‘Strongest Baseball’, which brought about a baseball craze, has launched a spin-off featuring ‘Yasin’ manager Kim Sung-geun as the main character.

The TVING entertainment program ‘Strongest Baseball Spin-off, Kim Sung-geun‘s Winter Vacation’ will be aired for the first time on the 17th.

The program features the concept of manager Kim Sung-geun, the commander of ‘Strongest Baseball’, going on vacation for the first time in 64 years of nonstop running. In particular, the 11th team, the Strongest Monsters, formed to compete against professional baseball teams, will have a showdown with strong baseball teams across the country, and ‘Strongest Baseball’ is garnering a lot of attention as the first spin-off presented by Tving, which has been adapting popular IPs in a variety of ways.

It raises expectations by foreshadowing the meeting between Director Kim Sung-geun, who has lived his entire life through baseball, and his loyal assistant Jeong Geun-woo.

The production team caught everyone’s attention by releasing a main trailer video three days before the first broadcast that gives a glimpse into the Strongest Monsters‘ vacation.

Director Kim Sung-geun’s easygoing appearance, taking pictures of flowers and wearing a tangerine hat, creates a sense of familiarity.

With the support of ‘Yashin authority’ Jung Keun-woo, commentator Kim Seon-woo, and the strongest Monsters players Park Yong-taek, Lee Taek-geun, Lee Dae-ho, Yoo Hee-kwan, Shin Jae-young, Park Jae-wook, and Lim Sang-woo, Coach Kim Seong-geun‘s unexpected entertainment sense, who took a break from baseball, explodes, drawing laughter.

The main poster that was released that day also contains the cheerful relationship between Coach Kim Seong-geun and Jung Keun-woo, piques interest.

As expected of an attachment doll, Jung Keun-woo is stuck to Coach Kim Seong-geun, and the phrase ‘Director, is this really vacation?’ on his tired face stimulates curiosity. Coach Kim Seong-geun also uses his trademark threat(?) of ‘Want to play Fungo?!’ to train Jung Keun-woo, and the chemistry between the inseparable teacher and student is expected.


Reporter Lee Jeong-yeon annjoy@donga.com

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