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| A game between the Doosan Bears and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Doosan Yang Eui-ji, with one out, is struck out with three pitches in the bottom of the ninth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.20/ |
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'This is ABS' decision.
Veteran Yang Eui-ji, who has gone through all the hardships, sat down. It's so unfair and absurd. However, if you think about it carefully, it is also a situation where there is nothing to be wronged. What kind of story was it.
Jamsil Stadium, where the final game of the weekend's three consecutive games between the Doosan Bears and the KIA Tigers was held. Doosan, which scored two runs first in the bottom of the sixth inning, was upset by giving up three runs in the seventh inning. In the eighth inning, the leadoff hitter hit a hit, but pinch runner Jeon Da-min was caught in a checker and was out.
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| Caption">Capture Han Seung-taek is standing up, demanding a high ball. Photo source = Capture relay screen |
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Doosan showed its willingness to overturn the losing game by raising the closing pitcher Kim Taek-yeon in the top of the ninth inning, but it was on the verge of losing by dedicating three points due to throwing errors by Kim Taek-yeon and Yang Eui-ji.
Still, it wasn't that there was no hope at all in the bottom of the ninth inning. This is because KIA closer Jung Hae-young eased the tension by widening from one point to four points, creating a one-out bases-loaded crisis.
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| Jeong Hae-young's ball flies to a low position, and Han Seung-taek hurriedly lowers himself to catch the ball. After the catch, the mitt touched the floor. Photo source = Capture relay screen |
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Yang Eui-ji at bat. a one-shot slugger. From the Doosan Bears' spectators' seats, there was a chant of "Homerun " Even if it wasn't a home run, it wasn't clear how the game would change if it followed two or three runs.
Yang Eui-ji swung and missed Jung Hae-young's first pitch fastball. He hit the slider on the second pitch, but it was a foul. The ball count was at a disadvantage.
KIA catcher Han Seung-taek stood up and induced a high ball when he had time to count. The traditional ball combination to show the high side and then mislead with the low ball. However, Jung Hae-young's 'Hard Battle' occurred. It's not a full-throated throw, but a full-throated throw that went in the opposite direction of the catcher's lead. Han Seung-taek is standing, but the ball headed toward the catcher's feet.
Surprised, Han Seung-taek curled up and caught the ball in a hurry to see if the ball would fall back.
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| Suddenly lowered his posture, so Han Seung-taek couldn't balance and even collapsed. However, the ball passed through the low ABS zone in the meantime. Yang Eui-ji is in despair over the strike decision. Photo source = Capture relay screen |
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Just as Han Seung-taek caught a one-bound ball, he fell and caught the mitt on the ground. But something absurd happened. The umpire ruled the strikeout. Yang Eui-ji collapsed on the ground as if she were dumbfounded. Even Jung Hae-young, who threw the ball, was caught smiling awkwardly on the broadcast screen.
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| Jung Hae-young is smiling awkwardly even though he has struck out. Photo source = Capture relay screen |
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What's going on. There is no ABS introduced since last year. 'Acknowledgement'. It's a strike as long as you pass the zone. Whether the catcher is standing, lying down, or catching the ball outside the zone without framing, if the ball passes only in the zone set by the machine, it is a strike. However, until two years ago, a human centripetal judge made the decision. It was different then. Strictly speaking, even if it passed the zone, most of the balls were declared if it was a back-throwing, as in this case, or if the catcher's last catch was outside the zone. The big curve of the drop was also a ball if catcher Mitt was near the floor. Since the referee was also a person, he had no choice but to value the location of the last port. This was agreed by the batters. If the scene of the match between Yang Eui-ji and Jung Hae-young was returned to the pre-ABS era, 99.9% of the ball would have been judged.
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| If you look at the trajectory and position of the ball flying, you can clearly see it going to the strike zone in the middle. Photo source = Capture relay screen |
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However, if you think about it carefully, Yang Eui-ji is not in a situation where she is unfair or disappointed. I already mentioned the hint above. ABS is a machine. The catcher is standing fall down and grab it, lie down The ball, which was caught standing up, went through the zone. Therefore, framing has become meaningless. Until then, there were many referees who were deceived by catchers' flamboyant meat processing.
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| The last port location may seem low because the port was held at the moment of time, but this was bound to have a lower optical illusion because Han Seung-taek held his body and arms from top to bottom. Photo source = Capture relay screen |
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If Yang Eui-ji knew the catcher's position or posture and hit it, if he had focused only on the incoming ball, he should have judged Jung Hae-young's ball as a strike and hit it. There was no reason to regret that the catcher fell and caught it. Of course, it was Yang Eui-ji, who has played baseball with human centripetal players for a long time, so it was understandable that he was so disappointed when the strikeout call came out at the moment when he thought he should be a ball.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
