Cheer up, my friend! For the same age who is shaking on the mound...The warm inside of the must-win group who jumped with their feet, everyone was in one mind.

May 21, 2025

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The KBO League game between Lotte and LG held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 20th. Lotte starter Yoon Sung-bin, who will be replaced early in the second inning. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.20/

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'Please give it to me. I'll be back.'

It seems like you can hear what you would have said out of your mouth. Lotte Giants' Jung Chul-won showed off his extraordinary presence without taking the mound.

Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 20th. It was the first time in 294 days that Lotte's 'Pain Finger' Yoon Sung-bin started the first team.

Jung Chul-won struck out three pitches and wowed Busan baseball fans against LG Twins leadoff Park Hae-min with 157km, 156km, and 157km fastballs in a row.

He gave up a hit to the next batter, Moon Sung-joo, but he again induced Kim Hyun-soo to strike out swinging with a 143-km slider following a 156km fastball.

The problem was next. The first ball, and Moon Sung-joo stole second base. At this time, Yoon Sung-bin made a motion that there was a problem with the pitchcom communicating with catcher Yoo Kang-nam.

The KBO League game between Lotte and LG held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 20th. Lotte's Yoon Sung-bin is pitching as a starter. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.20/

Usually, when there is an abnormality in equipment such as pitchcom, a team official comes out to check the condition and replace it. But it was different then. Jung Chul-won rushed to the bullpen and accepted the pitchcom, and rushed out to the mound.

At first, there was a sign that said 'It's okay' so I hesitated. After throwing two more balls, he asked for a replacement again. Again, Jung Chul-won took the equipment himself and ran to Yoo Kang-nam to replace it.

Along with Kim Won-joong, Jeong Cheol-won is a must-winner in charge of Lotte's back door. As it is in its eighth year as a professional, it is not an annual experience to run such errands.

It revealed the pleasant nature of leading the energy of Lotte's bullpen as much as the intense ceremony. In the urgent running, Yoon Sung-bin's good pitching rhythm was seen in a delicate way.

Commentator Lee Dae-hyung exclaimed, "'If you look at Yoon Sung-bin's pitches at the beginning of the game, you will get first-line," while "As the players are also focusing on Yoon Sung-bin, it seems that he jumped out quickly (in response to his movements)."

A game between Lotte and KIA, and Jung Chul-won of Lotte with two outs and runners on first and third in the bottom of the seventh inning is cheering for KIA Oh Sun-woo. Gwangju = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.05.14/

Yoon Sung-bin is a pitcher who has pitched in only four games, including this day, in the first team for the past seven years since 2019. Except in 2018, the second year of his debut (2 wins, 5 losses, 6.39 ERA in 50 ⅔ in 18 games), he has never pitched more than one inning on the first-team stage.

Last year, he took the mound as a starter in only one game by Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung's surprise selection, but was replaced after allowing five runs in one inning due to defensive errors.

The day started differently. The ball was alive, too.

Jeong Cheol-won is the same age as Yoon Sung-bin, who was born in 1999. He himself did not throw a single game in the first team before 2022, when he won the Rookie of the Year award after joining the Doosan Bears in 2018. That's why you must have known Yoon Sung-bin's trembling heart well.

However, Jeong Cheol-won's wish did not become a reality. Since then, Yoon Sung-bin has collapsed rapidly, allowing three runs in the first inning and failing to catch an out count in the second inning, leaving only a disastrous record of four hits, one walk, and nine runs in the first inning. Immediately after the loss, his fingers, which were shaking as he fixed his hat, were pitiful.

It was the first time in 294 days for Yoon Sung-bin since the match against Incheon SSG Landers on July 30 last year that he took the mound in the first division against the No. 1 team by one game. There may be a lot of pressure.

But in the end, the chance belongs to the one who catches it. If he showed a great pitch in this game, which drew all the attention of the baseball world, he could have become a "superstar" at once. Perhaps receiving such attention itself shows Yoon's possibility that he has not yet burst.

No matter how good the ball is, the shaking is so severe that it cannot be used as a bullpen. In the end, it's only a way to get some targeting in order and play as a starter, but I failed to prove it again this time.

However, the appearance until the first two outs was amazing. Afterwards, he was disappointed. The worries of head coach Kim Tae-hyung and Lotte's leadership may have deepened.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.