It's not a matter to be discussed in Lotte Information Geun's habitual and fatal backhand pogu pro first team
Aug 19, 2025
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Lotte Giants catcher Cho In-geun. You can think of it as a mistake once or twice. But if the same problem is repeated over and over again, it becomes difficult to survive on the professional stage. Shouldn't we fix a problem that could lead to a crisis in the life of a player.
Lotte failed to escape its eighth consecutive loss by drawing 8-8 against the Samsung Lions after 11 extra innings at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 17th.
The game, which was trailing 1-3, was overturned 7-3 with a big inning in the seventh inning, and the game was overturned again 7-8 with Hwang Sung-bin's dramatic home run in the ninth inning. He almost gave up the winning run in the top of the 11th inning.
The situation was like this. Samsung slugger Koo Ja-wook appeared with one out. 2B2S Lotte pitcher Park Jin dropped the slider amazingly, and Koo Ja-wook's bat was in vain. However, Information Geun couldn't block the ball. The ball bounced off the floor first while trying to catch it with a backhand, and flew to the backnet. Strike not out. Behind Koo Ja-wook, the center hitters Diaz and Kim Young-woong, who exploded together on the day, were waiting. Fortunately, the changed pitcher Yoon Sung-bin blocked the two, so it would have been a fatal mistake if the score was made. It was recorded as Park Jin's wild pitch, but it was actually a blocking miss by Information Geun.
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It is regrettable that he cannot abandon his habit even though it was pointed out that he could not break the losing streak due to the shock of the second leg.
Of course, from the catcher's point of view, it may not look like a ball falling like that at first, and the cause of death did not make a ball falling to the floor, but suddenly the ball comes down, it is difficult to prepare. However, such an excuse cannot work at the professional first team level. When the breaking ball is likely to fall to the floor, the basic part of the catcher is that the body blocks it reflexively. It is unknown when and how this habit of handling low balls with a backhand was heard, but the catcher should instill memories in his body through training so that he can have a blocking posture under any circumstances. At an important moment, one such play can completely change the direction of the game.
Lotte manager is not anyone else, but former catcher Kim Tae-hyung. What did head coach Kim think while watching this repeated scene. Still, the opportunity is given because of the different charms of Information Geun. It would be better to break this habit as soon as possible.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
