Before notification, there was no intention of deception. The grandfather of the junior coach of Korea University, Gonggo High School, withdrew the pinch hit caused by the rookie's motivation

Apr 13, 2025

Before notification, there was no intention of deception. The grandfather of the junior coach of Korea University, Gonggo High School, withdrew the pinch hit caused by the rookie's motivation
Coach Kim Kyung-moon is watching the training at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 12th. Daejeon = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.04.12/



"It was before the substitute."

Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki explained in detail about the previous day 'Yeo Dong-wook's pinch hitter happening'.

Before the Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th, Hong waved his hands saying, `It was never intended to deceive the opponent's manager.'"We prepared Yeo Dong-wook (left-handed pitcher Jeon Tae-hyun at bat), but catcher Choi Jae-hoon over there played time first." The referee had to deliver it to the record room to establish a pinch hitter, but before that, it changed to a right-hander (Kim Jong-soo), so I called in Yeo Dong-wook", he explained.




The Hanwha-Kium match was held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 12th. It was in the top of the sixth inning when Kiwoom was leading 5-2.

Hanwha left-hander Kim Bum-soo, who took the mound in the sixth inning, handled the first two batters.

However, he allowed consecutive walks after two outs. With two outs and runners on first and second bases, the next batter was rookie left-handed hitter Jeon Tae-hyun.




In the previous three at-bats, he was silent with no hits in three at-bats, including two strikeouts.
Before notification, there was no intention of deception. The grandfather of the junior coach of Korea University, Gonggo High School, withdrew the pinch hit caused by the rookie's motivation
A game between Kiwoom and Hanwha at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th, passes by manager Hong Won-ki of the dugout after Kiwoom Puig was out with a catcher foul fly in the top of the first inning. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.13/
Before notification, there was no intention of deception. The grandfather of the junior coach of Korea University, Gonggo High School, withdrew the pinch hit caused by the rookie's motivation
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 17th. Yeo Dong-wook is happy after hitting a hit in the bottom of the third inning with two outs and runners on the first and second bases. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.17/
Kiwoom Bench prepared another rookie right-handed hitter Yeo Dong-wook as a pinch hitter.

Upon hearing the good news of the pinch hitter, Yeo Dong-wook kicked out of the dugout early and came out to the ground to warm up by swinging.

But at that moment, the Hanwha bench moved. It was a change of pitcher. Left-hander Kim Bum-soo went down and right-hander Kim Jong-soo came up.




Then, Kiwoom Bench put on hold Yeo Dong-wook's appointment as a pinch hitter, and put Jeon Tae-hyun at the batter's box.

Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon, who changed the pitcher after watching Yeo Dong-wook warm up, came to the ground and made a light appeal to referee Park Geun-young. The gist of "'Didn't the pinch hitter Yeo Dong-wook almost come out to the plate?'

However, referee Park Geun-young explained that the substitute was not confirmed because the record room was not notified. Coach Kim Kyung-moon also immediately agreed and turned around.

As left-handed hitter Jeon Tae-hyun struck out by changed right pitcher Kim Jong-soo, there was no worrisome situation on the Hanwha bench.

Coach Hong Won-ki once again emphasized that `the situation seemed a little strange, but there is no additional part that I tried to take advantage of this situation.' Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki is a junior at Korea University and a high school under Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon. It was natural that he did not want to be misunderstood unnecessarily.

It was a light happening in the process of confirming rookie Yeo Dong-wook's desire to play in the game and whether he was confirmed as a substitute.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.