Heroes' final first nomination finish → 20-year-old catcher despite storm growth...For the second consecutive year, fall baseball has been frustrated, and Hong Won-ki is disappointed. "There is no use in losing."

Heroes' final first nomination finish → 20-year-old catcher despite storm growth...For the second consecutive year, fall baseball has been frustrated, and Hong Won-ki is disappointed. "There is no use in losing."

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The Kiwoom Heroes, led by head coach Hong Won-ki, are most likely to rank bottom this season as well. They remain at the bottom of the league with 58 wins and 81 losses. They are four games apart from the ninth-ranked NC Dinos.

The league's strongest one-two punch Ariel Furado and Enmanuel de Heysus were active, and Ha Young-min was the third starter, but the absence of a 4-5 start was regrettable.스포츠토토

In addition, Ronnie Dawson, a foreign hitter who was very active, left due to injury, and Lee Yong-kyu was also out for the season, suffering from injury nightmares. Jo Sang-woo, who is in his first season after being discharged from the military, was also virtually out for the season due to shoulder pain.

Still, he had no income. Joo Seung-woo, the Heroes' final first choice, broke the egg. He has four wins, six losses and 14 saves and five holds average of 4.26 in 54 games this season. Kim also showed potential as an offensive catcher at the same time as he was out in the early season. He has a batting average of 0.253 with nine homers, 37 RBIs and 27 runs in 78 games.

Manager Hong Won-ki also said, "I am encouraged by young players' growth. This gives me the driving force to endure until the end. Joo Seung-woo's development and Ha Young-min have also established themselves as starting pitchers. On the fielding side, Kim Gun-hee has shown potential as an offensive catcher with long-range power. I saw hope for next season."

As mentioned above, however, the team's performance is disappointing. Of course, Kiwoom was considered the weakest candidate until the season, but it was ranked at the top of the list by showing an amazing rise in the early days of the season. However, the current results are at the bottom of the league.

"Losing is useless. Professional players only talk about results. We are at the bottom of the list," Hong said. "No matter what the excuses are, there is no justification. Unfortunately, there are too many lost games. 13-15 games were turned upside down by being shaken by the bullpen. If I had caught that game, I would have been able to be higher than the current ranking."

Nevertheless, Kiwoom fans have always visited Gocheok Dome and cheered for Kiwoom. At the match against the Hanwha Eagles in Gocheok on Monday, the team sold out for the 15th time this season and successfully surpassed 800,000 viewers for the first time at its home. The previous record was sold out for the sixth time in 2016 and 2017. An average of 11,073 people visited Gocheok Dome per game.

Hong said, "It's a great pleasure. Even though we were at the bottom of the list, they gave us a lot of support every game. Thanks to this, we cheered up and did our best until the end."

"I am truly sorry that I did less than I expected this season. The players also did their best, but they failed to meet my expectations. I will prepare more thoroughly next year," he said.