Acting Lee Jong-woon, Who Took the Baton for the First Time in 8 Years, "We are All Responsible"
Head coach Lee Jong-woon will lead the rest of the season for the Lotte Giants, whose head coach Larry Sutton voluntarily resigned on the 28th due to health problems.
In 2015, Acting Lee had the experience of directing the team as Lotte manager, although it was only one season.
Afterwards, while working as SK Wyverns (now SSG Landers) 2nd team coach, he was recognized for his ability to nurture young players and was appointed Lotte 2nd team coach ahead of this season and returned to his parental home. 바카라사이트
Acting Lee was instructing the 2nd team after the season opened, but when a 'rebellion wave' broke out in the 1st team coaching staff at the end of June, he replaced the existing coach Park Heung-shik and became the new head coach.
Coach Park, who was both head coach and hitting coach, conveyed to the club that he wanted to concentrate on being a hitting coach, and Acting Lee, who even held the position of manager, was chosen as his successor.
When Sutton was absent twice on the 17th and 27th due to symptoms of dizziness and body aches, Lee, who briefly took over the baton, now has to lead the team for the remaining 36 games of the 2023 season.
By ironic fate, he took the baton of Lotte again after 8 years.
Acting Lee said in a phone call, "I'm really embarrassed.
(Sutton) I think everyone, including the coaching staff and the players, is responsible for the coach leaving like that." Currently, Lotte is 7th
with a 0.463 win rate and 50 wins and 58 losses in 108 games.
The gap of 5 games has widened, but it is too early to completely abandon the hope of advancing to the postseason.
Acting Lee said, "For the rest of the season, we will focus on keeping what we've been doing rather than aiming for fall baseball.
I think the results will follow after that."
Acting Lee will sit in the manager’s seat starting with the Hanwha Eagles game to be held at Daejeon Hanwha Life Insurance Eagles Park on the 29th.
The urgent task is to break the current seven-game losing streak and change the team atmosphere.
Ranking competition is the next thing to aim for.