‘Best Baseball’ coach acknowledges abuse controversy

Seol Min-seok returned three years after the thesis plagiarism controversy. Director Kim Seong-geun shared his honest thoughts on the abuse controversy.

On the 12th, MBC's 'Lecturers Make Your Heart Cry' (hereinafter referred to as 'Lecturers') premiered. On this day, the broadcast recorded a household viewership rating of 4.1% in the metropolitan area, and the highest viewership rating per minute soared to 5.7%.

The topic of today’s lecture was ‘Limitations.’ Director Yashin Kim Seong-geun appeared as the first lecturer. Manager Kim Seong-geun is an 82-year-old active baseball manager and receives strong support from all generations. Director Kim Seong-geun asked to introduce himself as “the most disobedient person in Korea.”

Coach Kim Seong-geun spoke about his 60-year career of pursuing a single path in baseball, despite facing numerous limitations. Coach Kim Seong-geun experienced frustration in his first baseball game in five years during his school days, but he did not break down. I tried endlessly. It wasn't something someone ordered. He did it himself. Regarding this, Director Kim Seong-geun said, “There is no such thing as ‘no’ to me. I have never given up. “I never thought it couldn’t be done,” he said.

The fighting spirit of coach Kim Seong-geun, who served as the coach of seven KBO teams, was amazing. Director Kim Seong-geun has undergone three cancer surgeries and three back surgeries. Director Kim Seong-geun underwent cancer surgery without anesthesia and was discharged the next day. Manager Kim Seong-geun, who headed to the baseball field in that condition, survived by taking six painkillers. Even the players didn't know about his surgery. Additionally, his leg became paralyzed during the game, and he had to undergo surgery during the season, which forced him to part ways with the Eagles. Director Kim Seong-geun said, “I have never had any regrets. “I just do my best while I have it,” he said.

Director Kim Seong-geun also opened up about the 'mistreatment controversy' surrounding him. Coach Kim Seong-geun said, "A lot of people say that I worked hard. It's not a problem for Kim Seong-geun to say that he makes me practice a lot. What I have to do is make money for the players. If you sit down because it's hard, you have no future," and the most important thing is to do something for the players. It was about creating the future. For the sake of the players' future, coach Kim Seong-geun has fought fiercely, putting himself forward. Thanks to this, many players had bright futures and many baseball legends in Korea were born. Director Kim Seong-geun said, “A person who throws everything away creates a path. If there is no way, just hit it. “If it doesn’t work out, just do it,” he said, emphasizing that “there are no limits!”

Next, Muncheol Han, Korea's first traffic accident lawyer, took the stage. Lawyer Han Moon-cheol, who appeared while singing ‘My Way’, said, “If you know your limits, you will not fail,” and “You have to be crazy about something to know your limits in advance.” And he confessed about what he was crazy about in the past, what he's crazy about now, and how his life has changed because of that.

Attorney Han Moon-cheol, who mainly handled criminal cases after opening his practice, felt skeptical at some point. He later worked as an advisory attorney for the Bus Mutual Aid Association, but felt skeptical again when he saw victims in unfortunate situations. Accordingly, we sided with the victims and filed over 6,000 traffic accident lawsuits. Then, in 2008, black boxes appeared. This once again turned lawyer Moon-cheol Han's life upside down. Attorney Han Moon-cheol said, “I’m crazy about black boxes.”

Attorney Han Moon-cheol, who watched the black box over and over again, started YouTube. Then, just once, he achieved profits of 100 million won in one month and exclaimed, “I’m not a lawyer anymore.” He devoted himself crazy to YouTube following Black Box, but his profits began to decrease from the very next month. The truth behind the rumor of YouTube's profits of 10 billion won was a lie. It's about 1/10th. Attorney Han Moon-cheol said, “YouTube is my black box library.”

What is crazy about lawyer Han Moon-cheol right now is saving people. Traffic accidents can occur not only to victims but also to wrongful perpetrators. Han Moon-cheol said that he is doing his best to reduce and prevent unfair deaths due to traffic accidents. He ended the lecture by shouting, “Everyone, let’s all go crazy together to save people.” The scene in question had a viewership rating of 5.7% per minute, making it the ‘Best 1 Minute’ broadcast of the day. Above all, lawyer Han Moon-cheol's trendy composition and consistent lecture skills aroused admiration.

Seol Min-seok then came on stage. Seol Min-seok, who was about to give a public lecture for the first time in three years, was shaken by the pressure. My face twitched slightly because of the tension. While everyone watched with bated breath, Seol Min-seok carefully opened his mouth. The first broadcast of ‘Lecturers’ ended with Seol Min-seok saying, “I was so nervous and scared even to stand here.” In the second preview, Seol Min-seok was shown giving a lecture with strong emotions, raising curiosity.

Taeyuna, Ten Asia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr