"Outdoors come first." a definite principle of extortion. Oh Ji-hwan turned to the dugout at Jang Sung-woo's fly ball in the seventh inning
Aug 28, 2024
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LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop emphasized standard defense. He emphasized that it is a principle for outfielders to catch balls falling between outfielders and infielders as much as possible when defending them.
LG suffered a disappointing defeat because three veteran fielders made a mistake of missing a normal fly. Shortstop Oh Ji-hwan, center fielder Park Hae-min and left fielder Kim Hyun-soo failed to catch Choi Joo-hwan's fly ball in the bottom of the eighth inning, when the score was 4-4 against Gocheok Kiwoom on the 25th, and that eventually led to two runs. With the bases loaded with one out, Kim Jin-sung struck out Bae Sang-kwon, but allowed a two-run hit to Lee Hyung-jong and eventually lost 4-6.
It was an ambiguous hit that fell between center field, left field, and shortstop. However, Kim Hyun-soo or Park Hae-min could have caught him if he had sprinted more. As Oh Ji-hwan stepped back a lot to catch the ball, Kim Hyun-soo and Park Hae-min seemed to slow down as if leaving it to Oh Ji-hwan, and as Oh Ji-hwan gave up catching the ball at the point where it fell, no one could catch it.
LG tends to leave it to Oh Ji-hwan because he has a strong belief in Oh Ji-hwan's defense. However, Yeom said no more. Manager Yeom talked about the situation at the time ahead of the match against KT Wiz in Jamsil on the 27th, saying, `Ji-hwan doesn't catch everything. The outfield comes first, he said. "We're still talking now. The ball that the outfield can catch is first caught by the outfield." In the case of a ball floating between the outfield and the infield, the outfielder who runs forward and sees the ball is more advantageous than the infielder who has to step back and watch the ball.
Coach Yeom said, `Ji-hwan is greedy for defense. Even if Ji-hwan follows him to the end, if the outfielder calls first, Ji-hwan will also stop. The problem is that the outfielder didn't call."
Was it because of the ambiguous scene against Kiwoom. On the 27th, an interesting scene was produced in the KT match. In the top of the seventh inning with a 4-1 lead, pinch hitter Jang Sung-woo's hit high toward center field with two outs and second base. It was a slightly shallow ball, but Oh Ji-hwan did not run toward the outfield this time, but looked at the ball and ran toward the dugout quickly. It was interesting that Oh Ji-hwan turned his body without chasing him at all, although the ball flew further toward the outfield than the middle between the infield and the outfield. The lesson of the day must have been great.
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