SSG Landers' Choo Shin-soo (42) gave some heartfelt advice to the younger players who will lead Korean baseball in the future. 

Shin-soo Choo went 2-for-4 with two doubles, one home run, one RBI and one run scored as the No. 2 designated hitter against the Kiwoom Heroes in the 2024 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Sunday. SSG won 6-2 behind Choo's performance and secured their second straight victory to clinch a three-game midweek series. 

After announcing his retirement for the final time this season, Shin-Soo Choo hasn't been able to play much due to a bad shoulder. However, he has been hitting well in his last four games, pounding out nine hits. In a postgame interview, Shin-Soo Choo said, "Actually, my body is the same. It's been bad since camp, and I feel like I'm just trying to get through each day anyway. There's no way to improve much except for surgery," he said, candidly discussing his poor physical condition. 

Despite his condition, Choo Shin-soo is doing his best to help the team. SSG coach Lee Sung-yong said in a pregame interview, "I was impressed with Shin-soo's surprise bunt hit yesterday. That's the kind of baseball I talk to my team about a lot. You have to take advantage of the opponent's gaps and if you see an opening, you have to take advantage of it. In the interview, (Choi) Jung said he did it to connect with the same center fielder, so that's why he put Shin-Soo at second. When you have two strikes, you change your 토토사이트 추천 batting form. We're trying to make contact and make him throw the ball. That's the kind of baseball we need," said Choo, emphasizing that SSG needs Shin-soo's baseball. 

"It's something I did for years when I was in the States. It was also the culture in Seattle, where I first started when I was younger and switched from pitcher to hitter. The idea was to make it harder for the pitcher by changing the batting form on second strike, rather than trying to get a hit. I remember doing that in the major leagues for a couple years and having a good record," he said. 

"When you get two strikes, your chances of getting a hit obviously go down," said Shin-soo Choo, who said, "I'm not trying to get a hit, I'm trying to create an approach where I can see one more pitch from the pitcher. I'm doing this again at the end of my career," he laughed. "I make my stance bigger and wider and hold the bat a little shorter. I don't want to tell the younger players to do this, but I think it sends a message by showing them," he said, adding that he has some heartfelt advice for the younger players. 

"I think this is probably the last message I give to our younger players, to the KBO players in general, and to the players on my team in particular," said Shin-soo Choo. "I think you can't succeed in anything, not just baseball, without desperation and urgency, so in a way, what I show with my actions is a message to do that every at-bat," he said, urging them to play baseball with more urgency.