Don Kim Ha-sung, the halfway point
Don Kim Ha-sung, the halfway point, said, “I really don’t have time now…”You have to be alert”
The San Diego Padres, who finished exactly half of the 162 game season, and Kim Ha-sung, the main second baseman, urged everyone, including himself, to work harder, saying, “There is no time now.”
In an interview after losing the away game against the Pittsburgh Pirates 4–5 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the 30th (Korea Standard Time), Kim Ha-sung expressed regret over the game, saying, “Even if an individual did well, the team loses.”
Kim Ha-sung, who started as the seventh second baseman on the day, raised his season’s batting average to 0.258 with two hits (one home run) in three at-bats.
He went down to the lower lineup again, but regardless of this, he showed good performance. He hit an RBI single with a sacrifice fly in the second inning and a solo home run in the fourth inning. In the ninth inning, he was also on base, but he recorded a double. He made two points, half of the team’s four points, with his hands.
Personally, it was income that succeeded in rebounding again after no hits the previous day. He said, “I’m trying not to be happy. “I’ve been paying attention to my routine from the batting cage,” he said, explaining the secret to reducing ups and downs.
He recently used a bat he borrowed from Nelson Cruz, and this time he hit a home run using a bat he borrowed from Jake Cronenworth. “They are the same model (although the colors are different),” he said, explaining that there is no particular reason to change the bat. When asked, “Did you change Cruise’s bat because it seemed like it was exhausted?” he said, “Never.”
The game began after a 45-minute delay due to air pollution caused by forest fire smoke. The game was played under the hazy sky. “There was nothing uncomfortable,” he said, adding that these variables were not an issue.
Regarding the difficulty in handling the fly ball in the defense in the first inning, he said, “It was not because I couldn’t see the sky, but because the ball was high.” 토토사이트
With this game, San Diego played 81 games and turned exactly the halfway point. It is 37 wins and 44 losses, 11 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks, the world leader, and 8 games behind the LA Dodgers, the third-place wild card. With the defeat, he was swept three consecutive away games in Pittsburgh and fell into a swamp of five consecutive losses.
“The atmosphere of the team has gone down a lot,” he continued, adding, “The first half isn’t completely over yet, so we have to do our best until the end. It’s like I really don’t have time. No more time to say ‘okay’. We have to be alert and step up,” he said, reaffirming his determination for the remaining 81 games.
