Lee Jong-beom, Son of the Wind, joins KT as coach... Expect changes at the bottom of the team's stolen base
Lee Jong-beom, Son of the Wind, joins KT as coach... Expect changes at the bottom of the team's stolen base
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Coach Lee Jong-beom, "Son of the Wind," breathes a new wind into kt wiz.
Kt, a professional baseball team, announced on the 24th, "We recruited coach Lee Jong-beom as a first-team outfield and base running coach."안전놀이터
Na Do-hyun, general manager of KT, said, "As a veteran leader, coach Lee Jong-beom will help improve the team's outfield defense and baserunning ability."
Coach Lee Jong-beom will join KT's closing camp in Wakayama, Japan, on the 25th.
KT reportedly highly evaluated coach Lee Jong-beom's ability to lead the base.
Coach Lee Jong-beom was the steal king four times when he was active, and in 1994, he managed to steal 84 bases, the most in a season.
The LG Twins, who served as a coach, also spread various operations and baserunning abilities to players.
This is why KT, which ranked the lowest in stealing 61 teams in the regular season this year, pushed for recruiting coach Lee Jong-beom after the end of the season.
KT's team steal success rate was 0.693, below the league average (0.744).
Coach Lee Jong-beom played the best for the Haitai Tigers (currently KIA) from 1993 to 1997, then joined the Junichi Dragons in the Japanese professional baseball league, returned to KIA in 2001 and continued his career until 2012.
Afterwards, he followed former coach Kim Eung-yong as a base running coach for Hanwha Eagles and then went through LG coaches and broadcast commentators.
This year, he worked as a training coach for the Texas Rangers in the U.S. and helped his son Lee Jung-hoo (San Francisco Giants) adapt to the local area.
Coach Lee Jong-beom was reunited with KT coach Lee Kang-chul when he joined the Wizards Corps.
Coach Lee Kang-chul and coach Lee Jong-beom led the team's heyday from 1993 to 1997 as the center of the Haitai dynasty's pitching and played together for KIA from 2001 to 2005.