How much did you pay attention to Shirakawa...How did this happen

Jul 01, 2024

How much did you pay attention to Shirakawa...How did this happen
The match between SSG and Hanwha held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 26th. Keisho Shirakawa, an alternative foreign pitcher for SSG who showed off his bullpen pitching. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.05.26/



You don't want to let him go?

SSG Landers made a rare mistake. It is happening that how deep the worries about Japanese pitcher Shirakawa can lead to this happening.

KBO announced the starting pitchers for the games to be held on the 1st and 2nd without games. But what's wrong with this. Shirakawa was the starter for the SSG-NC Dinos match in Changwon.



Shirakawa is currently the hottest player in the KBO League. Under the short-term replacement system introduced this year, he stepped on Korean soil on the condition that he played six weeks in lieu of the injured Elias. However, SSG was troubled by better-than-expected abilities, grades, and popularity. Even though Elias has recovered from his injury, he has been given the difficult choice of which of the two to leave behind.

SSG made a final decision internally on the 1st and was about to announce it on the 2nd. However, if Shirakawa is not selected, manager Lee Soo-yong expressed his willingness to take him to the NC Dinos away game, which starts on the 2nd, and play as a bullpen on the 2nd.



How much did you pay attention to Shirakawa...How did this happen
The game between the Doosan Bears and SSG Landers at Jamsil Stadium on the 29th. SSG Shirakawa Keisho and Kim Kwang-hyun are watching the game while talking. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.06.29/
But I can't believe I'm a starter. He made a comeback three days after starting the game against KT Wiz on the 27th. In fact, everyone was surprised to see that he was starting again in three days when he was a player who was struggling with the rotation on the 5th due to the long pitching interval in the Japanese independent league.

It was a simple mistake. Usually, the starting pitcher is notified to the KBO by the manager of each team's first team. When there is a game the next day, the field record keeper is notified of the selection, and on days when there is no game like this day, the KBO management team is notified.



I wonder how much Shirakawa's name would have popped out even from the notification of the selection. It is said that KBO also buzzed at the news of Shirakawa's selection. However, since it was a club notification, the internal situation was not known exactly, so it had to be announced first.

How much did you pay attention to Shirakawa...How did this happen
The KIA-SSG match at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 13th. SSG starter Shirakawa pitches. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.6.13/
SSG rushed to replace the starter. It was changed to Song Young-jin, which was originally scheduled. If the opponent team NC raised an objection, NC knew early on that the starter was Song Young-jin, and they didn't cheat themselves, it was a simple mistake, so they moved on without any problems.

An SSG official said "I'm just sorry that I made a really ridiculous mistake. In particular, we are sorry that the Shirakawa issue is big, but the name of Shirakawa came out, which could be misleading," he bowed his head.



awesome@sportschosun.com