The coach was sent off due to a misjudgment of the check swing If KBO is still cautious and incomplete in the introduction of video reading
Jun 01, 2025
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Since this season, the Futures League has been installing reading equipment in some stadiums and introducing check swing video readings as a trial, and it is said that it should be introduced to the first team quickly.
Video readings are being made for most plays, and the ball-strike is also being made fairly by both teams due to the introduction of ABS. As a result, complaints about the decision and worries about misjudgment have disappeared in the KBO League.
In the check swing, where video reading has not been made, fans as well as the field have complained a lot as the bad calls have been made since the beginning of this season. This is because the result of the game may change with just one check swing misjudgment. Now even the directors have started not to put up with it.
On May 27, Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon came out to protest in person due to a misjudgment of the check swing against Hanwha LG in Jamsil. After one out in the bottom of the seventh inning, LG No. 9 Lee Young-bin stopped after turning the bat on Kim Bum-soo's slider for the fifth pitch in 1B2S.The referee declared the ball, and when Hanwha catcher Choi Jae-hoon asked the third baseman to make a decision on the check swing, the third baseman also declared safe. Then head coach Kim kicked out of the dugout and protested, and it was confirmed that Lee Young-bin's bat turned clearly on the broadcast replay screen. It was a situation that could be clearly distinguished by the naked eye, but there was a misjudgment that both the referee and the third baseman missed it.
The next day, head coach Kim Kyung-moon wanted a quick introduction of check swing video readings. Manager Kim said, `Even referees sometimes make mistakes. I fully understand. However, in my view, the bat was spinning a lot at that time, but the first referee should have caught it, but he couldn't, and he couldn't even get the third base. So..."(It went out)", and "Isn't faith broken between each other?" I wish we could do it quickly. Isn't there no problem even after the All-Star break. Shouldn't we be fair to each other. And there's no need to blush at each other. I hope we can start after the All Star break" he insisted.
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Lim Jong-sung's at-bat had to continue with a full count, but Lim Jong-sung was on base. There is no reversal, but Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki came out and protested strongly, and he was eventually sent off due to the continued protests.
After that, it led to the bases loaded with two outs, but Kiwoom blocked it without losing a point and Kiwoom ended with a 1-0 victory, and Kiwoom escaped from nine consecutive losses. Coach Hong urged improvement on the 1st, the next day, saying, `If we can't overturn it in a clear situation and it has a big impact on the outcome of the game, it's a problem that we'll definitely think deeply about again.'
The scene is hot. There is too much regret over the misjudgment of the check swing.
However, KBO is still in a cautious position. KBO, which has accepted video readings requested by the field since last year and has been testing video readings in the Futures League since this year, has the idea of fully testing them for a year and introducing them to the first team by supplementing their strengths and weaknesses and unexpected parts before implementation, and the plan is still in effect. However, from the beginning of the season, there was a bad call for a check swing and it also affected the outcome of the game, and as the field's request increased, it was forced to think about early introduction.
KBO Secretary-General Park Geun-chan said, `We're also in a situation where we're thinking,' regarding the video review of the check swing, `There was a discussion once at the team leader's meeting, but there were a lot of opinions that it was too much to do it right away. There were opinions that it would be better to supplement the accumulated data and the points to be supplemented"
`There are many things to solve, such as how many times a game can be requested and how many times a game can be requested, and the issue of linking broadcasting and screens has to be solved,' said President Park.
For the second consecutive year, it is possible to surpass 10 million spectators, 11 million, and 12 million this season. Can KBO disappear by early introduction of video reading about the check swing misjudgment, which has become the only factor that upsets fans during the game. It seems that an active attitude is needed.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
