"It was hard enough to come out in my dream"..."3166 hits, 477 home runs." "Byung Hyun Kim," which ML Legend feared horribly

"It was hard enough to come out in my dream"..."3166 hits, 477 home runs." "Byung Hyun Kim," which ML Legend feared horribly

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Adrian Beltre (46), a slugger with 477 home runs in the Major League Baseball (MLB), is wearing an SSG uniform. The keywords he emphasized to SSG Futures players were "hungry" and "desperate."토토사이트

Beltre visited SSG Futures Field in Ganghwa County, Incheon on Wednesday morning. He was invited by his teammate Choo Shin-soo, who was an assistant to SSG when he was with the Texas Rangers. Beltre, who served as a mentor for SSG's "MLB Legend Mentoring Day," gave a lecture based on his 21-year MLB experience and answered questions from players.

"If you sacrifice today and endure tough times with strong mentality, you can have a better life in baseball," Beltre said. "I have seen many players who have not been able to endure in the MLB for a long time even with good talent because they have not been able to do so." He said, "The hunger for baseball depends on who is bigger and who becomes the big leaguer or not. That hunger is in the eyes of coaches and coaches. I can see who will go up to the MLB and work hard." It was an advice that I could not help but relate more to players who are sweating in the second division while watching the first-team stage.

Beltre said, "You have to have a hunger for baseball to create your routine. From the first time I got to MLB to the last, I always worked out with my routine. "There was no Plan B. I always followed Plan A. There were many things that could interfere with me, including alcohol, friends and reason, but it was the most important thing in my baseball life to exercise on a fixed path without being deceived by it," he added.

Beltre made his debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1998, played for Seattle and Boston, and retired from the Texas Rangers in 2018. During his 21 seasons with the MLB, he had 3,166 hits and 477 home runs. He excelled in both offense and defense, as he won four silver sluggers and five gold gloves, and he rose to the Hall of Fame last year.

Although he was talented enough to make his MLB debut at the age of just 19, Beltre talked about his mental strength and effort throughout the lecture. Asked if hunger and desperation had ever been toxic, he shook his head, saying, "Never." Beltre said, "I've never forgotten hunger while playing baseball in MLB."

At the same time, Beltre emphasized a positive mindset. He said that his early years with the Dodgers were the hardest. He came out to the field earlier than anyone else to train and work hard, but the results weren't as good as expected. "I think that was the hardest time," Beltre said. But I trained with a positive mind and kept my routine, and I started to get good results," he said.

Beltre, who had been giving serious advice all the time, laughed loudly, saying, "Byung Hyun Kim," when asked, "Who had the hardest time as a player?"

Beltre said, "I'm not saying this because I'm in Korea. The pitcher threw a 95-mile-per-hour pitch, but I couldn't even touch it. It was so hard that I could only dream of it the day before the match against Kim. I met him when he got older and his speed dropped. I was so happy that I celebrated." Beltre and Kim's actual record against each other was one hit from 16 times at bat (0.063 batting average).

Beltre visited Korea with Cole Hamels (42), a 163-win pitcher in the MLB. Like Beltre, Hamels played with Choo when he was with the Texas Rangers. Hammels will give a lecture on Wednesday. The two will attend Chu's retirement ceremony on Wednesday and return to the U.S.