The era of fastballs. Starting with Ahn Woo-jin, newcomers Mun Dong-ju and Kim Seo-hyun, pitchers with fastballs that cross the maximum distance of 160km are a hot topic every day. I was shocked by the pitchers of the Japanese national team who lightly threw fastballs at the WBC. There is a consensus that young and fast pitchers should be developed, and interest in fastball pitchers is hot every day.
However, the basics of a pitcher are control rather than speed.
It’s best if it’s both, but if you’re going to choose just one, or if you’re going to choose one or the other, just like life, in baseball, direction is more important than speed.
The 12th was the day of not-fast pitchers. Samsung Baek Jung-hyeon (36) and Hanwha Jang Min-jae (33), two veteran pitchers on the right and left, won important victories for their team by catching top teams with brilliant pitches. They both recorded their 2nd win of the season.
Baek Jeong-hyeon ended the losing streak with Samsung, who returned home in the match against Daegu LG that day.
Samsung’s first win against LG this season (1 win, 3 losses). 7 innings, 3 hits, 8 strikeouts, 4 walks, no runs, perfect pitch. It was the best pitching this season since the match against Kiwoom on the 18th of last month, when he challenged Perfect. 8 strikeouts is the most this season. The highest speed was 141km, but the angle of the slider, curve, and changeup was sharp, as well as the control of the blade that pierced every corner.
Jang Min-jae gave new manager Choi Won-ho his first win in his debut. The team moved to Incheon for an away game after former head coach Subero was suddenly sacked the day before. Jang Min-jae calmed the cluttered atmosphere with a good pitch in the beginning.토스카지노
5 ⅓ innings, 5 hits, 2 walks, 6 strikeouts, 1 run (no charge). He lowered his season ERA from 2.81 to 2.32. The maximum speed of the fast ball was only 138 km per hour, but the forkball was actively used to steal the timing. The curve and slider combinations were also perfect.
Commentator Yoo Hee-gwan of ‘The Aesthetics of Slowness’, who was in charge of commentating the highlight program on this day, smiled brightly, saying, “Life is not speed, but direction.”
Commissioner Yu Hee-gwan, who retired from Doosan at the end of 2021, is a great pitcher who won 100 total wins (101 wins, 69 losses) with a sophisticated ball even with a slow ball of up to 135 km during his active career.
Baek Jeong-hyeon and Jang Min-jae are distracting the attention that is focused on speed. They are wonderful players who are awakening the importance of control to young people who dream of becoming stars in the future.