Kim On-ah, the ‘handball legend’ of Channel A’s ‘Baseball Queen’, officially takes the mound for the first time to save the ‘Black Queens’ in crisis.
In the 3rd episode of Channel A’s sports entertainment show ‘Baseball Queen’, which airs at 10 pm on the 9th (today), a breathtaking scene is revealed where the ‘Black Queens’, 15 legendary female players united through baseball, play their first official game against the ‘National Police Agency Women’s Baseball Team’.
On this day, when the game reached its halfway point, starting pitcher Jang Soo-young, a former badminton player, came down from the mound. Afterwards, a second pitcher was brought in, but he was replaced again due to lack of control. After careful discussion, coach Choo Shin-soo and coaches Lee Dae-hyung and Yoon Seok-min hire Kim On-ah, a bronze medalist in handball at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and captain of the Black Queens, as the third pitcher. Kim On-ah, who was playing as an outfielder, cannot hide her bewildered expression when she is put on the mound in an emergency situation with the bases loaded when she opens her eyes. Accordingly, the players in the dugout enthusiastically cheered for him, saying, “Captain, show me!”, and commentator Jaehong Park was worried about Kim On-ah’s first appearance, saying, “It may be difficult to get zero points because it is a surprise appearance.”
In a situation where the bases are loaded with one out, Kim On-ah may feel a lot of pressure, but she confesses her inner thoughts, saying, “If someone has to end this situation, I will take responsibility.” He then went into practice pitching and showed perfect ‘battery chemistry’ with catcher Shin So-jung, boosting the morale of the Black Queens. Coach Seok-min Yoon expressed his expectations, saying, “On-ah’s pitch is a cutter (a type of pitch that curves outward in front of the batter), so she is a very attractive pitcher if she can control it.” There is growing curiosity about what kind of performance Kim On-ah, who attracted attention as a ‘prospective pitcher’ by throwing a ball at 100 km per hour during the entrance test, will show in her first official game and whether she will be able to properly fulfill the role of Black Queens’ ‘firefighter’.
Meanwhile, Channel A’s ‘Baseball Queen’ is a sports variety show in which 15 women who have been active as ‘sports legends’ in different sports form Korea’s 50th women’s baseball team, ‘Black Queens’, and grow with the goal of ‘winning the women’s baseball national championship.’ From the first week of broadcast, Good Data Corporation FUNdex ranked 5th in the TV non-drama topicality category in the 4th week of November, 1st in TV non-drama topicality on Tuesday, and swept the top ranks in the Netflix-Wave-TV-Coupang Play OTT rankings, creating a new craze in Korean women’s baseball.
Episode 3 of Channel A’s ‘Baseball Queen’ will be broadcast at 10 pm on the 9th (today).
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