Why are you worried about the honest truth of the No. 1 multi-inning coach? I'm not even making you throw 50 pitches...I don't understand.

Aug 16, 2025

Why are you worried about the honest truth of the No. 1 multi-inning coach? I'm not even making you throw 50 pitches...I don't understand.
A game between the Doosan Bears and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 14th. Coach Lee Ho-joon is lost in thought. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.14/



"Why do I worry about multi-inning?"

A generous smile distorted for a moment. Even though it is a "prepared coach", the difficulties during the operation of the season have been clearly imbued with the novice head coach.

The NC Dinos will play the second game of the weekend series against the Hanwha Eagles at Changwon NC Park on the 16th.




NC manager Lee Ho-joon, who met before the game, tilted his head when asked about closer Ryu Jin-wook's multi-inning, and conveyed his strange intentions.

"I first knew about the multi-inning figure after being coached. It's not like I'm throwing 50 balls at a time, and I don't know why it's a problem."

NC is currently ranked first among the 10 clubs (No. 2 Lotte 98 times) with 105 multi-inning bullpens. In terms of pitchers individually, Lotte Kim Kang-hyun (22nd inning) is ranked first, followed by NC Jeon Sa-min (15th) Ryu Jin-wook and KIA Sung Young-tak (14th inning).




However, manager Lee Ho-joon replied that there is no need to worry as he is giving proper rest to bullpen pitchers including Ryu Jin-wook. He said "Then it's a crisis, should we take a break from the end. He's the best pitcher in our team's bullpen, and he's at the end of the game, so we have to go out and block him. When on earth do I have to throw the finishing ball?" he asked back.

Why are you worried about the honest truth of the No. 1 multi-inning coach? I'm not even making you throw 50 pitches...I don't understand.
A game between the Doosan Bears and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 14th. NC Ryu Jin-wook is catching his breath. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.14/
"Even so, the reports of multi-inning kept coming up. The power analysis team called everyone and asked 'Why did the multi-inning go wrong, why are you counting that number?' I heard that if you rest and go in, your shoulders can be strained. Then, I would like to ask if all the starting pitchers are struggling and throwing for a season."

Coach Lee Ho-joon "Multi-inning doesn't force you to strain yourself. They adjust the number of balls and the interval between the pitches. Then should the pitcher who went to two outs in the seventh inning change immediately after catching one out. He shook his head repeatedly, saying, "The number of first-team pitchers is set."




"At the beginning of the season, pitchers like Bae Jae-hwan, Son Joo-hwan, and former Samin played their part, so it was okay. It's a very tight situation now, and it's an important point of the season, so I use it. There are pitchers on our team who have bad results if they use multiple innings. That's why the pitchers are not supposed to use it."

Why are you worried about the honest truth of the No. 1 multi-inning coach? I'm not even making you throw 50 pitches...I don't understand.
A game between the Doosan Bears and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 14th. NC Bae Jae-hwan is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.14/
NC was completely defeated by Hanwha by 2-9 the previous day. Manager Lee Ho-joon had a separate meeting with only pitchers the day before.

"I said I had to stick with him because I had good pitching power." Why do I keep getting anxious. Hanwha Jung Woo-ju's performance was good yesterday. However, all pitchers such as Bae Jae-hwan and Jeon Sa-min are pitchers who throw more than 150km. Don't you think it'll be a game if you throw a strike first. You have to throw confidently, even if you get hit when you get hit."





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.