“I’m afraid the players will be uncomfortable.”

The ‘national hitter’ lifted the bat. The difference is that it is for fungo, not for batting, and that it hits an infield grounder rather than a home run. Since I changed my status from a player to a manager, the change is natural먹튀검증. Still, it’s not often that you see a manager holding a bat and playing fungo. He made some mistakes, but he changed his batted ball rotation and helped me practice my defense pretty accurately and quickly.

Doosan coach Lee Seung-yeop does not hesitate to make contact with the players like a young commander. He said, “If I don’t talk to you first, aren’t the players awkward? When our eyes meet, we talk. In a good way, I usually talk about things that can cheer up. It’s only been 10 days since spring camp started, so everything (for the players) looks good (yet),” he laughed.

Mercury soared to 35 degrees Celsius at the Blacktown International Baseball Center in Australia on the 11th. Australia’s summer without wind and clouds is hot enough to sweat even standing still. I asked coach Lee, who entered the stadium cafeteria to change his undershirt, if he had any plans to play fungo. It was because it reminded me of helping hitters such as Jeong Su-bin and Kim Jae-hwan the day before with their long tees (batting training to send a tossed ball far into the outfield).

Coach Lee waved his hand, saying, “If you play fungo, the players will feel uncomfortable.” Pungo also requires skill, so coaches who haven’t hit often should do individual training. He was worried that it would interfere with training for Lee, who had no leadership experience.

Less than five minutes later, I saw Lee with a fungo bat. In the morning of this day, infield defense training was intensively conducted, coaches Cho Seong-hwan and Kim Joo-chan hit fungos from both sides. Coach Lee sent batting balls to the first and second basemen in place of Coach Kim. The rhythm was fast, and the players sent a lot of balls that were difficult to handle unless they ran one more step. He made a mistake or two hitting the bottom due to his habit of pressing the ball, but generally made good batting balls.

If there is a catcher who makes a mistake, he repeats it until he succeeds, and when a diving catch comes out, he applauds, creating a refreshing atmosphere that makes you forget about the sweltering heat. Coach Lee explained why he held the bat, saying, “The players are working so hard, so I wanted to cheer them up.”

When asked to challenge catcher fly training, he chuckled, saying, “I can’t do it.” He said, “I can’t catch catcher fly and outfield fungo,” but he didn’t hate it. Doosan’s spring camp theme, which pursues strength in softness, seems to have inherited director Lee’s tendency.