A home run that led to a valuable chase point, but the head coach turned a blind eye.
At the Lions Park in Daegu on Sunday, the KIA Tigers was trailing the Samsung Lions 0-4 in the top of the fourth inning. As the first batter, Kim hit a solo home run off Connor Seabold. With Samsung losing additional points in the defense line, Kia could have a glimmer of hope to catch up.
Kim slowly headed to the dugout. In this case, a coach and a team of coaches raise their hands at the entrance of the dugout and encourage them with high-fives.
However, KIA manager Lee Bum-ho was not there.
Lee had been talking with defensive coach Park Ki-nam for a long time. His gesture with a rather furious look on his face showed that he was angry.
Kim Do-yeong, who hit the homer, did not look happy. He performed his signature homerun ceremony while running around the third base, but lacked strength. Even after returning to the dugout, he exchanged high-fives with teammates and quietly organized his tools.
Their mixed performance is related to the process of losing a point in the bottom of the third inning. While adding "out count" by striking out with runners on the first and second bases with one out, all runners got off to a start, and catcher Kim Tae-gun quickly threw the ball to third baseman Kim Do-young. However, in a normal run-down situation, Kim threw the ball to first baseman Seo Kun-chang, rather than going in the direction of second base. Seo Geon-chang unexpectedly missed the ball, and in the meantime, second baseman Koo Ja-wook landed on the third base. Eventually, Kia lost a point due to Nail's interference with the base running. The situation where the inning could have been ended easily resulted in a loss due to an incomprehensible throw. Lee held Park, who was in charge of defense, accountable.
However, the timing was strange.
It was a time when the innings changed and a considerable amount of time passed. With Kim Do-young returning to the dugout after hitting a home run, he settled in a place where he could see the ground clearly. It can be said that the conversation between coach Lee and coach Park was that long, but it was a scene that could be interpreted as a "message of nonsense" for Kim Do-young, who made a fatal mistake. It was worth recalling that coach Park has been leading the training by using various methods, trying to stay up all night to improve Kim Do-young's defense. 업소알바
Lee eventually replaced Kim with Byun Woo-hyuk at defense in the bottom of the fourth inning. He fired atonement, but it was not enough to calm the manager's anger. Lee used to advocate "laughing baseball," but Kim's mistake in the bottom of the third inning could not be ignored.