"3 drunk driving times-blood relationship controversy" appointed Park Jung-tae, everyone knew it was wrong...SSG has been turning a blind eye for 24 days
"3 drunk driving times-blood relationship controversy" appointed Park Jung-tae, everyone knew it was wrong...SSG has been turning a blind eye for 24 days
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"I knew everyone was making the wrong choice and starting from the beginning. However, SSG Landers turned a blind eye to it. The trip was completed in less than a month on Monday.
SSG officially announced on Monday that its Futures manager Park Jung-tae voluntarily resigned. The team said, "Since his appointment, I have heard the voices of concern from fans and baseball officials. I thought I still have some room to improve myself, and I don't want to cause any concern to fans and the club over this issue. I will consider the role I can play for the development of the KBO League in the future," it said.
The SSG team also said, "The team held interviews with Park on related matters and accepted Park's voluntary resignation after agonizing over various aspects such as fans, players, and the KBO League." "I would like to apologize to the fans regarding the appointment of the Futures manager. The team will make every effort to appoint a manager who meets the expectations of the KBO League and fans." The team also put its head down, posting an apology on its official SNS account.
It was also the last news of baseball in 2024 on Dec. 31 last year. To fill the vacancy caused by Sohn Si-heon, who coached the Futures last year, moving to the first team coaching staff, he appointed the Futures manager Park Jung-tae.
The club said at the time, "Before the appointment of Future's head coach, we set the top criteria for the selection of a leader who can establish a leadership image that matches the direction of the club's development and instill professional consciousness such as basic skills, grit, and competitive desire to instill professional awareness such as basic skills, psychology, mental, physical strength, and education, as well as professional ability to provide fostering solutions according to the characteristics of each player." Based on this, the candidate group was listed, and former commentator Park Jung-tae was appointed as the head coach of Futures after a career review and reputation check.
As soon as the name Park Jeong-tae was mentioned, however, everyone put a question mark on his mind. The question of "why Park Jeong-tae?" lingered. He was also an uncle of Choo Shin-soo, who served as assistant to the owner of the SSG and was in charge of nurturing. Suspicions naturally follow that his nephew might have attracted his uncle by blood ties. He is also special to the owner of the team, Jeong Yong-jin, and his position is also an assistant to the owner of the team. We have no choice but to doubt Choo's influence.
If head coach Park Jung-tae was in office, he could understand even if the controversy over blood ties followed. The problem is that head coach Park Jung-tae was away from his current position for 12 years.
Park Jung-tae has a splendid career. Since his debut with the Lotte Giants in 1991, he has recorded 1,167 batting average of 296 hits, 85 homers, 639 RBIs and an OPS of .806 in 1,167 games. He has received five Golden Gloves in the second baseman category (1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999). He is the highest winner in the Golden Glove second baseman category ever. He was named the legendary All-Star in the 40th anniversary of the KBO.
The career of "leader" Park Jung-tae is humble. In 2005, he received training as a coach for batting and running base at a minor league team under the Oakland Athletics. Starting as the batting coach for the second division of Lotte in 2007, he served as the coach for the second division and the batting coach for the first division. He continued his leadership career at Lotte until 2012. In 2013, he also served as the batting coach for the World Baseball Classic (WBC) national team.
He lost his professional career for the next 12 years. Instead, he worked hard to expand his base in the amateur league as a wild man. As the chairman of the Rainbow Hope Foundation, Park Jung-tae also ran a baseball team that is active in social contribution with disabled people, delinquent youth, and multicultural families. He also led the foundation of the club baseball team at Donggang Middle School in Miryang in 2019 and Milseong High School in Miryang in 2020.
"Park Jeong-tae has always been a candidate for the second division team," SSG said on the controversy over blood ties and career breaks. The team also provided training for the team's players in the second division last year and this year. Although Park was on the list again, he was not a strong candidate. However, in reviewing the candidates, we focused on Park's strengths and judged him as a leader who meets the team's standards. We have also made efforts to expand the base of youth baseball in Miryang for a long time. It was an explanation that could not be understood logically due to lack of grounds for appointment.
However, the biggest problem was Park's past drunk driving history. In 2019, he obstructed the driving of a bus while driving under the influence of alcohol, and even assaulted a bus driver. He was sentenced to one and a half years in prison with three years of probation, two years of probation and 160 hours of community service on charges of violating the Act on Aggravated Punishment for Specific Crimes (Attacking Drivers) and the Road Traffic Act (Drunk Driving). In addition, it was belatedly known that Park was punished for drunk driving twice more.
Currently, KBO's punishment for drunk driving is at a high level. At the time of the incident in January 2019, he was not subject to KBO disciplinary action because he was not a KBO worker. The previous two drunk driving records were also not related to KBO disciplinary action.
However, the situation could have been different if Futures manager Park Jung-tae was officially registered. The KBO already has disciplined those who are not affiliated with the KBO. This is Kang's case.
Kang Jung-ho of the Pittsburgh Pirates of the Major League Baseball caused drunk driving and road damage in December 2016 in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. He damaged a guardrail on a traffic island near Samseong Station. The video was quite shocking. He was sentenced to eight months in prison and two years of probation by the court.
Back then, the KBO did not impose any disciplinary action on Kang, as he was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. However, when Kang attempted to return to Korea in 2020, the KBO held a reward and punishment committee to disqualify him from playing games for one year and punish him for 300 hours of volunteer work.
Afterwards, the Kiwoom Heroes, Kang's original team, signed a contract with Kang after returning from the Major League and requested the KBO to terminate his voluntary withdrawal and approve his return. However, the KBO decided not to approve the contract between Kiwoom and Kang after agonizing over it for more than a month. At the time, the KBO blocked Kang from returning to the KBO based on Article 44 (4) of the baseball protocol, which stipulates that the president may not approve the contract with a player who may undermine the development of the league and the protection of the KBO's rights and interests.
Refusing to approve Kang's contract, KBO explained, "We decided not to approve Kang Jung-ho's contract because we thought it would hinder the development of the league if he was punished for driving under the influence of alcohol three times, the bad nature of running away without taking necessary measures at the scene of the accident even though he caused the third drunk driving accident, the sports organization is based on the spirit of fair play, so ethical and moral values should be put above all else, and the 먹튀검증 KBO League should fulfill its social calling as it can have a great influence on society as a whole."
He caused an accident that drew attention enough to appear in social news and had three DUI experiences. Coach Park Jeong-tae was no different. The Korean society is strongly aware of DUI. Of course, some say that the public applies stricter standards in terms of being a public figure, but public opinion on DUI is generally negative.
Explaining the appointment of Park, SSG said, "Park admitted the charges and later repented of his mistake. We faithfully complied with the social service orders we received as a result of the court ruling, and apologized to the bus driver who was involved in the case, and now we have a good relationship. At the time of the trial, the bus driver filed a petition asking for leniency." However, it seems that they have not looked into the past history of drunk driving.
Everyone knew it was wrong. Only SSG didn't know. No, maybe he tried to pretend he didn't know even though he knew something was wrong. When appointing the Futures manager Park Jeong-tae, the club gave an explanation, not an explanation. If he had been appointed correctly, it was a procedure he did not have to take and an explanation.