■ Appearance: Jang Seong-ho, baseball commentator
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[앵커]
WBC’s first match against Australia yesterday. Unfortunately, I was defeated.
[앵커]
That’s okay.
[앵커]
With an unexpected loss, the 1st round jinx was repeated once again.
[앵커]
But it’s not over yet. Analysis of the loss against Australia. We have prepared time to figure out how to win the game against Japan. He is a legend of Korean professional baseball. Commentator Jang Seong-ho came out. welcome
[장성호]
hello nice to meet you.
[앵커]
Nice to meet you. Lost against Australia I watched the game so badly. How did you see it?
[장성호]
I watched it thinking I would win, of course, but it was a little unfortunate that the pitching staff I believed in collapsed and gave up a lot of runs. However, I think that this part that he allowed 3 home runs and that this home run was the cause of the definite loss is a very unfortunate part.
[앵커]
I conceded 8 points against Australia. Is it possible to see that the condition of the pitching staff has not improved yet, or how?
[장성호]
Well, since the WBC schedule was announced early, I think the part that didn’t come to the state is just an excuse. In this WBC, 20 teams take part, and all the players do their bodies under equal conditions and compete, so it was the responsibility of the players to raise their condition, so I’m sure the players are on fault in this part. that manager Lee Kang-cheol, who operated the pitcher, had some responsibility.
[앵커]
I don’t think the batsman’s condition is bad. However, many people expressed regret about replacing Yang Eui-ji in the 8th inning with 2 out 1 and 3 base reversal chances.
[장성호]
Because Yang Eui-ji hits a home run.
[앵커]
When I hit the three runs, I was cheering a lot.
[장성호]
There was also talk about whether Yang Eui-ji, who has a good sense of hitting, should be pushed away, so this is what the coach feels when he runs the game, and he must have seen the data. From Arizona’s spring camp, Ha-seong Kim had the best hitting feel among the 14 entries, and he looked good in the game against Orix and Hanshin.
Therefore, this data also means that the director Lee Kang-chul is aware of it. In terms of appointing players, because the manager appoints players with absolute authority, and if Ha-seong Kim said that the results were not good, there would have been a lot of talk, but this is the part that contacted the a hitman behind him while walking, so really, if I say anything, I don’t mean it.
[앵커]
So what about this part? There was a lot of criticism, but it’s too consequential, but after hitting a double, I was celebrating and it was thrown out. Many people expressed dissatisfaction with Kang Baek-ho’s drama.
[장성호]
I think this ceremony could be an expression of someone’s confidence and an act that can boost our team’s morale. The part that Baekho Kang was actually wrong is the situation where Wonjoong Kim allowed a 3-run homer and he was trailing by 1 point Actually, the Australian bullpen is not that strong. It was a shaky situation, and it was a situation that could create a certain flow that was clearly a situation that could be reversed, but I don’t think Kang Baek-ho could judge the situation correctly.
Therefore, what is more important than the ceremony is to finish the current drama and hold a ceremony, so I was very happy that I was hit. Actually, it wasn’t even a hit that led to an RBI, it was just a double that put the runner on base, but I couldn’t get the situation right, so I had to celebrate in first… And after that, center fielder Yang Eui-ji hit. So, it seems that fans who watch baseball criticize and regret Kang Baek-ho’s play.
[앵커]
There were so many expectations, so I think there are times when I say bitter words out of regret, but I was a bit hasty. I carry out these evaluations. Now is the time to put our worries behind and prepare for the match against Japan. Japan played against China, and it looked a little settled. How did you see it?
[장성호]
The score was 8:1. Indeed, there is a lot of talk about the best lineup ever, suffice it to say that the Japanese team built the strongest power ever in this WBC, but in fact, the score was 3:1 until the middle of the game. So, if we say that the uncharacteristic performance of the Japanese team came out until the middle of the game, I think that the mound is actually running the best mound among the 20 teams that participated this time. I would like to say that I was able to feel the strength of the mound, the strength of the Japanese team, once again in yesterday’s game against China.
[앵커]
So it makes me more nervous. In the opening, we said something like, “We have to win the game against Korea and Japan, even rock, paper, scissors.” It’s a big league. How should I prepare?
[장성호]
Darvish is actually a tough pitcher to target. So, we have a total of 188 wins in the US and Japan. Since he signed a 6-year contract, he is expected to surpass 200 wins in the US, but if you look at Darvish’s pitching ability, I think he still has a strategy. 5 types of pitches I throw with confidence.
Among them, the fastball family throws more than 70% broken fastballs, four-seam and two-seam fastballs. The other two pitches are thrown at 30%, but in the end, if Korean batters want to attack, this fastball, especially the cut fastball, is one of the biggest pitches common in the United States.
So, can you really attack this pitch? In particular, there are many stories that the evaluation of sliders in the United States is actually difficult to capture. American hitmen also speak. So, if you say you’re aiming for some fastballs by abandoning the slider, the Korean batters still scored 7 runs in the first game. Since we’ve shown some offensive power, I think there’s a lot of potential.
