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Kang Bong-Kyu (Hangul: 강봉규, Hanja: 康奉珪) (born January 12, 1978 in Busan, South Korea) is an outfielder who plays for the former Samsung Lions in the Korea Baseball Organization. He bats and throws right-handed. ==Amateur career== While attending Kyungnam High School, Kang was considered one of the best hitting pitchers in the Korean high school baseball league. As an ace pitcher and cleanup hitter in Kyungnam High School, he led his team to runner-ups at the Golden Lion Flag national championship in and the Hwarang Flag national championship in . In September , Kang was selected for the South Korea national junior baseball team to compete at the 3-Nation Junior Baseball Championship in Seoul, South Korea, along with Kim Sun-Woo, Seo Jae-Weong and Park Jin-Man. Upon graduation from high school in , Kang chose to play college baseball at Korea University instead of turning pro directly and completely quit pitching to focus on hitting. However, in August he was called up to the South Korea national junior baseball team again as a pitcher for the World Junior Baseball Championship held in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba. In July 1997, as a sophomore at Korea University, Kang got his first call-up to the South Korea national baseball team for the team's five annual friendly matches against the USA national baseball team in California, United States. In July 1998, as a junior, Kang was selected as a member of the South Korea national baseball team and led his team to runner-up at the 1998 Baseball World Cup as a starting third baseman. In December 1998, as an amateur player, Kang was selected for the South Korea national team that won the gold medal in the baseball tournament of the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. In the tourney, he served as a backup to KBO star Kim Dong-Joo at third base. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kang Bong-kyu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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