"'No, I hit it and got angry' Herredia's world-beating home run...Resistance? Landersfield effect?
Sep 18, 2024
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It was a `funny' wedge home run for SSG Landers and foreign hitter Herredia.
SSG won 2-0 against the KIA Tigers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 17th. He continued his hopes for fall baseball by winning three consecutive games. 5th place KT Wiz and 6th place in the 2nd game difference.
It was a game against Kia, a strong team that left the regular season's winning magic number 1, but SSG was more desperate for victory. Shin Bum-soo's first RBI timely hit in the third inning led, and Kim Kwang-hyun, who is trying to win 10 games of the season, silenced the KIA batters with five scoreless innings.
In addition, Herredia's net shot in the bottom of the eighth inning when she had a close 1-0 lead was also important. The one-run lead was bound to be unstable because KIA was a formidable lineup, but a timely home run gave closer Cho Byung-hyun a sense of stability.
But it was a bit of a shameful home run. Heredia came out as the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the eighth inning and met KIA must-win group Jang Hyun-sik. I scooped up the first forkball. A flying ball no matter who looks at it. Herredia was disappointed and did not even look at the ball and expressed her disappointment with a big move.
But what's wrong with this. The ball didn't fall. Herredia, who was angry, also started running after seeing the ball.
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From Herredia's point of view, it was a very awkward situation. No one knows better than his own player that he didn't hit the ball. In other words, he thought he would be out, but it was hard to be happy because it became a home run.
Since the beginning of this season, there have been talks about the repulsion of official balls. The continued tests passed within the regulations, but the majority opinion was that the repulsion of the official ball was much higher than last year.
On top of that, Landersfield, SSG's home stadium, is famous for its home run factory. Before the opening of Daegu Samsung Lions Park, which became the first 'Octagonal' stadium in Korea and an icon of a new home run factory, Landers Field was the stadium where the opposing team's batters aimed for home runs when they came away. The distance to the left-right fence was short at 95m, and the left-center was not deep in a circle, helping Herredia hit a home run.
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