Independent team Paju Challengers appoints former NC Lotte coach Choi Ki-moon as the 5th coach

he Paju Challengers independent baseball team appointed coach Choi Ki-moon as the new head coach to lead in 2024. In 2023, it produced

five professional players (Do-hoon Hyun, Chan-hee Park, Tae-wook Kim, Joo-hyun Park, and Woo-young Jin) and became the first KBO team. The Paju Challengers, a prestigious independent baseball team that won the Dream Cup and finished third, appointed Choi Ki-moon (former Lotte, NC battery coach) as the manager for 2024, following manager Kim Kyung-eon. Manager Choi Ki-moon is a national team catcher and professional

. He has been active as a player and battery coach, and last year he served as a battery coach for the Paju Challengers. Afterwards, he was called as a manager for a new independent team, but was prevented from participating in the league due to team circumstances, but he continued to coach players to cultivate juniors.

Coach Ki-moon Choi said, “Players who have experienced one or more setbacks and players who are full of passion for baseball “I want to give everything I have and have experienced to the players, and I want to produce players who can play their roles not only in professional baseball but also in the Korean baseball industry as a whole.” He also said, “Paju Challengers has actually produced the most professional players over the past 7 years (21)

. As far as I know, this is a team that has been operated for Korean baseball without the help of local governments or corporations. “I will do my best to develop players in a better environment and become a coach who is helpful to the players and the team,” he said. Coaches who will assist coach Choi Ki-moon include Shin Cheol-in (former Hyundai Unicorns, Shinil High School coach) and

Kang Min-gyu (former LG, coach). Coach Shinil High School will join the team and work hard with the 8th class of players in 2024. An

official from Paju Challengers said, “We are happy to have appointed great managers and coaches. “I want to work with players who have dreams and can work hard and do their best,” he said.

The Paju Challengers Independent Baseball Team will accept player applications until November 10th and conduct the 8th player selection for 2024 at its home stadium, Paju Gyoha Baseball Stadium, on November 17th.

A Paju Challengers official said, “Until the 7th season, we have been operating with players’ membership fees. “Starting from the 8th season in 2024, we plan to operate without collecting player membership fees so that players can fully focus on baseball without being concerned about money,” he said. Those selected through tryouts will begin training at Shimonoseki on January 29th next year. After an exchange match with the Japanese independent league and the Softbank 3rd team of social baseball, the team will participate in the Gyeonggi Provincial League held in March. For more details about the tryout, please

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