The Korea Times
Does confidence breed success or is it the other way around? Roh Si-hwan, the surging slugger for the Hanwha Eagles, says the former has been the case for him lately. Baseball is such a humbling game that even a player with Roh's track record — a pair of 30-homer, 100-RBI seasons and a runner-up finish in MVP voting in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) — can battle confidence issues. The 25-year-old did so when he managed only eight hits in his first 13 games of this season, with zero homers and just three RBIs. The Eagles sent him down to the minor league on April 13. Roh went deep in his first game back with the Eagles on April 23. And he has been on a tear since the start of May, batting .364 in 10 games with six home runs and 15 RBIs — both of them the highest totals in the KBO this month. Roh continued his hot streak Tuesday night by hitting his third career grand slam to help the Eagles to an 11-5 win over the Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. "I think confidence has been the biggest factor for me," Roh said afterward. "When I am struggling, I can get really down
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