genius batting talent." He performed well with a batting average of 283, five homers and 22 RBIs in 43 games in the first half, but showed poor performance with a batting average of 119, one homer and two RBIs in 27 games in the second half. He posted a batting average of 241, six homers and 24 RBIs in 70 games, with an OPS of .683.
Kim Bum-suk was eliminated from the semi-playoff entry as he did not get many chances to play at the end of the season. He was included in the entry as a substitute agent in the playoffs, but ended up with no hits in two at-bats and two strikeouts. He is focusing on losing weight by exercising and controlling his diet in the education league and closing camp.