Same camera angle, same left-handed batter... Inconsistent check swing misjudgment → Extreme anger explosion, VR introduction can no longer be delayed

Jul 03, 2025

Same camera angle, same left-handed batter... Inconsistent check swing misjudgment → Extreme anger explosion, VR introduction can no longer be delayed
Kim Jae-hwan's check swing (left), who was judged to be North Wing in the bottom of the seventh inning, and Ryu Ji-hyuk's check swing, who was judged to be swing in the top of the seventh inning.

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It was a situation where we couldn't even make excuses with the location of the camera.

On the 2nd, Samsung manager Park Jin-man strongly protested in the Doosan-Samjeon match at Jamsil on the 7th inning.

It was a decalcomani situation as if only the batter had changed. The same camera, the same angle, the same left-handed hitter, the same inning, the same ball count.




Same camera angle, same left-handed batter... Inconsistent check swing misjudgment → Extreme anger explosion, VR introduction can no longer be delayed
The game between Samsung and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 2nd and Samsung manager Park Jin-man's third base decision to strike out during Ryu Ji-hyuk's check swing in the top of the 7th inning are regrettable. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.02/
On such a screen, Ryu Ji-hyuk's bat went out less, and Kim Jae-hwan's bat went out more.

However, the third base trial's decision was the opposite. Ryu Ji-hyuk struck out swinging, and Kim Jae-hwan was no swing.

The decision itself is not an issue. Check swings that are not subject to video reading are the same as ball and strike decisions. It is the unique authority of the referee that cannot appeal.




The referee makes the first decision, and the first and third base judges make the final decision in the second round. If the referee judges that it is a swing, it is a swing, and if it is a no swing, it is a no swing.

However, the situation was severe even if it respected the discretion of the referee. Because it was clearly a matter of 'consistency'.

If Ryu Ji-hyuk, who seemed to have stopped the bat on the screen, was a swing strikeout, Kim Jae-hwan, who seemed to have crossed the line without stopping the bat, should have also been a swing strikeout.




Same camera angle, same left-handed batter... Inconsistent check swing misjudgment → Extreme anger explosion, VR introduction can no longer be delayed
A game between Samsung and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 2nd, Samsung manager Park Jin-man came to the ground in the bottom of the 7th inning when Kim's third baseman judged Kim Jae-hwan's checkered swing as a ball. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.02/
It was doubtful that Ryu Ji-hyuk, who stopped the bat on a slider falling from 1B2S in the top of the seventh inning, had a swing strikeout call, but he could have moved on with the logic of 'The referee is a person'. In fact, coach Park Jin-man tried to run out of excitement to the third base, but he did not appeal.

However, in the bottom of the seventh inning, Kim Jae-hwan's bat turned at least more firmly than Ryu Ji-hyuk on the slider that fell in 1B2S. However, the third base umpire ruled no swing.

Coach Park Jin-man, who had endured once, could not endure this time.

He ran to the third baseman like a shot and began a strong appeal.

Same camera angle, same left-handed batter... Inconsistent check swing misjudgment → Extreme anger explosion, VR introduction can no longer be delayed
A game between Samsung and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 2nd, Samsung manager Park Jin-man came to the ground in the bottom of the 7th inning when Kim's third baseman judged Kim Jae-hwan's checkered swing as a ball. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.02/
Same camera angle, same left-handed batter... Inconsistent check swing misjudgment → Extreme anger explosion, VR introduction can no longer be delayed
A game between Samsung and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 2nd, Samsung manager Park Jin-man came to the ground in the bottom of the 7th inning when Kim's third baseman judged Kim Jae-hwan's checkered swing as a ball. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.02/
Frustrating game contents that cannot be solved due to the heat wave. They added fuel to the flame that was at its peak in the unpleasant mood index.

As emotions intensified in the debate, I almost got into a physical fight. If head coach Choi Il-eon, who is well over 60 years old, hadn't blocked coach Park with his whole body, it could have led to a physical fight and exit. It was possible to leave the game as the game was delayed due to a long appeal, but the referee did not give a warning or leave to coach Park Jin-man.

Samsung fans, who filled the third-base stands, chanted `Park Jin-man``.

In baseball, assumptions are meaningless.

If Ryu Ji-hyuk had not struck out in the one-point game, it does not matter whether Samsung could have overturned the flow. At least, it is important that victory or defeat should be decided in a fair decision. Only then can the loser turn to sufficient conviction.

That is the fairness and common sense of baseball. The check swing decision in Jamsil on the 2nd was a symbolic event that confirmed that the introduction of the check swing VR reading team could no longer be delayed.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.