You don't know how fierce the head fight is between Lee Bum-ho, who blocked it with a shortstop cut, right?

Aug 09, 2025

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"In fact, neither the catcher should throw, nor the third baseman should run..."

But the catcher threw it, and the runner ran. What kind of situation was it.

The match between the KIA Tigers and the NC Dinos at Changwon NC Park on the 8th. NC's new 5-4 win. However, NC could be disappointed even if it won. This is because he missed the big chance in the bottom of the eighth inning with no outs and runners on the first and third bases while leading the thin ice lead by one point.

The situation was like this. Choi Won-joon's right-handed hit by Kim Joo-won's walk created a chance for the first and third bases with no outs. No. 3 Park Min-woo is the best at bat. On top of that, both players are quick and good at carrying out operations. It was too easy to score points, but it was a scoreless shock.

It wasn't that Park Min-woo couldn't hit it. NC tried to catch KIA off guard. First baseman Choi Won-joon ran. KIA catcher Kim Tae-gun threw the ball to second base. Kim Joo-won, the third baseman who saw it, played home, and the ball went to shortstop Park Chan-ho, not second base. As soon as Park Chan-ho catches the ball, he sprays it home again and the third baseman is out.

In the game between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 7th, Park Chan-ho, with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, catches Kim Min-sung's ground ball and throws it to first base in the bottom of the fifth inning. Kim Min-sung was safe at first base by a short distance. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.07/

I was able to hear explanations about the situation from the two coaches who met ahead of the match between the two teams, which was canceled due to rain on the 9th. Director Lee Ho-joon of NC, who initiated the operation first. Manager Lee defined "In fact, in that situation, neither the catcher should throw to the second base, nor the third baseman should run." The catcher threw to the second base, and the third baseman can enter the home. If the runner on third base moves for no reason and gets caught, chances for the first and third bases with no outs fly away.

It was a really fierce head fight between the two teams. NC started the third baseman after seeing Kim Tae-gun throw the ball. Kim Joo-won's feet are fast, so if Kim Tae-gun throws second base, he can live at home in the meantime. KIA had one more thought there. When they saw them throw the ball, they thought the third baseman would start and called the adventurer. It was the shortstop's cut sign. If the third baseman does not run, Choi Won-joon, who started from the first base, could live on the second base and become the second and third base, but he decided that the third baseman would run, and that was a huge success. Coach Lee Ho-joon admitted that `KIA knew we use a lot of these operations and responded really well.'

The Hanwha-NC match at Changwon NC Park on the 31st. Kim Joo-won, who scored on Davison's sacrifice fly with no outs and runners on the first and third bases in the bottom of the fifth inning, is welcomed. Changwon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.5.31/

KIA manager Lee Bum-ho said, `Practicing on those situations, there are all signs. We thought it would be over if we give a point", and he revealed the reason why he was able to boldly sign the cut. In fact, according to the standard, the catcher should not throw the ball toward second base. Since both of them are fast runners, I thought something could come out. The third base coach from the opponent signs first, and then we move. Predicting the other person's cause of death is also a skill. Some teams use these tactics and some don't. So he introduced the fierceness of the field, saying, "It hurts my head when I do opponent analysis and play games."

In this way, baseball is more fun if you know what each play means and what kind of resource fight takes place.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.