Kang Min-ho's outrage → Are the results of the referee and Benncle heartwarming? Friends of the same age...I cleared up the misunderstanding Restoring trust is key

Jun 21, 2025

A game between Samsung and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 20th, and Samsung catcher Kang Min-ho with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning is making a fierce protest against Cha Jung-gu's first base umpire after Lotte Kim Min-sung's strikeout. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.20/

"Before, (Kang) Min-ho was a little sensitive because of the check swing. Then the result was a home runI think he was a little sensitive."

It was all the more surprising because it was Kang Min-ho, an expert in drying the bench, and the unprecedented first base umpire and catcher's bench clearing.

The ending came to a good end. Samsung Lions manager Park Jin-man, who met at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 21st, replied, `It is said that Kang Min-ho and referee Cha Jung-gu met and resolved the misunderstanding well.'

According to the Samsung club, referee Kang Min-ho and referee Cha Jung-gu are friends of the same age who were born in 1985. Judge Cha Jung-gu is the son of former KIA Tigers coach Cha Young-hwa, who once played for Samsung. The two met before the game and resolved the misunderstanding of the situation at the time.

In the end, the key was Kang Min-ho's outburst of dissatisfaction with Jung Hoon's check swing North Wing decision. He explained that the misunderstanding between the two sides accumulated and then exploded.

Director Park Jin-man said "The situation wasn't a bit like that. Check swing has been an issue since the beginning of the season, and yesterday, the difference in score was one point, and I think the desire to win exploded.

"The referees are paying a lot of attention, of course, but I think it would be better if they could focus more on the check swing. Only then will the trust between the players and the referee be restored, and it will lead to a good atmosphere. To be honest, it was a disappointing decision from the manager's point of view," he added.

He also threw a punch at the home team, which had maintained the ground after the cleaning time the previous day.

"There is a reason why there is a cleaning time. It's to do ground work like that. In the case of yesterday, the home team (winning) created a situation that cannot help but be misunderstood. Without knowing when the heavy rain would fall, the team was all out and getting ready for the game, but I didn't understand because they told me to go back in and work on the ground. There is a need for an operation that will not be misunderstood."

Regarding Park Byung-ho's obstruction of defense in the top of the fifth inning yesterday, "We didn't protest separately, but Lotte seems to have decided that it was a runner out and a batter out next time, and the players entered." But it was a boulder at the time Park Byung-ho was out, so the referees gathered to decide and let both coaches know."

Koo Ja-wook and Ryu Ji-hyuk are pressing the first base when Samsung catcher Kang Min-ho complained to Cha Jung-gu at the bottom of the eighth inning after Lotte Kim Min-sung's strikeout in the game between Samsung and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 20th. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.20/

On this day, Kim Ji-chan returned to center field as a leadoff. Head coach Park Jin-man said, `I don't think my hitting condition has come up very well, and I'm in a situation where I'm falling down a little bit, but if Ji-chan survives, there is a burden on the opponent, so I hope he will perform well from today. I was out yesterday, but I hit a good ball. Both Ji-chan and (Kim) Sung-yoon, and strangely, they all went to the front of the beast, he said regretfully.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.