His voice over the receiver had power. The slightly clumsy look didn’t disappear, but it was so different from when he collapsed again from a cerebral infarction two years ago and was fighting the disease, that it was clearly distinguishable by the sound of the phone call.
‘Legend of 40%’ Baek In-cheon (80), the first director of MBC Blue Dragon, went to the baseball field. On April 30, it was to throw the first pitch before the final match of the 19th Cheonan Heung Taryeong National Elementary School Baseball Championship (Seoul Gadong Elementary School-Dogok High School) held at the Cheonan Bukil High School baseball field.
Although he was confined to a wheelchair, he threw the first pitch vigorously with a bright expression on his face. (Park Sang-don, Mayor of Cheonan City) Director Baek moved from Pyeongtaek to Cheonan in September of last year.
He said, “After coming to Cheonan, I came to the baseball field from time to time. health? Thanks to you, it’s good,” he said, “The form of elementary school baseball players is completely professional. Hitting and throwing are both great,” he said in a rather excited voice, conveying the atmosphere of the scene.
In 1982, Baek In-cheon, as the first manager and player of MBC Blue Dragon, left an immortal batting average of 40.1 0.2 li that year. After going through Sammi Superstars, he changed his clothes to MBC in 1990 and became the founding manager of the LG Twins. He led the team to victory in the Korean Series and stood at the peak of his baseball career. After that, coach Baek served as the Samsung Lions and Lotte Giants command tower, but did not produce any noticeable results, and suffered from the aftermath of a stroke he suffered during his Samsung days.
Korean professional baseball was launched as a 6-team system. In the first year, there were only three coaching staff, one for each club: a manager, a pitcher, and a hitting coach. Among the head coaches of the six clubs that were launched side by side, only two seniors are Baek In-cheon and Park Young-gil (82, Lotte) who are still alive. The majority of the coaches at that time were also small.
On January 21st, OB Bears coach Kim Yeong-deok passed away, following Sammi Superstars coach Seo Young-moo, Kim Dong-yeop, Haitai Tigers, and Park Hyeon-shik.
When we met two years ago, when he was struggling with his illness, director Baek In-cheon calmly said, “Now that it is time to grow old and go, the prayer to God these days is to quietly leave without harming everyone.” He said that was his last wish.
Even so, Director Baek would present a signed ball and a small commemorative bat with his motto, ‘Effort and self-love (努力自愛),’ to acquaintances who visited his residence.
Coach Baek In-cheon, a heavenly baseball player, confirmed to those around him that he still did not let go of his interest by going to an elementary school baseball tournament this time. His baseball career isn’t over yet.
메이저놀이터 His promise, “I’ll call you once when I go to Seoul,” just didn’t come across as empty.
writing. Hong Yun-pyo, advisor to OSEN
. (Above) Coach Baek In-cheon’s opening scene (provided by the Korea Baseball Softball Association).
(Middle) Coach Baek when the LG Twins won the Korean Series in 1990.
(Bottom) Baekincheon autographed ball and small commemorative bat.