Are you afraid of the pitchers' graves? It's more relaxed. "We're just as good as we are"
Oct 24, 2024
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Samsung hitters topped the 10-team list with 185 home runs. The KIA Tigers, the winner of the regular season, are in third place with 163 home runs.
Samsung's ability to become the No. 1 home run was influenced by many sluggers, but the effect of the home stadium Daegu Samsung Lions Park was great. Out of 185 home runs, Samsung hitters smashed 120 home runs at their home ground, and 119 of them were hit at Lions Park except for the second ball, Pohang. The team's home runs account for well over 60 percent of its total home runs.
There are many home runs due to the unique octagonal structure unique to the center fence 122.5m and the left and right fence 99.5m. Not only the home team Samsung, but also away teams, home run hitters feel more comfortable psychologically, and pitchers pitch extremely wary of long balls.
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In this Korean Series, Games 3 and 4 in Daegu have also emerged as variables. In short-term games, especially in big games like the Korean Series, one home run determines victory or defeat. In particular, if a home run hits with two or more runners on the ground, it is not easy for the opposing team to overcome internal injuries. This is the very effect that Samsung is already saving.
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However, KIA players seem to be rather relaxed. Choi Hyung-woo, the oldest veteran, said, "(Samsung hit a lot of home runs in Daegu) of course. We play a lot and play well, but as you can see from the record, we also played a lot in Daegu. Our juniors also said that whenever Samsung players hit in Daegu, 'We're going to hit it anyway' I don't have that (fear) intention," he said with confidence.
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Will Kia's confidence end up as a result. Or will Samsung be able to rebound the subdued atmosphere with its long-term home run. Attention and expectations are drawn to how the variables in Game 3 and 4 in Daegu will work.
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