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| The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop is watching the game. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.22/ |
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| Lotte and LG won the game 5-2 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 19th. Director Yeom Kyung-yeop is welcoming Yoo Young-chan. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.19/ |
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"It's not like Hanwha fell headlong, it's close to 50%."
LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop seemed unbelievable the past month ahead of the match against the Gwangju KIA Tigers on the 23rd. It's because I literally made a ridiculous grade. LG emerged as an absolute powerhouse with 23 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses in the second half of the year.
LG ranks first with 71 wins, 3 draws and 43 losses in the season. It is 5.5 games behind the second-place Hanwha Eagles (65 wins, 3 draws and 48 losses). Until the 22nd of last month, the situation was the opposite. At that time, the No. 1 Hanwha was 5.5 games ahead of LG, but in just one month, the two teams were in a completely different situation. This means that LG was ahead of Hanwha by as many as 11 games in a month.
That doesn't mean Hanwha's performance in the second half is very bad. He is in fifth place with 13 wins, one draw and 15 losses. It is different from when Cody Ponce, Ryan Weiss, Ryu Hyun-jin and Moon Dong-ju led the way with a huge selection of starters in the first half, but they still maintain a nearly 50% winning rate. In the end, there is no other way to explain it except that LG did better.
Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon said, `It's not that Hanwha is not good right now, but LG is doing well right now. We have to admit that the opponent is good at it. He also neatly accepted LG's advantage right away.
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| The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Doosan Bears at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 21st. Hanwha players, who have lost five consecutive games, are disappointed. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.21/ |
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| A game between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. KIA manager Lee Bum-ho, who lost, is thinking. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.22/ |
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Manager Yeom said, "(Baseball doesn't mean everything) is good. Didn't everyone say that KIA will win first place before the season?" Baseball is just as difficult and unpredictable because it is human movement. You have to prepare accordingly. On July 22nd, it was 5 1/2 games apart from Hanwha, but it was overturned in just a month. This is really not easy. It's not like Hanwha fell headlong, it's close to 50%, he was surprised.
LG stressed that it still has the power to maintain the 80% winning rate. Teams that have recently pitched in the semifinals are often suffering from overloading the mound. Examples include KIA Tigers, KT Wiz, and NC Dinos.
Coach Yeom said, `It's overloaded because the game is all over the line now. However, we are the only fielders, middle pitchers, and starting pitchers that are running normally, and there is no overload at all. I think it's another strength for us to show our strength in the other 26 games."
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| The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. The winning LG players are happy. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.22/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
