How should I look at Noh Si-hwan's walk in an era that is not the answer to the sprint
Apr 04, 2025
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A professional baseball player's sprinting. It is a duty that any player who receives an annual salary has to perform. A player with a low salary plays even if a player who is desperate for a starting opportunity does not play. When high-paid players rush 'walk base', clubs, leaders, and fans get angry. Therefore, NC Dinos coach Lee Ho-joon declared a strong war as soon as he became the coach, saying, `If you don't run fast, you'll go to the bench right away.'
However, even if such a strong message is sent in the early days of the coach's inauguration, it is not easy to exclude the main players as the season progresses. Because you have to win. In addition, in recent years, the approach to sprinting itself has changed. KIA Tigers manager Lee Bum-ho is a prime example. She lost her star Kim Do-young in the opening game. It was a hamstring injury. Director Lee said, `Running at full speed is good, but taking care of your body is also important. If you don't really need the team, you don't have to speed it up too much," he stressed. KT Wiz manager Lee Kang-chul also doesn't say much about veteran catcher Jang Sung-woo even if he runs slowly when he hits an out-in ground ball. Because I understand I have to sit as a catcher for a whole season. Even in the U.S. Major League Baseball, unconditional sprinting, which poses a risk of injury, is said to be meaningless.
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The problem is that when a living situation is created, the 'walk base' becomes too much to be desired. The scene came out of Daejeon on the 3rd. The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants. Hanwha, which has been in a bad mood due to the slump in the lineup since the opening, had a chance to get on first and third bases with two outs in the fourth inning. No. 4 hitter Noh Si-hwan at bat. Noh Si-hwan hit the ball of Lotte starter Na Kyun-an, but the ball flowed to the third base ground ball. Of course, he did not speed up at first whether he judged it to be a ball to be out. However, Lotte third baseman Jeon Min-jae fumbled the ball. Only then did he speed up his run, but he was out by a hair's breadth. If you sprinted from the beginning, you lived enough, and it was a chance for the third baseman to step home and create the first point. The first point in baseball, it's really important. Of course, it's only one point, and I can't guarantee victory with that one point, but it's still a shame.
Perhaps because of this scene, Noh Si-hwan came out as a leadoff hitter in the eighth inning, hit a hit on the third base and made a headfirst sliding on the first base. This time again, Jeon Min-jae fumbled the ball. But he's out again. What if that earnestness came out from the fourth inning.
That's how Hanwha lost and fell to the bottom.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
