Can I lose if I'm in 9th place? Lotte KIAKT How did you put it under your feet...Free to lose? I've never thought about that
Aug 16, 2025
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This is what Cho Sung-hwan, acting manager of Doosan Bears, said. Grades prove this. Doosan is ranked fourth in the league with 11 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses in the second half with a 0.524 winning rate. Doosan has only three teams, LG Twins (19 wins, 4 losses), Hanwha Eagles (13 wins, 1 draw, 9 losses), and SSG Landers (11 wins, 1 draw, 10 losses). Lotte Giants ranked third in the season, KIA Tigers ranked fifth, and KT Wiz ranked sixth are all below Doosan in the second half.
Doosan is a team that has experienced a lot of storms this year. He sought to reach the fifth round or higher, but fell to the bottom amid the expected turmoil of foreign players, sluggish veterans, and slow growth of young players. This is why former coach Lee Seung-yeop stepped down early in the season taking responsibility for poor performance.
Doosan is still in ninth place. He has 47 wins, five draws and 59 losses in this season. He is seven games behind fifth-ranked KIA. There are only 33 games left this season. No matter how much team color 'Miracle' is, the possibility of entering autumn baseball is very slim.
Doosan, like that, keeps getting spotlight in the second half of the year. This year, the competition for the top five is fiercer than any other year. It's because it keeps holding back teams who are busy going. SSG (3 wins, 2 losses), Hanwha (1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss), LG (2 wins, 4 losses), KIA (2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), and NC (1 loss) were defeated. In particular, LG is overwhelmed with only four losses in the second half of the year, with two losses, half of them to Doosan.
Acting director Cho said "We're free to lose just because we're in a slump? I've never thought of that. In any case, he said, `How can players in good condition play today a little better?'
Stabilization of the center line was cited as the key to the rise. Doosan has wasted more than three years looking for the main shortstop since Kim Jae-ho (retired), and since Cho's appointment, Lee Yoo-chan has been fixed as a shortstop, and second baseman Oh Myung-jin and third baseman Park Joon-soon have been fixed to stabilize the infield. Doosan's infield is expected to be richer if shortstop Ahn Jae-seok and third baseman Lim Jong-sung (currently injured) who finished their military service are properly competing.
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Doosan also did not give up until the end of the game against KIA in Jamsil on the 15th, winning a 6-5 walk-off victory in the 11th inning.
Down 4-5 in the bottom of the ninth. KIA tried to end the game by raising closer Jung Hae-young, but first baseman Jung Soo-bin shook KIA's battery during Oh Myung-jin's at-bat with two outs and first base. Jung Soo-bin stole second base and set the stage for a tie, and went to third base thanks to Jeong Hae-young's wild pitch. At that time, KIA catcher Han Jun-su's bad pitch to the third base came out and scored to become the 5-5 starting point.
Another point that excited fans was Ahn Jae-seok, who returned from his military service and finished the game. KIA lowered Jung Hae-young and made long relief Kim Geon-guk take charge of the remaining two innings of overtime, and Ahn Jae-seok hit a ball over the right fence in the bottom of the 11th inning with one out and no runner. He gave his team a thrilling walk-off victory with a home run and a return home run for the season.
Doosan is continuing to fatally injure its top-five rivals, while at the same time turning back the hearts of its fans who have moved away from baseball that `is not free to lose.'
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
