Wang Weizhong and Zheng Yingjun: A Story of Baseball Excellence and Tragedy

Wang Weizhong and Zheng Yingjun: A Story of Baseball Excellence and Tragedy

2024-04-02 04:48:44
2024-04-02 12:48 United Daily News reporter Chen Wanjing/Report in real time Wang Weizhong joined the Weiquan Dragons in 2020. Zheng Yingjun (middle), his first coach in Shoutian Elementary School, witnessed the signing on the spot. This report…

Coach Zheng Yingjun, who only took over the coaching staff of the Kaoyuan Industrial and Commercial Baseball Team in March this year, passed away in a Taitung Hotel today at the age of 67. He had been deeply involved in grassroots baseball for many years. His most famous coach was Wang Weizhong, who had major league qualifications. When he returned to Taiwan to join the Wei Chuan Dragons in 2020, Zheng Yingjun was also present to see this young player.

The East Coast League U18 Baseball Championship started in Taitung yesterday. Zheng Yingjun led Gaoyuan Industrial and Commercial to participate in the competition. Today, he was originally scheduled to lead the team to play once morest Luodong High School at 9:30 in the morning, but he did not show up when the team gathered to set off early in the morning. After knocking on the door and getting no response, I found out the sad news that the coach had passed away suddenly.

The Kaohsiung City Shouting Elementary School Baseball Team was founded in 2003. Zheng Yingjun has led the team for more than 20 years. It was not until March this year that he moved to Kaoyuan Industrial and Commercial Team. The baseball careers of Wang Weizhong, Xu Jihong, and Lin Huaqing all started at Shouting Elementary School. .

Wang Weizhong is from Taitung. When he was a child, he wanted to play basketball at Taitung Xinsheng Elementary School with his brother Wang Yuelin, but at that time they no longer accepted transfer students. His mother took Wang Weizhong to Kaohsiung to join Shoutian Elementary School. At the press conference when Wang Weizhong joined the Dragons in 2020, Zheng Yingjun came to the scene and talked regarding the past. He revealed that Wang Weizhong missed home at first and cried for two weeks. The players take special care of him, and his wife will take Wang Weizhong out to eat and buy underwear.

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The coach of the Kaoyuan Industrial and Commercial Baseball Team, Zheng Yingjun, led the team to Taitung to participate in the East Coast League. This morning when the team was regarding to leave, he was found to have died suddenly in a hotel at the age of 67. The first base instructor was on the field during the game the day before, and the players were still happy. The booing made it difficult for the coaching staff to accept it for a while.

Zheng Yingjun has rich experience in grassroots baseball coaching. He was the founding head coach of the Kaohsiung Shoutian Little League Baseball Team in 2003. He led the team to achieve outstanding results and cultivated well-known players such as Wang Weizhong and Xu Jihong. Wang Weizhong joined the Zhongguo Weiquanlong Team reporter Zheng Yingjun also attended the meeting.

Zheng Yingjun only joined the Kaoyuan Industrial and Commercial Baseball Team in March this year. This time he led the team to Taitung to participate in the East Coast League Baseball Championship as the head coach. Coach Xie Fengjun said that Kaohsiung City B team was scheduled to play once morest Luodong High School this morning. When the team’s departure time came, they still didn’t see Zheng Yingjun. When they went to the room and knocked on the door, no one responded. The hotel staff helped open the door and found Zheng Yingjun lying on the bed. on the bed.

When the Kaohsiung City B team played once morest the New Taipei City United yesterday, Zheng Yingjun and the first base instructor stood on the field. At that time, the players and coaches shouted “handsome, handsome” in Taiwanese. There was no abnormality during the meal in the evening, it was just a reaction. I was a little tired so I went back to the hotel to rest early. Unexpectedly, I passed away suddenly.

Xie Fengjun said that the players did not know regarding the start of the game today. He only told them that the coach had to go back beforehand and would tell the players properly when he returned to the hotel.

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