KT coach Lee Kang-cheol met with reporters before the LG game on the 7th (Photo = Chunchu Sports Reporter Kim Jong-won)
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The unfair sending off and the referee’s lack of experience in conducting the game disappeared, leaving only the coach’s protest and the withdrawal of the players. KT Wiz coach Lee Kang-cheol received his first ‘warning’ of the season following his first ejection of the season.
The KBO announced on the 9th, “We issued a ‘warning’ to KT Wiz coach Lee Kang-cheol, who ordered the players to withdraw from the ground during the game.” The reason for the warning is that the players were ordered to withdraw after being ejected from the LG Twins game held in Jamsil on the 5th due to a ‘video review protest.’
The KBO said, “Coach Lee was ejected after protesting the reassignment of runners after the video review, and ordered the players on the ground to withdraw. “Because of this, the game was stopped for about 4 minutes,” he explained, but the coach also had his own unfair circumstances.
The situation at the time was KT’s attack in the top of the 8th inning with the score tied 7 to 7. With 2 outs, KT Hwang Jae-gyun hit a shot that crossed the third base line. The batted ball hit LG third baseman Bo-kyung Moon’s glove and rolled into the fence in front of the third stand. The third base umpire initially called foul, but at KT’s request, reversed the decision as fair after reviewing the video.
If it had been awarded as a pair from the start, there is a strong possibility that it would have been a double shot instead of a single. However, the umpire declared a single and ordered Hwang Jae-gyun to return to first base. Accordingly, Manager Lee came out and inquired about rearranging the runners, and at this time, second base umpire Choi Soo-won, the head of the umpire’s team, ordered the player to leave, saying, “I protesting the decision of the video review.” Coach Lee, who was displeased with this, ordered Hwang Jae-gyun to withdraw and the match was stopped.
According to KT’s explanation, Director Lee did not protest the results of the video review. They appealed that Hwang Jae-gyun’s bat was a double, not a single, and they asked for an agreement from the 4th umpire in this regard. However, KT’s claim is that after explaining that the referee ‘decided on one shot in the video review room’, they considered Coach Lee’s protest as a protest against the video review and threw him out.
For information, Article 28 of the KBO League Rules, ‘Correction of Video Review’, states that ‘Decisions regarding the placement of runners in all overturned decisions are made by the umpire’s team leader in accordance with the standards set forth in the Rules Official Baseball .’ This means that the rescheduling of runners is under the authority of the on-site referee team leader, not the video review room.
If KT’s claim for the umpire to explain that there was a ‘decision to reassign the runner in the video review room’ is true, then coach Lee’s request was justified and the umpire’s team leader did not know the rules properly . The referee’s request of ‘dismissal due to video review protest’ to coach Lee can also be considered a wrong decision.
Also, on this day, the referees did not give any explanation to the spectators as to the reason for the ejection of coach Lee Kang-cheol or the reason for the suspension of the game as a result of the video review after the incident happen in the top of the 8th. inning. Reporters covering the scene and KT officials also said, “Usually, the referee has to hold the microphone and explain, but at that time, he passed without any explanation.”
Meanwhile, in relation to this, a KBO official said, “The video review room did not decide to reassign runners, but advised the umpires. In an instant, scenes missed by the on-site referees can be more accurately identified in the review room. He explained, “It is not true that the decision was made in one decision in the reading room.”
The KBO said, “Article ⑨ of the league’s penalty regulations states that sanctions may be imposed when a manager or coach is dissatisfied with the referee’s decision and deliberately delays the game, such as by taking the players out of the stadium,” and added, “As in this case, “We have decided to impose stricter punishment, including fines and suspensions, if actions that hinder the smooth operation of games occur again in the future in the league.”
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