[앵커]
Wouldn’t it be personal training? Anticipate personal training.
[장성호]
Well, rather than normal training, it’s important to do it with your own swing first, and in the case of the first round of WBC, there was a lot of talk yesterday. These things that grind Darvish can quickly while biting on it is actually seen as one of the avenues of attack. So I think it’s a matter of whether these things work well, from my point of view.
[앵커]
I asked if they would do personal training…
[장성호]
From what I’ve seen, it’s actually hard to practice predicting Darvish’s ball. There are practice ball betting players who have that level of pitch. So, I would have seen it in the video, but when I saw it, I didn’t practice separately, and like I said, if you practice while aiming for some fastballs, it’s expected that good hitting will come out .
[앵커]
There is no other way than to increase the number of plots. So you have to look carefully at the ball and pick it.
[장성호]
Hitting well is also very important, but if you look at the ball well, Ohtani could only play 4 innings due to the pitch limitation in Gyeonggi Province yesterday. But in the end, if you say you throw up to 65 pitches, if you say Darvish is going to be rated to 65 pitches in the second half of the third or the fourth inning, pitchers that come up on after that definitely a little weaker than Darvish. That is why I think it is possible to attack.
[앵커]
Are there any other Japanese strategies our team should pay attention to?
[장성호]
Darvish has a pitch limit, so if he goes down, there are 4 left handed pitchers in Japan. So, if you look at our batting lineup, there are right-handed hitters, but the center is left-handed hitters. There are players Lee Jung-hoo and Kim Hyun-soo. So, these players have to deal with left-handed pitchers, but as a fandom strategy, there is a very high possibility that Imagaha will rise after Darvish in Japan.
In particular, three out of four left-handed pitchers in Japan do not perform very well during practice games. So it is less likely to come up. That’s why this Imagaha player shows a good figure in the practice game, so Darvish’s attack is important, but when Darvish goes down, how do you attack Imana’s ball, which has the possibility to come up as the second pitcher? This is also a very important point.
[앵커]
I look at the batting line. Looking at the Japanese batting line-up this time, there was an evaluation that many players with excellent long hitting power were selected. How will Kim Gwang-hyun throw the ball, and can he become a serious reaper that holds Japan?
[장성호]
Kim Gwang-hyun had three appearances against Korea and Japan, and had good results. In particular, Kim Kwang-heon is a slider after a fastball. The changeup also performed well last season while learning in the United States, but in the end, speaking of Kim Gwang-hyun, he is a slider. It’s a battle to see if this slider can work well, and as you can see from yesterday’s game, the balls are a little higher for power hitters, especially if you look at the Japanese national team roster, it’ the majority of which include hitters who can hit more than 20 homers.
Furthermore, Tokyo Dome is one of the top 3 home run parks in Japan, so it is a stadium with a lot of home runs. As you can see from yesterday’s game, if you are told to watch for a home run, it is more important to go low with a fastball and a low slider than to use a high ball for players with little pitch. the biggest factor for Kim Kwang-hyun catching Japanese hitters is using completely lower pitches than to go with the slider.
[앵커]
I hope these strategies are well implemented today. In the case of the Japanese team, there are evaluations like this that have an advantage in detailed baseball. Tell me what this means and how we should respond.
[장성호]
In fact, Japanese baseball used to be really squeegeeed, put bunts from the start of the game, one point, one point, and because the baseball field is so small, it is the mainstream, but recently ball Japanese baseball is baseball that hits and or, we receive a lot of American baseball.
That’s why, in fact, batters in the Japanese record are able to hit a lot of home runs. In order to strike out, pitchers have no choice but to take it low, low. It is very important that the pitch is low and low, and in yesterday’s game Kim Won-joong’s fork-ball and Yang Hyeon-jong’s four-seamer came high and hit a home run, so Japanese hitters also include hitters who can hit a lot of home runs. Considering these parts, it is expected that the pitchers will need some pitching content like this, where they pitch low and catch batters.
[앵커]
Sport is always drama. Although we cannot predict the result, we would like to ask for a prediction of the result of the match against Japan, with the wishes of our Commissioner Jang.
[장성호]
Of course you have to win. I have to win, but since I lost the game yesterday, if I lose the game against Japan, I am almost eliminated. And as you said before the Korea-Japan game, there is a sense of pressure on the players, but there is a difference in power. Since the Korean national team is evaluated one level lower than Japan, those originally evaluated as weak can bump into each other.
[앵커]
You have to do it until you can make it.
[장성호]
I hope that by working hard, I can find some kind of performance that can impress the Korean fans.
[앵커]
I want you to show that you are doing your best. We’ll see if the strategies you mentioned again come out today. Many people will support you. Please send warm support until the end. I spoke with commentator Jang Seong-ho. Thank you for your words.
[장성호]
Thank you
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