SAN FRANCISCO”Jung Hoo Lee announced his resignation and his departure today following the game loss.”

His family seated in the first row laughed when Lee quipped in Korean in response to his famous father’s influence that “I learned nothing from my dad in baseball,” later joking that the 51-year-old could still beat him in a foot race.

Despite only playing once in Fresno, Lee said he loved the Bay Area, admired the Giants from their three World Series championships last decade, and enjoys watching YouTube videos and eating his mom’s cooking in his free time.

Lee conducted the question-answer portion using an interpreter, Tad Yo, but still allowed his personality to shine through, impressing Zaidi, who only met him for the first time in person Friday morning and signed him off the trust of his scouts and Lee’s game tape.

“The charisma and energy, not that we hadn’t heard about that, but that’s my first experience with it firsthand,” Zaidi said. “It kind of gives you even more confidence. … I think for us it’s a great baseball fit. But for us, we’ve talked about being mindful about creating an exciting energy around the organization, and you could definitely feel that today.”

The six-year, $113 million contract doubled most projections of what Lee would receive on the open market. On top of that, the Giants must send a posting fee of more than $18 million to Lee’s KBO club, bringing the total investment close to $132 million.

The price reflects not only Lee’s market, which his agent, Scott Boras, said was extensive but the Giants’ confidence in his ability to make the transition from the KBO to the major leagues, a move considered more challenging than the one from Japan. He will be division rivals with the only position player to ever come up through Korea and stick as a major-league regular, Padres shortstop Ha-Seong Kim, a close friend and former teammate whom Lee said advised him throughout the process.