Kim Sun-bin, MVP, a small giant in "10 balls with all his might."

2024.10.29. AM 00:17
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The MVP of the Korean Series was Kim Sun-bin, who led the championship with a batting average of nearly 60%.

Both offense and defense played a leading role throughout the series, breaking down Samsung ace Won Tae-in with a 10-pitch game.

I'm continuously reporter Yang Si-chang.

[Reporter]
With two strikes, Kim Sun-bin keeps turning his bat and hitting Won Tae-in's ball.

After a game of up to 10 pitches, he makes a double that hits the fence.

One of the highlights of this series, a scene that implies Kim Sun-bin's performance.

It was an at-bat that brought about more than a long shot effect, breaking down the psychology by sharply increasing the number of pitches of the opposing pitcher.

[Kim Sun-bin / KIA infielder: I think it was hard for Won Tae-in because he hit aggressively, but it was a bit off and he fouled a lot]

Kim Sun-bin's batting average in the five games of the Korean Series is a whopping 5.88 percent.

He hit hard with 10 hits in 17 at-bats, and he also scored four long balls, including three doubles and one triple.

He initially led the attack of the lower lineup in the 6th batting order, but from Game 4 without Choi Hyung-woo, he came up to the 2nd batting order and played the role of the spearhead and troubleshooter of the attack.

It is also Kim Sun-bin's hidden contribution that he has firmly taken the center of the infield by breaking the opponent's offensive flow at every crisis in defense.

In 2009, he was eliminated from the Korean Series entry,

In the 2017 Korean Series, he played with a batting average of 357, but overcame the pain of not getting a single vote in the MVP vote,

This year, he won the MVP award by beating his friend Kim Tae-gun, who is the same age, and tasted the greatest joy of his career.

[Kim Sun-bin / KIA infielder: There was a lot of prejudice that short players can't do, but I'm so happy that I broke that prejudice while I've been a professional. [I think the thing that broke that prejudice is that we won MVP today]

Kim Sun-bin, the 'little giant' who is a representative KIA one-club man, is now forever in KIA history.

It's YTN Yang Si-chang.

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: Kwak Young-joo
Edit Video: Byun Ji-young



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