Did you sign an MOU with the Korea Meteorological Administration? 155 minutes of waiting. Why couldn't I make up my mind
Apr 19, 2025
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SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 19th, when SSG Landers and LG Twins faced off. Since this morning, the Incheon area has repeatedly rained and stopped. There was quite a lot of rain in the morning, and then the rain weakened again in the afternoon. Landers Field had a large tarpaulin covering the entire infield, and the home team, SSG, and the away team, LG, could not proceed with outdoor training and replaced it only with indoor training. SSG players, the home team, warmed up by playing catch briefly on the ground when the rain stopped for a while, but outdoor training did not continue as it rained again after 11 a.m.
Then the rain stopped. As it passed 12 p.m., the rain weakened, and the work of walking on a super-large tarpaulin was carried out at 1 p.m. Fortunately, the accumulated precipitation itself was not very large, so the soil condition in the infield and outfield was not bad.
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In the end, two minutes into the game, the referee declared a suspension of rain. The first interruption did not last long. At 2:15 p.m., the rain didn't stop completely, but as the rain weakened, the referee asked the SSG fielders to prepare for the game again. And about 16 minutes later, the game resumed at 2:18.
The rain didn't stop completely. It rained continuously. As the wind blew, it flew here and there as if it were raining sideways. The audience showed passion to keep their seats even with umbrellas and raincoats on.
LG scored two runs first with consecutive timely hits by Koo Bon-hyuk and Hong Chang-ki in the top of the second inning to lead 2-0.
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There were also two cases in which ABS tracking was not possible, perhaps due to the influence of rain. In many ways, it was difficult to proceed with the game. In the end, the rain became thicker again during LG's attack in the top of the fourth inning.
A second rain stoppage was declared at 3:21 p.m. However, the ground maintenance began without completely stopping the rain. SSG club officials began maintenance with a focus on removing moisture from the infield puddle, but there was no point in maintenance without the rain stopping completely.
Eventually, after about half an hour, the maintenance stopped again. "After the rain stops completely, we will start over."There was a judgment of the judges that " According to the weather forecast of the Korea Meteorological Administration, the rain was expected to stop for a while in the afternoon, but even this fluctuated in real time, making it impossible to see an inch ahead.
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Fortunately, there were no further delays, but the players had to warm up again as they waited for 155 minutes, two hours and 35 minutes with the rain continuing to fall. Pitchers' pitching was also hampered. LG starter Son Joo-young pitched scoreless until the third inning, but due to the suspension of rain, he became 'forced steel plate'. The game, which started at 2 p.m., didn't end until 8:13 p.m.
LG, which did not lose its concentration despite the suspension of rain, won a great victory 11-4 with all the starters' hits, and SSG, which was combined with poor bullpen pitchers and poor batting lineup, was completely defeated.
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KBO has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Meteorological Administration ahead of this season and said it will receive weather policy advice and receive training on the use of weather information for KBO executives, game management committee members, and referee committees. However, this season is more chaotic than last year in the decision to postpone rain or suspend it.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
