"Should I call it the room of truth?" Ace goes to the mound himself to protect his mental strength. What did director Kim Tae-hyung say?
Jul 04, 2024
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a game in which one win was lost in front of one's eyes. The head coach's face, which recalled the previous day's game, was full of regret. I'm smiling, but I'm not laughing.
The Lotte Giants will play their last game of the first half against the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 4th.
Lotte played the fewest games among the 10 clubs due to repeated cancellations of rain. He was the only one who failed to complete 80 games.
On the previous day, Lotte's ace Park Se-woong took the mound and lost the game, which had been leading 6-0 until the second inning, 8-13. It was even disgraced as a team that allowed the first Han Mandu (two grand homers in one game) in Jamsil Stadium history.
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What I point out to Park Se-woong is always similar. He uses too many breaking balls over a fastball with good ball power, and even that, the pattern is read by the opponent. "I'm just trying to throw it too well. I threw too many breaking balls. You can use less fastballs, but how you use them is important." It is the same story that Park Se-woong has repeatedly emphasized whenever he is sluggish.
When Hwang Sung-bin missed Doosan Yang Seok-hwan's pitch in the bottom of the fourth inning with a 6-3 lead and made a double, manager Kim Tae-hyung took the mound himself. It was even more unusual as the purpose was not to replace the pitcher. It was to control Park Se-woong's mental strength. What kind of advice did he give.
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Park Se-woong passed the fourth inning without a run, but was replaced after causing a full base crisis with consecutive hits and walks in the fifth inning. The game was overturned when the next pitcher Kim Sang-soo allowed Yang Seok-hwan to make a come-from-behind grand slam, followed by Yang Seok-hwan's finishing hit in the eighth inning and Yang Eui-ji's grand slam in the ninth inning, ending with Doosan's victory. Director Kim Tae-hyung said, `I wonder if I should really call him the room of truth. I have a really good ball...", he said with regret.
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"Of course, it's easy to direct the director, but...In the end, you have to be good at choosing the ball type or course. The pitcher on the mound has to get through it."
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