My brother's earnestness stopped Park Dong-won's time → Only 0.3 seconds hardened stake tag

Aug 11, 2025

My brother's earnestness stopped Park Dong-won's time → Only 0.3 seconds hardened stake tag
The Hanwha-LG match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 10th. In the top of the seventh inning, third baseman Son Ah-seop is cheering after being safe at home when Moon Hyun-bin's infield ground is on third base with one out. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.10/



My brother's earnestness stopped Park Dong-won's time → Only 0.3 seconds hardened stake tag
The Hanwha-LG match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 10th. Hanwha won the game 5-4. Catcher Choi Jae-hoon is encouraging Kim Seo-hyun. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.10/
The Eagles' 'Oppa' time for Son Ah-seop to steal home, 0.3 seconds was enough.

Hanwha Son Ah-seop performed magic with dynamic play. LG Twins catcher Park Dong-won hardened as if time had stopped.

Son Ah-seop saved his team from losing consecutive games against LG in Jamsil on the 10th. Son Ah-seop took the lead in the 5-4 victory with one hit, two RBIs and one run from three times at bat. If Hanwha lost this game, it would have been a fatal blow to the lead competition, with a gap of four games with LG. Thanks to Son Ah-seop, Hanwha narrowed its gap with No. 1 LG to two games, reviving hope.




The biggest scene created by Son Ah-seop came at the beginning of the seventh inning. The home rushing from 3-2 to 4-2 was crucial.

Third baseman Son Ah-seop rushed home when Moon Hyun-bin grounded out to first base. LG's first baseman Chun Sung-ho's defense was quite quick. The home throw was also accurate. It was an out-timing. Park Dong-won received the ball and put his glove in front of the groove and waited for Son Ah-seop.

Somehow, while Son Ah-seop was headfirst sliding, Park Dong-won's glove did not move. Park Dong-won woke up when Son Ah-seop's right hand passed the glove and brushed the groove.




When played on a slow screen, Park Dong-won appeared to have stopped for nearly 3 seconds, but in reality, it was only 0.3 seconds.

Son Ah-seop was coming in with both arms open, so it is presumed that the decision on where to tag was delayed in the moment.

Recently, sliding technology has developed so much that the movement of pulling out one arm after looking at the tag is basically done by runners who are good at running base.




If Park Dong-won aimed for his right arm, Son Ah-seop would have folded his right arm, and if he aimed for his left arm, he might have folded his left arm.

My brother's earnestness stopped Park Dong-won's time → Only 0.3 seconds hardened stake tag
The Hanwha-LG match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 10th. Hanwha won the game 5-4. Hanwha fans on the third base are cheering. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.10/
My brother's earnestness stopped Park Dong-won's time → Only 0.3 seconds hardened stake tag
The Hanwha-LG match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 10th. catcher Choi Jae-hoon is encouraging Kim Seo-hyun, who took the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning, when he lost a point. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.10/
Since the ball arrived at the home first, the safest option is not to wait, but to go out to meet Son and tag Son Ah-seop's head or torso. There is a risk of injury, and it would have been difficult to calculate the number of such cases in that short moment.

It can only be said that Seung-woon followed Hanwha.

This one point was very big.

If LG entered the top of the ninth inning with one point behind 2-3 instead of 2-4, it is highly likely that it would have taken out closer Yoo Young-chan, not Ham Deok-ju.

Hanwha pulled Ham Deok-ju instead of Yoo Young-chan in the top of the ninth inning thanks to a 4-2 lead instead of 3-2. Attacking Ham Deok-ju, he added one point to secure a three-point lead. Given that Hanwha closer Kim Seo-hyun was chased to 5-4 at the bottom of the ninth inning, Son Ah-seop scored a really big score.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.