There are always batting ball pitchers in the ballpark. Those who exist like shadows are hard to see due to the player's light.

Cho Boo-gyeom, 25, is a batting ball pitcher of LG. Having joined LG in May 2023, Cho enjoyed the joy of winning the combined championship at Jamsil Stadium.안전놀이터

"When I was in the military, I had 'receiving a winning ring' on my bucket list. When I was in the military, I ordered an Imitation ring on the Internet and left it in the water, and I made up my mind that I should debut as a pro when I am discharged, but I never thought I would get it this way. I don't think people know anything about life."

On the 3rd, he met his grandfather-in-law at Jamsil Baseball Stadium. He goes to the ballpark during the off-season and helps players train.

Most of batting ball pitchers were aspiring baseball players who couldn't overcome the barriers of professional baseball in the past. This is because they need high-quality ball control as it is about throwing the ball accurately to a professional player.

Cho Boo-kyum was also a promising left-hander until high school. Cho, who blocked Cheonan Bukil High School with no hits in four innings in the Cheongryonggi in 2019, collapsed after being hit in the head by a pitch hit by the opponent's batter in the fifth inning. It was a cerebral hemorrhage. Since then, negative health conditions have overlapped, including elbow injury. With his challenge to become a professional baseball player, Cho continued his dream of becoming a baseball player with the Seongnam McPais, an independent baseball team.

Cho Boo-kyum said, "I tried a lot to go to the professional league by going on 'Youth Baseball Team (KBS)" and 'Best Baseball (JTBC), but I was offered a batting ball pitcher in the midst of a hard time," adding, "I came in because I wanted to experience the world of professional baseball even as a batting ball pitcher." "I'm playing an independent baseball team retirement game two days before I joined LG, and it was so sad," he said. "I've been dreaming of becoming a baseball player all my life, and I was very discouraged at first thinking that I must have come this far."

Throwing the ball to LG's outstanding veteran hitters, he was nervous at first. "How could I have known that I would end up throwing the ball to a veteran player like Kim Hyun-soo?" Cho said. "I threw to avoid getting hit by the ball, it was the first time I threw to get hit by someone's bat." Cho said, "Batting ball pitcher is such a cruel job. I am at the ballpark with the player, but there is nothing I can do," and added, "Watching Lee Sang-hyuk (24), my high school colleague, make his first hit against LG, I wondered how life became like this." "Still, I won the title at LG. Isn't this not my destiny?"

Cho Boo-kyum took the mound at Jamsil Baseball Stadium last year, which was full of spectators. It was LG's last regular season home game against Kiwoom on Sept. 26. Six on-site staff including Cho Boo-kyum pitched as the first pitch. "If I still throw at full strength, I will be out until the late 130km mark," Cho said. "When I was young, I watched baseball in Jamsil and thought, "I will be there someday, but I am grateful to the team that I made my dream come true this way."

Despite countless trials, Jobuk still likes baseball. He threw batting balls at LG, stood on the ground in amateur baseball, and earned various sports instructor certificates. He thinks of baseball every day, talks about baseball, and studies baseball. Jobuk's baseball life is ongoing.