This is a review article written after watching the broadcast.
'Sikgaek Heo Yeong-man's Baekban Journey' Lee Jong-beom candidly shared his thoughts on the ending of A Clean Sweep.
On the 1st broadcast of TV CHOSUN 'Sikgaek Heo Yeong-man's Baekban Journey', 'son of the wind' Lee Jong-beom grants and shared a poignant update.
Visiting the Gwangju baseball stadium that day, Lee Jong-beom recalled, "I still vividly remember the voices of the older fans cheering after a drink. Now it's 'Namhengyeolcha' but in the past they sang 'Tears of Mokpo'. They drank and sang. Those things come back to me vividly."
Heo Yeong-man said, "Haitai fans were very passionate. When fans from Gyeongsang Province came to Gwangju baseball stadium they would say, 'Wamma where are you from?'" and Lee Jong-beom agreed, "That's right."
Lee Jong-beom led the way to a favorite restaurant of Gwangju baseball players. While waiting for the beef bone soup, Heo Yeong-man asked about his recent life, "But you haven't been exercising lately, right?"
After retiring as an active player, Lee Jong-beom worked as a coach for LG Twins and KT Wiz and later grants as the manager of A Clean Sweep, but after suffering from poor ratings it ended on Feb. in early February.
Lee Jong-beom said, "It's been a long time since 'A Clean Sweep', but things went wrong during the process and it was difficult. I had planned for the long term, but because it suddenly ended I have nowhere to stand now," lamenting, "I can't just follow behind seniors."
Lee Jong-beom, who said it has already been 15 years since he quit baseball, recalled, "I started when I was nine, so I've been playing baseball for 45 to 46 years now," and added, "There was no professional baseball when I was young. My father converted an old tire in front of the house; on the left was Kim Ki-tae and on the right I practiced batting average together."
He continued, "Kim Ki-tae and I are from the same neighborhood. He lived 10 meters away. Park Jae-hong and Lee Dae-jin, Kim Ki-tae and Lee Jong-beom, Lee Soon-chul and Lee Sang-yoon, Kim Jong-mo — it's a cluster of houses. In alleys every 100 meters there are famous players; those are the old Haitai members. That's why they had to be good at baseball."
Heo Yeong-man asked, "But the sound of hitting tires at night must have been loud." Lee Jong-beom replied, "Even that, the neighborhood residents never filed complaints. 'You have to succeed,' some days they would say, 'Does it hurt if you don't hit it?' I spent 15 out of 24 hours on baseball."
Lee Jong-beom's hands, shaped by a life in baseball, were full of calluses, and Heo Yeong-man marveled, "They're like beef palm pads."
At that moment Lee Jong-beom showed his palm to the camera and pleaded, "Look at these palm lines and call me. My life isn't going well. Please give me some advice on how to live my life going forward," which drew laughter.
[Photo] Screenshot of the broadcast of 'Sikgaek Heo Yeong-man's Baekban Journey'
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