99th pitch, 156km best pitching, how good is it to be the first starter to throw so well...Director Kim Tae-hyung with a big smile.

Jun 15, 2025

99th pitch, 156km best pitching, how good is it to be the first starter to throw so well...Director Kim Tae-hyung with a big smile.
Lotte-SSG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 14th. Gamboa cheers after hitting Kim Sung-wook with a ground ball to third base after two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.14/



99th pitch, 156km best pitching, how good is it to be the first starter to throw so well...Director Kim Tae-hyung with a big smile.
Lotte-SSG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 14th. Lotte starter Gamboa is pitching. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.14/
99th pitch, 156km best pitching, how good is it to be the first starter to throw so well...Director Kim Tae-hyung with a big smile.
Lotte won the Lotte-SSG match 4-2 at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 14th. Director Kim Tae-hyung is welcoming Gamboa. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.14/
"Put it on your body! I ordered it, but I got the best pitching, first of all, it's good because the ball is fast."

A good first choice makes the head coach laugh. It's Alec Gamboa, the man who makes director Kim Tae-hyung laugh.

Lotte Giants manager Kim Tae-hyung, who met at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 15th, smiled brightly when Gamboa was mentioned.




There was still a glimmer of worry when he released Barnes, a fourth-year alien. It was not a good time to replace foreign players, and Barnes was a so-called 'calculated' pitcher, so it was easy to manage the game from the head coach's point of view.

However, he chose to make a quick decision rather than regretting the pitcher, who was both sluggish and injured. We asked the club to bring in the best player at this point, "as soon as possible," and as a result, Gamboa, who was transfused, is performing at his best.

99th pitch, 156km best pitching, how good is it to be the first starter to throw so well...Director Kim Tae-hyung with a big smile.
Lotte-SSG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 14th. Lotte starter Gamboa is pitching. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.14/
In his debut game, he humiliatingly allowed a triple steal with the routine of 'Folder Personnel', but even then, head coach Kim Tae-hyung said "The ball is good." There is no shortage of first choice." Since then, he has been showing good pitching. Currently, he is responsible for four games and 24 ⅓ innings, with a perfect score of 3-1 with a 2.59 ERA.




In the previous day's game, he won his third victory of the season with seven hits, one run and 6K perfect throws until the sixth inning. For SSG, it was a meaningful game, including Choo Shin-soo's retirement ceremony and Kim Kwang-hyun as a starter. However, Gamboa took the opponent's lineup and led the team to victory.

Manager Kim Tae-hyung responded to Gamboa's attitude toward team life, saying, `I don't really see pitchers practicing. And he has a good training attitude. All you have to do is throw well. Complaints about attitudes come out when you can't throw them," he said with a smile.

In particular, the ball's speed of the 99th pitch, which concludes the sixth inning, was 156km. This is the highest personal arrest since coming to Korea.




99th pitch, 156km best pitching, how good is it to be the first starter to throw so well...Director Kim Tae-hyung with a big smile.
Lotte-SSG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 14th. Manager Kim Tae-hyung is delighted when Lotte scored an additional point in the top of the eighth inning. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.14/
It was the last pitch that drew a swing and miss strikeout thrown to SSG Cho Hyung-woo in a crisis with two outs and runners on the second and third bases. It was inserted as if it were being shot from the dynamic pitching form, which was pulled tightly like a bow. Manager Kim Tae-hyung signed the autograph on the bench. I said, 'Let's win, put it on your body,' but the best pitching came out", he complimented.

"We have to wait and see the physical strength, but I think it's okay if the speed is 155 or 156 kilometers from 100 pitches. The pitching is not a diverse pitcher, but the best virtue of a good pitcher is his speed. It's really advantageous in itself to be able to throw such a fast ball."

SSG coach Lee Sung-yong, who watched Gamboa, also threw his tongue out. He said "The release point is high and the restraint is fast. When I saw it at bat, what I thought was a strike was higher than I thought, and what I thought was low was a strike. He exclaimed, "It's not an easy pitcher to hit because he controlled the breaking ball." Then "The situation was well made, but if only one timely hit came out" is regrettable"I looked back.

In particular, Cho Hyung-woo's strikeout was "ball, but it would have been a strike to the batter's eyes. He shook his head, saying, "I throw 156km of the 99th pitch, and I have no choice but to admit it as a good pitcher."





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.