"Kim Yunsoo is only in crisis..." be Park Jin-man's one pick with seven 154km balls. 'To become the best Cinderella in PO'
Oct 18, 2024
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Samsung Lions' Kim Yoon-soo was inserted as director Park Jin-man's first choice.
It can be seen as the best pitcher to call in the most critical moments. If LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop's current most trusted pitcher is Eliaser Hernandez, it can be said to be Kim Yoon-soo to manager Park Jin-man.
Kim Yoon-soo took the mound in Game 1, Game 2 and Game 3 in the playoffs against the LG Twins. All faced the most dangerous batter in the moment of the biggest crisis.
In the first game, it was a crisis with two outs and runners on first and second bases in the top of the seventh inning when they were chased 7-4. Austin took the batter's box, and among the must-win pitchers Park Jin-man said before the game, Kim Tae-hoon or Lim Chang-min were expected to take the mound, but Park Jin-man's one pick was Kim Yoon-soo. The scene where Kim Tae-hoon heard Kim Yun-soo from the coach on the mound at the bullpen door and called Kim Yun-soo and grabbed him by the collar and pulled him out of the door was all on the air. Kim Yun-soo also raised his hand to see if he was right and ran out to the mound.
It was a funny scene, but the game was the best ever. Kim Yoon-soo caught 2S with a curveball following a fastball and struck out swinging with a third-highest fastball.
In the second game, Kim Yun-soo came up again when he was at-bat in Austin with two outs and a full base lead of 6-1. The same ball combination as in the first round. Kim Yun-soo, who caught the strike with a 151km fastball at the first pitch, threw a curve ball on the second pitch, but this time it was a ball that fell out. He threw a fastball of 152km again on the third pitch, but Austin hit it and the result was a ground ball in front of the shortstop.
In Game 3, Kim Yun-soo and Austin met in the crisis. In the bottom of the fifth inning, trailing 0-1, Song Eun-beom took the mound and gave up a walk to Shin Min-jae, and when Austin's at-bat returned, Kim Yoon-soo came up again. This time, Austin expected Kim Yoon-soo to throw a fastball at the first pitch, so he put his bat on the first pitch. As expected, a 154km fastball came into the high strike zone outside. However, Austin did not overcome Kim Yun-soo's speed even though he expected it. Out with a normal fly to right field. Kim Yoon-soo, who had a fierce ceremony that came from his emotions in the first game, returned to the dugout with a calm expression as if it were natural in the third game.
After the game, when asked to coach Park Jin-man if Song Eun-beom would have put Kim Yoon-soo up at Austin's at-bat in the next inning if the inning had ended with Shin Min-jae out, coach Park said, `No. He said he would have put up another pitcher, adding that `Kim Yoon-soo has to prepare for the next crisis.'
This means that Kim Yun-soo has a large position in the team. It is Park's intention to put Kim Yoon-soo, who has the best ball power, in when he thinks it is the biggest crisis in the game.
Kim Yoon-soo, who was expected to help Samsung as a starter when he returned from Sangmu, was increasingly forgotten by fans as he failed to perform well due to problems with his control. But he has emerged as a clear star in the playoffs. He threw only seven balls in three games. That was enough.
indyk@sportschosun.com
