"I was so nervous" A confession to MOON..."You did a great job. Don't worry about your form and throw it as much as you want." Reply
Jul 04, 2024
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Hanwha Eagles head coach Kim Kyung-moon gave a good evaluation of Kim Seo-hyun, who successfully completed his return match.
Kim Seo-hyun returned to the first team ahead of the game against KT Wiz at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 3rd. It was almost a month after going down to the second division on the 1st of last month.
Manager Kim, who has been paying attention to Kim Seo-hyun's pitching since the second division, called Kim Seo-hyun to Daejeon on the 2nd and watched the bullpen pitching himself, and registered him in the first division on the 3rd. Coach Kim said he would give Kim Seo-hyun a chance to take the mound in a situation where it was not tight, but Kim Seo-hyun took the mound in a situation where there was more pressure than expected.
Starting pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin pitched seven innings with two runs. However, Lee Min-woo, who came up first in the top of the eighth inning, shook and gave up an additional point from 0-2 to 0-3. It was a great crisis with no outs and runners on the first and second bases. Just one point could have ended the game. Kim Seo-hyun came up from here. He gave up an ambiguous sacrifice bunt to Bae Jeong-dae and gave up a walk to Hwang Jae-gyun, putting him on the verge of a full base, but he caught Kim Sang-soo with a double play to prevent additional runs. The ball control was shaky, and there were twists and turns, but the result was a huge success. And Daejeon fans were enthusiastic about Kim Seo-hyun's 154km fastball.
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Coach Kim continued "It would have been difficult to defend a vague bunt, but he was calm. And there was strength in the ball, too. So it could be prevented by a double play. If a pitcher blocks us in a crisis like that, we can make the flow again. He came down and said, 'I'm so nervous'. I complimented him for doing a great job", he told the behind-the-scenes story. In fact, Hanwha followed two points and made the game unknown until the end when Kim Seo-hyun handed over the crisis.
Kim Seo-hyun showed a much wilder pitch than before and a bigger arm swing. The ball power was really overwhelming. Coach Kim said, `Now I told him not to care about his form and just focus on throwing the ball", he explained.
Coach Kim said lastly, "The pitcher has to be strong. The strike originally goes up and down. Only when the pitcher is stable can the flow be taken advantageously. That's why it is meaningful that Kim Seo-hyun and Kim Kyu-yeon strongly blocked the eighth and ninth innings yesterday."
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