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| LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop is interviewing reporters after the Blue and White match was canceled at LG Champions Park in Icheon on the 13th. Lee Chun = Reporter Kwon In-ha |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. LG Chirinos is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.01/ |
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| KBO League match between Hanwha and LG at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 27th. LG Tolhurst preparing to pitch. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.27/ |
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"Nothing has been decided yet"
It was unexpected. I thought LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop would announce the first to fourth starting pitchers at this point, but he didn't. He didn't even mention the first-round pick. Even the selection of Game 3 and 4 depends on the results of Game 1. In other words, it means that only the first and second games will be selected and will enter the Korean Series.
The regular league champion LG, who began training at LG Champions Park in Icheon from the 8th, tried to play its first Cheongbaek match on the 13th, but it was canceled due to rain all day. Instead, it was replaced by live batting, which pitches second-tier pitchers at indoor practice fields.
Coach Yeom, who met with reporters on the day, asked if he had decided the order of selection, saying, "Nothing has been decided yet"The selection for the first game has not been decided for sure."
LG was a team with a clear starting lineup of five. There are Yoni Chirinos, who won 13 games, and Anders Tolhurst's foreign one-two punch, who won six in August, and three domestic starters, including Lim Chan-kyu, Son Joo-young and Song Seung-ki, who won 11 games side by side.
In the Korean Series, only four starting pitchers are needed, so one must move to the bullpen.
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| The game between SSG Landers and LG Twins at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 17th. LG Lim Chan-kyu is pitching hard. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.17/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 1st. LG Son Joo-young is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.01/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 30th. LG Song Seung-ki is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.30/ |
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Manager Yeom announced that he confirmed the pitcher who will go to the bullpen as Song Seung-ki. Coach Yeom said "In this series, we decided on four starters because we think the starters will be important unconditionally." Manager Yeom had previously nailed three players, Chirinos, Tolhurst, and Lim Chan-kyu, as starters in the postseason, and he had planned to turn one of Son Joo-young and Song Seung-ki to the bullpen. Son Joo-young played a tremendous role as a bullpen pitcher in last year's semi-playoff, so there was a possibility of a bullpen in this year's Korean Series, but manager Yeom chose Son Joo-young as a starter considering the importance of starting and his big game experience.
I'm curious about the order in which the four starters will be placed, but the usual coach Yeom would have announced the 1st to 4th starters. In the 2023 Korean Series, Yeom also announced four starters early on: Kelly, Choi Won-tae, Lim Chan-kyu and Kim Yoon-sik. However, there is a possibility that Hanwha Eagles, who have a strong starting lineup, will come up this time, so they showed more thought.
Coach Yeom said, `It's decided in my mind, but I haven't notified the players yet. We will notify the players during the practice game,' he said, adding that `The results of the first game will determine the selection of the third game.' In other words, the first and second starters will be decided, but the order of the third and fourth starters will not be known until the first round is over.
Coach Yeom said, `It's a part where you have to prepare for various things through practice games. The final decision will be made through a practice game."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
