
Kim Do-young (KIA Tigers), who is about to become the youngest player to hit 40 home runs, is reportedly making a fuss because of his untimely lunar and solar birthdays. On the 26th, during a game between the Lotte Giants and KIA, Kim Do-young hit a three-run homer with runners on first and second with no outs in the bottom of the first inning. With this home run, Kim Do-young hit his 39th home run of the season, and he is on the verge of reaching 40 home runs. The KBO has long announced that if Kim Do-young hits 40 home runs, he will surpass Lee Seung-yeop's record as the youngest to hit 40 home runs . They have announced this from the start. However, in Lee Seung-yeop's case, the fact that he registered his birthday according to the lunar calendar suddenly became a variable. In the past, when Lee Seung-yeop registered with the KBO, his official birthday was August 18, 1976, which is based on the lunar calendar, so according to the solar calendar, it would be October 11. Whether the youngest age standard should be based on administrative documents or based on objective numbers is indetermined, but since baseball is a sport of records , there are calls to use this as an opportunity to clearly establish a benchmark. The KBO stated, "We plan to establish reasonable criteria regarding players' birthdates after this season," and added, "We will discuss deeply internally to ensure that the value of the oldest and youngest records is not compromised," but Kim Do-young ,,, maintains that "I really don't care about being the youngest," but if he hits his 40th home run before September 6, the controversy will end without question, but after that, there has been heated debate over who is not the youngest,,, who will record the record in the lunar calendar???
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