Lee Seung-yeop is not ready to leave, why did the home run become a triple...Controversy over redeployment of runners, it can't go like this
Jul 13, 2024
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Doosan Bears manager Lee Seung-yeop was sent off against the Samsung Lions in Jamsil on the 12th. Exit for the third time of the season. Manager Lee rushed out of the dugout in the bottom of the eighth inning when the lead Yang Seok-hwan's ball was overturned from a home run to a triple.
The situation was like this. Yang Seok-hwan's ball hit the central fence of Jamsil Stadium and entered the ground. The umpires first judged that it was a home run. However, Samsung requested a video replay, and after hitting the yellow line of the fence, the home run alert line came back inside, and it was determined that it was not a home run.
The umpires rearranged Yang Seok-hwan to third base because the ball did not go over. However, coach Lee and Yang Seok-hwan jumped up and down. This is because he sprinted in case it wasn't a home run and hit home. In the meantime, Samsung fielders did not play any relay with an expression of why it was a home run. Of course, Samsung players were also embarrassed when the home run call came out even though it was not a home run.
It is clear that it was not that he did his best, but that it was a confusing scene where he could not judge that he should play quickly at the moment in that situation.
It's really ambiguous. It is the referee's discretion to adjust the situation when the decision such as home run and foul is reversed by video review. Since subjectivity is involved, of course, words are bound to come out.
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The situation was complicated against the Incheon SSG Landers-Hanwha Eagles on May 25. The top of the sixth when it was 1-1. With one out and runners on first base, Hanwha Chae Eun-sung hit a fly ball to right field. SSG right fielder Ha Jae-hoon attempted a diving catch. The initial decision was ruled out. However, Hanwha applied for a video review, and the result was a hit.
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SSG's unfairness was that Han Yu-seom gave him an out in a similar situation a year ago. It was such a big event that owner Jung Yong-jin visited the KBO protest. At that time, the ball hit by the opponent with the bases loaded with one out hit the first base, but why didn't it apply the same standard as Han Yu-sum's decision that he would be out at second base if the foul became a fair. Han Yu-seom was also returning to first base after going to second base in an ambiguous situation at the time. Han Yu-seom also would have gone to second base if a fair call had been made, not a foul. A similar situation and a different decision came out in a year.
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Doosan has a point. We might not be home runs, so we can protest why we don't take that into account when we play to the end. If Samsung fielders had played the relay until the end because they didn't know what would happen, if Yang Seok-hwan couldn't easily enter the home, Doosan wouldn't have felt unfair. As the team that only watched the game has benefited, Doosan naturally has no choice but to complain.
It is not about determining whether you stepped on or not to rearrange the runners. It is difficult to convince both sides rationally. In the Yang Seok-hwan controversy, if Yang admitted to scoring for homecoming, Samsung would have gone wild. You can argue why we should lose money when we didn't play on the home run call.
Even at the discretion of the referee, it seems necessary to have detailed regulations that can be judged on as consistent a standard as possible. For example, in an ambiguous situation, a plan that takes the situation of the side playing until the end into consideration may be considered. If you're a professional, it's right to do your best to the end under any circumstances. If you think it's ambiguous, you can play until the end and then leave the final decision to the reading. The field judges will then be able to make a final decision with more solid grounds for the relocation of runners. This is not the answer, but it means that there should be a certain level of standards in advance for both sides to nod their heads.
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