22 of 29 dispelled doubts at the end of Lapakrun, Diaz was the strongest home run hitter

Jul 13, 2025

22 of 29 dispelled doubts at the end of Lapakrun, Diaz was the strongest home run hitter
Diaz, who won the 2025 KBO All-Star Game Home Run Derby at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 11th, poses with the trophy. Daejeon = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.07.11/



Diaz, you were a real home run hitter, not 'Lapakrun'.

The flower of the All-Star Game event, the home run race. Rather, it is the best event that makes baseball fans excited than the main game of the All-Star Game.

This year, the KBO tried to make a great change. a change in the system from out to part-time. The way the out count went up if the players didn't hit a home run was often boring by hitting only the ball they wanted if it wasn't their favorite ball. If you think about it, it didn't help the players either. When riding the flow, it could have been more difficult to hit a home run in a situation where the bat had to turn excitedly to get a home run, but the flow was continuously cut off.




In the U.S. Major League Baseball, it was part-time early on. It may be difficult for the players, but they had to swing once more, so the hit proceeded quickly and it could be much more interesting for the viewer.

22 of 29 dispelled doubts at the end of Lapakrun, Diaz was the strongest home run hitter
Diaz, who won the 2025 KBO All-Star Game home run derby at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 11th, is hitting a ball. Daejeon = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.07.11/
On top of that, the confrontation between the two 'monsters' has raised interest to the highest point. Diaz, a Samsung foreign hitter who hit 29 home runs in the first half of the year. On top of that, Ahn Hyun-min, who has 16 homers, appeared like a comet during the season and showed destructive power to the extent that people would hear that he is a foreign hitter in Latin America. Attention was focused on who will win the first place in the home run race.

The winner is Diaz. Diaz topped the preliminary round with 11 hits, and also hit eight in the final against Park Dong-won (LG). Diaz also won the longest home run award at 135.7 meters.




In particular, this home run race was disadvantageous to left-handed hitters. Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark had a structure that was disadvantageous for hitting home runs because it had a 'monster wall' on the right. However, Diaz hit a lot of delightful home run balls on top of it as if 'Monster Wall' was a big deal. His ability to scoop up the ball and create a distance was unrivalled. It felt like watching a home run race on a different level. Ahn Hyun-min was eliminated from the preliminary round because he was too nervous, so Diaz's performance was even more brilliant.

22 of 29 dispelled doubts at the end of Lapakrun, Diaz was the strongest home run hitter
Diaz, who won the 2025 KBO All-Star Game Home Run Derby at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 11th, is celebrated. Daejeon = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.07.11/
Diaz is using Daegu Samsung Lions Park, which is the easiest to hit a home run, as his home stadium. There may be a lot of games, but it was evaluated as benefiting from 'Lapakrun'. Of the 29 home runs, 22 came from Daegu.

However, with this home run race, Diaz completely blew the evaluation that he would become the home run king with 'Rapakrun' into the world. It remains to be seen what kind of home run show Diaz will show in the second half.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.