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# Pitching coach who has been a manager and general manager Hanwha's Yang Sang-moon "I will forget the past"

"We need to bring out the potential of young pitchers but we shouldn't rush it"
50-year relationship with Director Kim Kyung-moon… Reunion with Ryu Hyun-jin missed during Lotte manager days

Coach Yang Sang-moon talking with the coaching staff

Former manager Yang Sang-moon is erasing his long career as a coach and starting anew as a coach for the Hanwha Eagles professional baseball team[.](https://www.totoblog.xyz
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Former manager Yang Sang-moon, who served as the manager of the Lotte Giants (2004, 2005, 2019) and LG Twins (2014-2017), was appointed as Hanwha's pitching coach on the 5th.

He served as the LG general manager in 2018, and managed 879 regular season games, recording 398 wins, 459 losses, and 22 draws (win percentage of 0.464).

In a phone call with Yonhap News Agency on the same day, the new coach Yang said, "I will forget everything I did in the past," and "I will do my best in this area so that Manager Kim Kyung-moon can have confidence in the pitching department[.](https://baccaratsite.xyz/2023/10/son-heung-min-could-win-epl-player-of-the-month-for-september-goal-of-the-month/)"

The fact that Hanwha has appointed a former manager and general manager as the pitching coach means that they are putting their life on the line for the pitching department.

Over the past three years, Hanwha has used its first overall pick to build a fastball young pitching trio consisting of Moon Dong-joo, Kim Seo-hyun, and Hwang Jun-seo.

Besides these, there are many young pitchers waiting to grow, such as Jo Dong-wook, Kim Ki-joong, and Kim Gyu-yeon.

Coach Yang said, "There are many young players with great potential to represent Korean baseball in the future. I am thinking about how to help these guys grow in a positive way."

He explained, "It's natural to try to maximize (the pitching staff's capabilities) during the given period, but that doesn't mean we should rush things." He added, "I'll talk a lot with the players and comprehensively consider what I can do to help them, whether it's technical or mental."

Attention is being paid to whether coach Kim's unique philosophy of sticking to players he trusts until the end can produce a 'training synergy'.

To Coach Yang, Director Kim is a 'big brother' with whom he has had a relationship for over 50 years, having been a senior at Busan Dongseong Middle School and Korea University. [슬롯사이트](https://www.bsc.news/post/safe-totosite-ranking-top-15-major-safe-playground-2024
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Coach Yang, who was touched by the encounter, said, "Wearing the uniform is the happiest thing for a baseball player, and I feel even better to be working with my senior, manager Kim Kyung-moon."

Coach Yang said, "I came here a lot to cover Hanwha games as a commentator until last year," and "I felt a lot seeing the passion of Hanwha fans. I'm glad I came here at a time when I was wondering if there was a way I could help."

There is a special connection with 'Korean Monster' Ryu Hyun-jin, who returned to the KBO League this year[.](https://baccaratsite.xyz/2023/10/steel-magic-turnaround-from-last-to-second-after-nightmare-wbc/)

Coach Yang had hoped to recruit Ryu Hyun-jin during the 2006 rookie draft when he was Lotte's manager, but Lotte selected Na Seung-hyun from Gwangju Ilgo High School with the first pick in the second round, and Hanwha, which had the second pick, took Ryu Hyun-jin[.](https://baccaratsite.xyz/2023/10/korean-volleyball-needs-to-change-the-system-of-leaving-it-to-the-players-alone-says-veteran-han/)

Coach Yang said, "I played with Hyun-jin on the national team, and when I was the manager of LG, Hyun-jin (who was with the Los Angeles Dodgers) trained with us and gave us lessons at our spring camp, so we have a good relationship," adding, "I'm really happy to be playing baseball with him." [파칭코 게임](https://www.pachinkosite.info
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