Acting NC Dinos coach Gong Pil-sung explained why he appealed to the situation where the pushing dune was ruled a strike and the score was canceled.
It was a situation that took place in a match against Hanwha on the 29th. Choi Jung-won was hit by Park Sang-won’s slider with two outs in the top of the sixth inning. The referee declared a hit ball and scored. It seemed to score a pushback.
Immediately, Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon appealed, and the referee reversed it with a strike decision. After checking the ABS zone, it was judged that it was hit in the strike zone, so it was not a dune. Acting coach Gong Pil-sung appealed, but it was not accepted.
“The Hanwha Eagles appealed for a strike, not a dune. Even if it is a strike, I got hit in the zone and it was not intentional, so I appealed for a dune,” Gong said before the match against Kia Tigers on Sunday. “This is the first time I have to swallow. If the umpires are in a strike zone, it is not a dune unconditionally.”
“I also had the experience when I was an active player. (LG) Sanghoon Lee pitcher’s slider is bent sideways a lot. I got hit on the right knee when I was close to the batter’s box. I instinctively moved my knee to hit a ball, but it hit me. I thought it was a sand dune, so I went out and told him to come in. I was hit on a lot of sand dunes at the time. I called him in saying that I was hit on purpose. It was a strike that passed the zone.” 메이저놀이터
The starting lineup of NC Dinosaurs is Kim Sung-wook (right wing), Choi Jeong-won (center fielder), Chun Jae-hwan (left wing), Kim Hui-jip (third baseman), Seo Ho-cheol (second baseman), Do Tae-hoon (first baseman), Ahn Jung-yeol (catcher), Han Jae-hwan (designated hitter) and Kim Han-byeol (striker). The starting pitcher for NC is right-hander Son Joo-hwan, a college graduate.