In the professional baseball Lotte Giants, two uniform numbers, 11 (Choi Dong-won) and 10 (Lee Dae-ho), are permanently retired.Here, there are numbers 20 and 29 as ‘temporary numbers’ that are most likely to be permanently retired in the future.Number 20 is the number used by the late Lim Soo-hyuk, an ‘eternal second base runner who never returns,’ and number 29 is the number used by Yoon Hak-gil, the immortal record holder of 100 complete games, the most in KBO League history, during his time as a player.KBO Talent Donation Committee member Hak-Gil Yoon, who earned the nickname ‘Lonely Crown Prince’ by throwing complete games like eating a meal during his active career, is Lotte’s leading pitcher with 117 wins, 94 losses, 1,863⅔ innings, 916 strikeouts, and an ERA of 3.33 in 308 professional games.In the meantime, the Lotte team left numbers 20 and 29 empty, but this time, Victor Reyes, a new foreign hitter wearing the Lotte uniform, decided to wear number 29 for the 2024 season.There are unavoidable circumstances here.Recently, as the size of the team has grown, the number of rookie-level players who have chosen three-digit uniform numbers is increasing.
A Lotte team official said on the 3rd, “What Reyes originally wanted was a different number. So, he asked for understanding from the player who used that number, but Reyes also changed his mind when he said, ‘I chose the number so as not to forget the anniversary of my mother’s death.'” explained.After that, Reyes had few options left.Reyes was faced with a situation where he had to choose a three-digit uniform number other than number 29, and after much deliberation, the Lotte team decided to give Reyes number 29.A representative baseball player wearing number 29 is Adrian Beltre, who is certain to be inducted into the Major League Baseball (MLB) Hall of Fame this year.In the KBO League, players such as Gwang-hyun Kim (SSG Landers), Na Ji-wan (formerly KIA Tigers), and Taek-geun Lee (formerly Kiwoom Heroes) chose number 29.Just because Reyes wore number 29 this time does not mean that Yoon Hak-gil’s decision to permanently retire his number was canceled.A Lotte team official asked for the understanding of Lotte fans, saying, “Just because another player wore it in the middle does not mean that the number cannot be permanently 온라인카지노 retired. We will discuss the permanent retirement of our club’s legend, Yoon Hak-gil, at a later date.”