'The team being beaten is unlucky' VR"straight hit → ground ball"Dungap double-out, Hanwha's bench that lasted 10 years
Jul 25, 2024
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Ahead of the Samsung Lions match held at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 25th, head coach Kim said about the situation on the previous day, `The team that was beaten was unlucky.' `After taking such a chance, the head coach was in a position to leave knowing that he couldn't go out because of the team's circumstances and that he was sent off. Even if I watched it on video, I was not sure, so it would have been difficult for the referee to judge with his eyes."
The situation was like this. A chance to end the first and third bases with no outs in the bottom of the ninth inning when they were facing 2-2. Jang Jin-hyuk hit a straight hit to second base. Samsung's second baseman Ahn Ju-hyung collapsed and seemed to catch the ball. The first base umpire also raised his arm and ruled him out. Choi Jae-hoon, the first baseman who saw the referee's call sign, was put on the first base.
But the situation turned strange. The Samsung Lions requested a video review, saying it could be a ground ball. Samsung played a double play in case it was not a straight hit. First baseman Ryu Ji-hyuk tagged the first baseman first and stepped on the first base.
The result was reversed with a ground ball.
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For Hanwha, it was a huge negative factor that could cross the entire flow. The game could lead to extra time. Coach Kim Kyung-moon stepped out.
"Didn't the first baseman raise his hand and make a line drive call?" he claimed. Of course, Choi Jae-hoon had no choice but to return home after seeing the first base referee's sign. If the ground ball decision came out right away, Choi Jae-hoon would of course have run to second base. Since the second baseman fell and caught it, even if he was forced out of the second base, there was a good possibility that Jang Jin-hyuk, a fast left-handed batter, lived at first base.
Replacement of runners by video reading is an excessive subjective domain. There is plenty of room for trouble. Similar cases have been produced several times this year alone, creating an unfair team. On the 12th, Doosan Bears manager Lee Seung-yeop was sent off after protesting when Yang Seok-hwan's ball was overturned from a home run to a triple.
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Manager Kim Kyung-moon also said, `It was fortunate that it ended in the ninth inning. If you go to extra time, even if you win, there will be a blow."
hschung@sportschosun.com
