No. 1 mind, No. 1 mind, No. 1 mind, anxiety gripping Lotte and Hanwha, and DTD comes from a collective mind
Aug 21, 2025
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It stands for 'Down Team is Down', which means 'The team that goes down goes down' It is a cynical expression that even if it glitters temporarily for a while, the final result will go to the level of performance.
Kim Jae-bak, head coach of the Hyundai Unicorns, who remained at the bottom of the 2005 season, said in an interview, `There will be a team to go down in May.' At that time, Hyundai, the No. 1 player of the previous year, was in last place, and Lotte Giants, the lowest player of the previous year, was in first place. It meant to raise the pace from a long-term perspective, but it spread to the baseball world as it was misrepresented as "The team to go down goes down". Hyundai, the winner of 2003 and 2004, finished the season seventh out of eight teams without leaving the bottom, but Lotte Giants, who were at the top at the time, fell in actual rankings and finished the season in fifth place.
Since head coach Kim Jae-bak took over as the head coach of the LG Twins in 2007, DTD has actually held him back. He expected the magic of a 'winning master' who returned to his home, but throughout Kim Jae-bak's appointment, LG was not out of the bottom ranks. Even though he did well, he eventually fell without breaking his heart and established himself as a 'DTD symbolic club'.
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Lotte lost 3-5 against LG at Jamsil on the 20th, losing 10 consecutive games for the first time in 22 years. It dropped to fourth place after giving up third place, which had been maintained for 70 days. I once watched 'higher', but now I have to worry about entering the fall baseball league. Lotte is a team that has not been able to enter the postseason for the longest period since 2017.
Hanwha is also in crisis, although not as much as Lotte. On the 20th, he lost four consecutive games against Doosan in Daejeon, 9-13, widening his gap with No. 1 LG by four games. Players, who have been shrinking amid fierce criticism from fans, are dedicating their losses day after day with lack of concentration.
Lotte and Hanwha have turned into two teams in turmoil this season under the leadership of Kim Tae-hyung and Kim Kyung-moon. These days, the curse of the DTD reminds me of it. The fans, the team, and the club are under a lot of stress.
Now, let's think carefully at this point. At first glance, the word DTD looks quite scientific.
Short-term graphs repeating up-downs show directionality in accordance with 'the law of mean convergence' with extended time. It is a mid- to long-term graph. The long-term graph of companies that make steady profits due to their ability is upward. The opposite company goes down to the right. If you replace it with baseball, it's DTD.
However, baseball has another element besides skill. It's a collective psychology. dominate the function. It's a difference in mindset.
The minds of players in the top teams in their late years and the minds of players in the bottom teams in their late years are different. Negative minds lead to failure. 'Am I going to be us?If the subconscious of ' cannot be erased, there is no way out of the sub-team and prospect of the future.
The stigma effect included in the DTD cannot be ignored. The social stigma of the prejudice and stereotype of "Team to Fall" leads to personal self-awareness throughout the team. Self-esteem collapses and shrinks amid negative stigma, which leads to poor performance. The reason why there are so many miss plays in the lower teams. The difference in skill is not everything.
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Just as you throw away trash in a mess like the law of broken windows without much guilt, when defeat becomes a daily routine, you take today's defeat for granted. If you think of 'the game to lose anyway', your concentration drops sharply. This is why error-prone plays are contagious. 'Can you hit it?' 'Can you catch it?When the mind of ' overlaps, passive play overlaps. The only result is defeat.
No team wins baseball without fail.
It is only a probability that the starting matchup is dominant. The difference in detailed play in defense at the base ultimately determines victory or defeat.
Even against strong opponent selection 'You can turn it upside down in the second half if you keep a small margin in the beginningThe team that runs with the light on their eyes with confidence is the scariest. A few games that actually flip and win determine the final ranking. Last season, there were six games between the second and sixth places.
In order for the weak team to transform into a strong team, it is essential to improve its constitution such as pitchers and defense. This is what experts Kim Kyung-moon and Kim Tae-hyung, who have made a strong team from the bottom, put special effort into after taking office at Hanwha and Lotte. During the camp, a new constitution was allowed to permeate the team through repeated training so that the body reacted earlier than expected.
The next thing is psychological change.
It is inevitable to face up-down cycles after a long season.
Anxiety gripping the down cycle. Summoning dark memories that I've forgotten for a while. Self-esteem drops, and play shrinks. In 'Charla's Sports' baseball, where you have to instinctively judge and respond for less than a second, 'Confidence' changes victory or defeat.
You need the confidence to swing at the first pitch in scoring chances and the confidence to fly to an ambiguous ball. It is only possible for players who have accumulated their skills with the drops of sweat that they shed, and who have isolated themselves from the memories of failure.
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The past is held back by dark memories, and the future is held back by anxious imaginations.
Hanwha and Lotte players, who are filled with anxiety after spending a time of cheering. It's time for a mind reset.
Let's forget about the past. Whether it's joy or frustration, it needs to be insulated from past memories. Today is the start of the new season, full of confidence that 'I'm the best'. Now, where are we going now.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
