It was an appearance that will be imprinted on baseball fans for a long time.
This is the story of Samsung pitcher Kim Yoon-soo, who appeared “caught” by his colleague Kim Tae-hoon at the moment of the crisis and struck out the opponent’s best hitter with three pitches.
Kim Yoon-soo, who met with a KBS reporter ahead of the second game, explained the situation at the time, “I couldn’t get the message of who was going out because the surroundings were very noisy. Everyone was busy, and I ran out in a hurry after (Kim) Tae-hoon caught me and confirmed me.”
“My friends sent me a lot of videos (shorts),” Kim said with a smile. “My face looked quite funny. My fans left a lot of comments, so I had fun looking through them.”
The appearance made fans laugh, but Kim Yun-soo surprised fans with the appearance.
The game has narrowed down to three points. At a desperate juncture when a single homerun is tying the game, Kim defeated LG Austin, the best hitter in the league, with three balls. Austin’s three bat wasted no time, and the speed was 155 km/h.
“In the last LG match in the regular league, I gave Austin a score while throwing a breaking ball in the same 0-2 count,” Kim Yoon-soo said. “I remember (Park) Byung-ho saying, ‘You have to play with a fast ball unconditionally,’ so I threw a fast ball boldly.”
Kim Yoon-soo, who blocked LG’s counterattack with an impactful pitch, also took the mound in the next inning (8th inning), but was withdrawn after giving up a hit ball to leadoff hitter Kim Hyun-soo.
“I thought I should catch the leadoff hitter somehow, but I made another mistake,” said Kim Yoon-soo, who expressed regret and said, “I thought I should throw more carefully so as not to make such a mistake in the next game and next 꽁머니 League.”
When asked by a reporter, “How do you want to appear next time?” Kim Yoon-soo, who answered, “I just want to appear normal,” strengthened his will for the upcoming game, saying, “I want to make a pitch that doesn’t allow a run next time.”