Why? Japanese media angry at change of starting pitcher, Taiwanese coach Taiwan apologizes for "I'm sorry"

Nov 24, 2024

The Premier 12 baseball team played against Taiwan at Taipei Dome Stadium in Taiwan on the 13th. Taiwan's starting pitcher Lin Yu-min, who was pulled out with two outs and a runner on first base in the fifth inning. Taipei (Taiwan) = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.11.13/

The Premier 12 baseball team played against Taiwan at Taipei Dome Stadium in Taiwan on the 13th. Taiwan starter Lin Yu-min pitching. Taipei (Taiwan) = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.11.13/

"I'm very sorry to Japan." In the end, the director apologized.

The Japanese media is noisy over Taiwan's change of starting pitcher in 'Premier 12', which only has the final left.

Japan and Taiwan, the two teams that played in the group stage against South Korea, advanced to the finals side by side. The two teams will play the final match for the championship at Tokyo Dome in Japan on the 24th.

However, the trap was that the two teams faced off in the Super Round on the 23rd. As the final match was confirmed earlier than expected, Taiwan and Japan faced off in the Super Round on the 23rd, regardless of the ranking.

Taiwan originally predicted Lin Yu-min as the starting pitcher for the Super Round match against Japan on the 23rd. But before the game started, the starting pitcher was changed to Chen Po-ching. This is because there is no reason to use Lin Yu-min in a super round match as he has already been confirmed to advance to the finals. Lin Yu-min will play in the final on the 24th.

The Premier 12 baseball team played against Japan at Taipei Dome in Taiwan on the 15th. Director Ibata of Japan. Taipei (Taiwan) = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.11.15/

But he's already announced his starting pitcher, and it's not a manner to replace him just before the start of the gameIt was pointed out that " Japanese media also reacted sensitively.

Tokyo Sports is confused by the sudden replacement of starting pitchers "The Japanese national team and reporters from both countries. It seems that he wanted to give 'Ace' in the final contest for the championship. In the WBSC tournament rules, it is recorded that if there is no justifiable reason to replace the starting pitcher, he will receive penalties such as fines, and the incident has led to the possibility of Taiwan paying a fine of about $3,000Does it mean that if he pays a fine, he can change his starting pitcher just before the game. There are a number of people who are wondering that they have never heard of such regulations before"I couldn't hide my discomfort. Taiwan lost the match 6-9.

The Premier 12 baseball team held an official press conference at the Howard Plaza Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan on the afternoon of the 12th. Director Lin Weping of Taiwan at the press conference. Taipei (Taiwan) = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.11.12/

When asked by reporters after the match against Taiwan, manager Hirokazu Ibata replied, "Taiwan informed me about the change of the starting pitcher. I didn't care too much" he said. Manager Ibata said "The opposing team has been talking about wanting to change the starting pitcher, which is not up to us to decide, so we asked the organizers to report it. We are in a situation where we have decided on the starting rotation anyway, and even if the opposing team's selection changes, we were in a position to stick to it. I didn't care too much, but the most important thing is that I won today."

However, Taiwanese coach Lin Weping apologized. In a postgame interview "I am terribly sorry to the Japanese team for the sudden replacement of the starting pitcher. I wanted to prepare for tomorrow's final in good condition, so I ended up in this situation," he said in a message of apology.

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