LG Twins coach Yeom Gyeong-yeop kept quiet about the argument between Hae-min Park and the referee that occurred in the game the previous day. It is said that the strike zone judgment is also going through a kind of transition.

Coach Yeom said, “(The argument between Park Hae-min and the referee the day before) was part of the game. I don’t want to talk about anything else,” ahead of the 6th game of the season with the Hanwha Eagles in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 21st. .

Park Hae-min came out as the lead batter at the end of the 12th inning, where the team faced 1-1 the previous day, and faced Hanwha veteran left-hander Jung Woo-ram. When Jung Woo-ram’s first pitch was judged to be a strike, he left the plate for a while, expressing regret, but returned to focus on the game without protesting, and the well-hit ball was caught as a straight hit by Hanwha first baseman Chae Eun-seong and withdrew.

Park Hae-min returned to the dugout immediately after being out and threw his helmet on the ground, reacting unusually violently. Referee Kwon Yeong-cheol did not respond until this point, but when Song Chan-eui was at bat in the second out and first base, he approached the LG bench and shouted at Park Hae-min, “I am suffering too,” and the atmosphere became overheated for a while.

The LG coaching staff and referees quickly intervened, and although it did not lead to a nasty situation, players and referees clashed over the strike zone. LG failed to score in the bottom of the 12th and the game ended in a 1-1 draw.

In the previous day’s game, in addition to Park Hae-min’s strike judgment, the controversy was from LG’s attack to Jung Joo-hyun’s at-bat where there was a misjudgment of strike interference rather than defense interference.

First of all, coach Yeom said, “The strike zone has been widened since last year, but there are some things that the players need to (understand). As much as we are experiencing, the same situation as the previous day can happen frequently.”메이저놀이터

However, “even if I don’t tell the media (about the referee’s decision), I’m talking more about the KBO and the referee than anyone else,” he said. “If you talk in an interview, it eventually makes it difficult for the referee. It leads to distrust,” he stressed.