Because Choo Shin-soo is an uncle from his mother's side?SSG 2nd Division Coach Park Jung-tae Challenges Carefully Amid Noise
Because Choo Shin-soo is an uncle from his mother's side?SSG 2nd Division Coach Park Jung-tae Challenges Carefully Amid Noise
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Former Lotte Giants commentator Park Jung-tae (56), a legendary player of the Lotte Giants, is starting his third baseball life in Incheon, not Busan. Overcoming various controversies, he is preparing for a challenge that may be his last.
Park was recently appointed as the manager of the SSG's second division. The team had an interview with the team, and SSG officially announced the appointment on Dec. 31 last year.먹튀검증
SSG, which managed the second division under Sohn Si-heon in the 2024 season, had its second division coach vacant after the season when Sohn changed his position to the first division defensive coach. Park took over the baton.
Many say Park's appointment is unexpected. This is because he had no contact with SSG before.
As many baseball fans know, he is a former Lotte Giants legend.
Retired after the 2004 season, he began his leadership career as a coach for a minor league team under the Oakland Athletics in the Major League Baseball (MLB) in 2005.
From 2007 to 2012, he returned to his hometown of Lotte to serve as a hitting coach and second division coach. Since then, he has been listed as a coach for Lotte and NC Dinos, but failed to move to a higher level.
Park, who left Lotte in 2012, has been engaged in youth training and guidance for about a decade. This year, he worked as a commentator for MBC in Busan.
As he had no relationship with Incheon baseball and 12 years after leaving the field, chances were slim that he would return to the field. However, he became involved with SSG despite his unexpected decision, and will go to work at SSG Futures Field in Ganghwa County, Incheon as early as this weekend.
The club said it focused on Park's nurturing philosophy and capabilities, including △ suggestion of fostering solutions for each player △ introduction of a culture of determination and perseverance. However, external views are not very positive. It is because of various controversies surrounding the coach.
Coach Park is an uncle of Choo's mother. After 16 years of MLB career, Choo joined the club as a founding member in 2021 and played for four seasons, and decided to serve as an assistant to owner Chung Yong-jin starting this year.
There are suspicions that Choo Shin-soo's breath may have played a role in the appointment of coach Park shortly afterwards. The club has expressed its position that it is not at all, but the view inside and outside the baseball world is cold.
Another controversy is his past drunk driving history. In January 2019, Park got into an argument with a city bus driver who asked him to move his car while he was waiting for a chauffeur while parked on the road under the influence of alcohol. He was behind the wheel of the bus and even obstructed his driving.
At that time, there was no KBO-level disciplinary action because he was a "wild man," but the majority opinion was that it was not easy to return as a leader.
The SSG club explains that coach Park appreciated his steady public interest activities in an attitude of reflection after the incident, but criticism continues as to whether he should have appointed a controversial figure.
Lotte coach Park Jung-tae appears as the presenter of the 2011 Golden Glove Awards held at SETEC in Daechi-dong, Seoul on the afternoon of the 11th, recreating his batting form when he was active.
Despite various controversies, the person in charge is determined to concentrate on his work, rejecting requests from multiple media outlets for interviews. The move is interpreted as an attempt to control controversy with his or her capacity.
As there are no procedural defects other than moral issues, Park will start working at SSG as scheduled. Given his career and age, it is highly likely that he will be the last challenge in his baseball career.
In a situation where expectations and concerns coexist, in order to change one's image, one must first produce results. In addition, it is necessary to have an attitude to satisfy higher morality than before.