'You Quiz on the Block' Director General Jo Ji-hoon, the director general of the Lotte Giants cheering squad, mentioned how he came to create player-specific cheering songs, which are part of KBO cheering culture.
On the 29th episode aired on tvN 'You Quiz on the Block' (hereafter 'You Quiz'), Jo Ji-hoon, director general of the Lotte Giants cheering squad, appeared. Yu Jae-seok said, "I heard you were the first to make player-specific cheering songs. These days, there are cheering songs for each player when they come out." Jo Ji-hoon said shyly, "At the time, the representative players had cheering songs. But Lotte fans like mass singing, so we made songs for the lineup from 1 to 9, including backups."
Jo Ji-hoon said, "The first one I made was 'Lotte's Kang Min-ho'," and sang the cheering song together with Yu Jae-seok. Yu Jae-seok chimed in, "Didn't you also make 'left-center Garcia, right-center Garcia'?"
However, Director General Jo Ji-hoon said, "Actually, I was scolded a lot back then too. People said it might interfere with the players' play, that players need to focus on the game to get results, and that we might prevent them from concentrating. But I pleaded with the fans. So the fans gladly said okay," which moved viewers.
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