Coach Lee Seung-yeop, who has the virtue of 'a new record of 11 consecutive wins', is confident that he can become stronger...And trust in Kim Jaehwan.

I wonder if he is a first-year coach. With 11 consecutive wins, he wrote a new page in the history of a team with the launch of professional baseball. If he wins one more game, he will also break the record for the most consecutive wins by novice coaches in professional baseball history.

The Doosan Bears, led by head coach Lee Seung-yeop (47), won 8-5 in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League home game against the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 25th.

With 11 consecutive wins, he set the record for the most consecutive wins in 5,284 games. Previously, the most wins were 10 consecutive games under former head coach Kim In-sik in 2000 and former head coach Kim Tae-hyung in 2018. Furthermore, as the first-year manager of the KBO League, he was on par with former Lotte manager Jerry Royster in 2008.

Coincidentally, the lead LG Twins and the second-place SSG Landers lost side by side, narrowing the gap to 4.5 games and three games, respectively. Now even the real leap to the lead is within sight.

It won all games in July. He finished the first half with nine consecutive wins, but won with the start of the second half, and later achieved 11 consecutive wins without losing the flow even after two games and three days of rest due to rain cancellation.

Lee Seung-yeop's 'Baseball of Faith', Doosan Bears' new history opened
Most of the players raised their condition, but Kim Jae-hwan (35) and Yang Seok-hwan (32), who have been in charge of the center lineup for years, were not in good condition. The two slowed down to a batting average of 0.200 and 0.244, respectively.

Nevertheless, coach Lee placed the two in No. 3 and No. 5, respectively. In particular, he expressed his faith in Kim Jae-hwan before the game. "(There is no reason to deploy the batting line.) I don't think (Kim) Jae-hwan is that bad," he said. "It's a little bit rising, and Kim Jae-hwan can go out with a walk." "It wasn't that bad against Na Kyun-an," he said.

Brandon Waddell defended the mound well with nine strikeouts and no runs in five innings, and the players who had been sluggish in the batting lineup stood out. In particular, as head coach Lee said, Kim Jae-hwan, who walked out with a walk in the first inning, hit a superior two-run home run by Na Kyun-an's 129km per hour splitter at second base with one out in the bottom of the third inning with his team leading 1-0. It was the eighth home run of the season and the first cannon in eight games on the 21st since the Samsung Lions match on the 4th.

He also hit a hit in the fifth inning and made a multi-hit in about a month after the match against SSG on the 21st of last month, setting the stage for a rebound.

Yang Eui-ji, the core of the lineup, remained silent with no hits in four at-bats, but it was no problem. Yang Seok-hwan, who was placed in No. 5, also played an active role. Having earned walks in the second and third innings in a row, he hit a single to the left in the fifth inning with one out and runners on first and second base. Due to the left fielder's catch error, two runners dug home leisurely, and Yang Seok-hwan also reached third base.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, when he lost two runs, he hit Kim Jin-wook's 144km/h fastball in the absence of a runner with one out and drew an arch to the left. The 14th home run of the season with a distance of 120 meters. It became a wedge point, and even after giving up three more points in the top of the ninth inning, it gave him the leeway to win.

Lee Seung-yeop, who received a bouquet of flowers after the game, greeted the crowd after receiving water from the players. Coach Lee Seung-yeop, who met with reporters a long time later, said, "After the game, I realized that it was the first 11 consecutive wins for the Doosan Bears on the electronic display. "I felt good because I thought I really won 11 consecutive games when I was high-fiving with the players," he said.

"It's been less than a year since I've been a coach," he said when he said, "I've been on par with the team's leading masters." I dare not say that I am on par with my seniors. "It's still not enough," he said. "I think it's time to get better little by little." There was a difficult time at first. The secret to getting to know and improve the players little by little as they stabilized seems to have been able to come so far. "Thanks to the players' good work," he said.

Although he is a novice coach, the main evaluation is that he does not seem like a novice coach at all. "All evaluations should be taken after the end of the season," he said. There are still about 60 more games left. We don't know what's going to happen tomorrow, he said. "But we're not satisfied with this and we'll focus more and keep our pace." "All evaluations are requested after the end of the season," he said cautiously.

However, he admitted that the team has become stronger recently. Until last month, the fielders were sluggish, but now they are alive. "(Tomorrow) I hope Kwak Bin will throw comfortably thinking that he can give up one or two points," he said adding, "The starting lineup has a structure with Brandon Waddell joining." "The mound gained strength by sending Choi Seung-yong back," he said.

Doosan becomes stronger," the premise is "Kim Jae-hwan again Kim Jae-hwan."
Kim Jae-hwan was picked by the batters. Coach Lee Seung-yeop, who has cited Kim Jae-hwan's revival as the key to the rebound since his appointment. He paid a lot of attention to help Kim Jae-hwan, the same left-handed slugger, survive, but he has shown disappointing results. However, I couldn't help but be proud of my student who gave me a meaningful gift with a decisive shot that day.

Coach Lee said, "Kim Jae-hwan is originally a player who can hit home runs and hit hits. We need to help Kim Jae-hwan show all of his abilities. Kim Jae-hwan said, "I still have a lot to show," adding, "I was sluggish in the first half, but I think it will explode in the second half." be fully capable. If Jose Rojas continues his performance as the last in the first half, our team will be stronger. "I hope the opponent will show his original appearance so that he can skip Kim Jae-hwan and face Yang Eui-ji."

Furthermore, he also expressed confidence that Doosan could become stronger. The premise was Kim Jae-hwan. Coach Lee said, "If Kim Jae-hwan hits a good ball in a good scene like today, it will be a very explosive central batting line," adding, "Jung Soo-bin is playing so well that I will trust Kim Jae-hwan."

Players cited Lee Seung-yeop's "baseball of faith" as the driving force behind his 11th consecutive win, but his thoughts were different. "There are times when you win consecutive games and lose consecutive games during the season. "If the team loses in a row, the slump will be prolonged, but I think the secret to doing well so far is to save the players and ask them to go in a good atmosphere," he said. "It will make the players exercise comfortably in the future." "I hope the atmosphere doesn't drop," he said.

How satisfied are they. Coach Lee said, "I think the goal has been achieved as an interim evaluation. At the end of this season, I'd like to hear that you've won a lot more and that you've worked really hard. I think it's too early. "I'll run a little longer," he said, expressing his honest mind, "I want to win tomorrow's game first."

Asked if he was burdened by not being selected as a candidate for the semifinals before the opening, he said, "I was rather comfortable. However, due to such evaluation, I came to think, "Let's do more." "I wanted to show that the evaluation around me was wrong," he said. "I didn't overdo it and did my best to prepare every game, and the players played a winning game." "I think my good preparation led to good results," he said.

I look forward to a day when I'm stronger now. Coach Lee Seung-yeop's Doosan raises expectations for the second half.토토