All the greatest waves of all time have been overcome! Miracle spirit revived PS feat for 2 consecutive years, the fruit of Lee Seung-yeop
Sep 25, 2024
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The Doosan Bears confirmed their advance to the postseason with a 10-5 victory over the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 24th. Last year, he entered the fall baseball league for the second consecutive year.
Doosan, which finished ninth in 2022, broke up with head coach Kim Tae-hyung, who led the team for eight years, and newly appointed head coach Lee Seung-yeop. There were also voices of concern because he did not have a leadership career, but manager Lee led Doosan's advance to fall baseball for the first time in two years by raising its ranking to fifth place in 2023.
Lee Seung-yeop is in his second year. He threw his hat in the ring that he would be higher than last year.
In particular, it started by minimizing foreign variables. Raul Alcantara, who won 13 games (nine losses) last year, and Brandon Waddell, who came as a substitute and won 11 games (three losses). It seemed that a certain foreigner 'one-two punch' was in place.
In addition, Henry Ramos, who left KT Wiz in 2022 due to injury after hitting three home runs in 18 games, was recruited.
It seemed to go stably, but all the 'makjae' that could occur to foreign players came at once.
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Jordan Balazovic was newly joined in place of Alcantara, but he did not meet expectations with 2-6 losses and a 4.34 ERA in 11 games.
Brandon has cruised through June with a 7-4 record and 3.12 ERA in 14 games this season. However, he has yet to hear from him due to a scapular injury. I thought it could come in six weeks, so I made him consider 'short-term replacement' rather than replacement. However, after the first bullpen pitching, the pain recurred and returned to square one. Recently, he has caught the ball and entered a catch at a close distance, but it is virtually difficult to return to autumn baseball.
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Ramos had a .35-ri 10 home runs in 80 games, but eventually broke up in late July as his pace dropped noticeably in the second half and led to a controversy over his work. However, Jared, who came on behalf of Ramos, became Doosan's foreign farming team as he became a filial son with 338 10 home runs in 36 games.
The lackluster performance of foreign players was painful. Those who have to act as losing stoppers have not been able to break the losing streak, but have rather played a role in lowering the atmosphere.
To make matters worse, domestic starters were also shaken. Choi Seung-yong, who played the final starting role last year, was only able to come in July due to fatigue fracture. Choi Won-joon and Kim Dong-ju each started as opening starters, but they showed some ups and downs. At least, Kwak Bin played 161 ⅓ innings in 29 games, recording 14 wins, 9 losses and an ERA of 4.40.
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The sluggishness of the starting lineup was bound to affect the fielder as well. The defensive innings became longer and both defense and offense were physically burdened. In addition, Doosan, which is dominated by veteran players in their mid-30s, did not have many points, so it was not easy to replace them in the middle of the game and manage their physical strength.
To make matters worse, it became the team with the least number of games canceled by rain. The rain cancellation became the team that played the most games until August as it returned to the doubleheader.
There was more bad news. As Oh Jae-won, who retired from Doosan, was found to have asked a fellow player to take a "sleeping medicine proxy prescription" when he was active, eight players were not allowed to play in the second-tier game. Among them were 1.5 military-grade backup resources.
Although it was not immediately visible, their absence was clearly felt in variable situations such as mid-season injuries.
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Doosan, which fought in autumn baseball until the end of the season, eventually confirmed its advance to the postseason in its final home game. The fourth place is also close to being confirmed. With the second consecutive year of entering fall baseball, Doosan began to engrave 'Autumn DNA' on its body once again.
After confirming his advance to the postseason, coach Lee Seung-yeop said, "I'm happy to confirm my advance to the postseason in front of my home fans. All the players did their part 100%, so the result is possible. "I'll do my best to finish the regular season well and show good performances in the fall baseball." he said.
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