“If you resist ABS, you’re only hurting yourself.”
Doosan Bears manager Lee Seung-yeop, a former ‘national hitter’, has a firm stance on the issue of adapting to the ABS and robot umpires. He believes that the change was inevitable, and that the players are the only ones who will lose out if they make excuses to adapt.
The game between Doosan and Samsung Lions took place at Jamsil Stadium on the 2nd. Doosan enrolled veteran shortstop Kim Jae-ho in the first team for the first time. With Park Joon-young’s hamstring injury, they needed a replacement, and Kim Jae-ho was performing well in the second team.
While talking about Kim Jae-ho, 스포츠토토 the subject of ABS adaptation came up. The coach asked if Kim Jae-ho would need time to adjust to the ABS zone, which was new this year.
As if he had been waiting for it,
Lee talked about ABS. It wasn’t about Kim Jae-ho. “I don’t think he needs an adjustment period. If you can’t hit it, you can’t hit it. It’s not about adjusting to the zone, it’s about recognizing the results. If you don’t recognize the ABS as a hitter, it creates anxiety and rejection. It’s not a good thing.”
“Everyone knows that the strike zone is different than last year. But if you resist it or think negatively about it, you’re only hurting yourself. You have to recognize it quickly and take advantage of what you can. It”s better to think positively. There are definitely athletes who suffer from the ABS zone. But you have to recognize it early,” he emphasized.
The KBO’s ambitious adoption of the ABS has been met with frequent outbursts recently. “Monster” Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha) publicly complained that the zone was “different from the day before,” and Hwang Jae-gyun (KT) was ejected for throwing his helmet after a ball that was not caught by the catcher was called a strike. Hwang had previously shown the replay cameras the results of an ABS call. It was an unspoken protest that a ball he couldn’t hit was a strike.
Doosan slugger Kim Jae-hwan also struck out three times on the second day against Samsung Electronics.
In the ninth inning, he struck out looking at a low forked ball from Oh Seung-hwan. Samsung catcher Kang Min-ho didn’t pay attention to the framing and made a low catch, but the ball clearly passed through the zone. However, Kim Jae-hwan expressed his disappointment with a look of disbelief on his face.
However, in the case of Hwang Jae-gyun and Kim Jae-hwan, 온라인 슬롯 the ball clearly crossed the strike zone. Last year, it would have been very unlikely that a strike would have been called because the catcher didn’t make a good throw, but this year, it was emphasized hundreds of times that it could be a strike. I think that’s what he’s trying to say. If the machine makes a fatal error, such as calling a ball a strike, then yes, you should call it out and express your anger, but otherwise, it’s in the batter’s best interest to keep a cool head.