It was a shame when I left Samsung, but...It's time to cover it up."

Ruben Cardinez (aged 28, Kiwoom Heroes) suffered from a flurry of misconduct with the Samsung Lions last year. After returning from treatment with a back injury, there has been controversy over his "walk defense." However, Kiwoom found that there was a misunderstanding with Samsung last year in the process of recruiting Cardinez.바카라사이트

In fact, Kiwoom corrected that there was a side injury, not a back injury, and decided to recruit after confirming that there was no problem. If Cardinez played full-time healthily, he judged that he had the ability to take responsibility for the team's slugging power with Yasiel Puig.

It is a schedule of fate. Kiwoom will hold two consecutive regular-season games against Samsung at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu from March 22 to March 23. After Cardinez plays his last game in Daegu, he will return to the KBO as an away game in Daegu.

When this reporter met him at CTBC Park in Pingdong, Kaohsiung, Taiwan on Wednesday (Korea time), he looked calm. "I think the priority is to play for the team, the players and the fans that are currently in the team, rather than looking back on what happened at Samsung. I have nothing special to say to Samsung fans," he said.

He confessed honestly that he had some regrets in the process of leaving Samsung. However, that is not how he felt towards Samsung. "My teammates treated me very well at Samsung as well. I felt very sad. I think it's time to put the past behind me."

He didn't give any meaning to Kiwoom's debut game and the KBO's return game as an away game. "I don't go into the batter's box while paying attention to that. When I get into the batter's box, that's a thing of the past. I'll focus on what I have to do then," he said.

The KBO League adaptation is over. "You'll need some time to adapt to the new team, but I'm somewhat done with the team adaptation now," said Cardinez. "Baseball is a sport that I've been playing consistently. There will be no big problem in adapting because the sport of baseball remains the same."

The most important thing is health and research and analysis. "Staying healthy is the most important thing. Then, we have to constantly research and think about the hitting mechanism. And I think it would be good to have discussions with the team and figure out how to approach baseball," he said.

He vowed to become a player for the team. "I will do my best to win the team. I want to be a player who can teach young players something. I will play outfield, but I can also play first base. I don't have a specific position I prefer. I want to play my role in any position."