Samsung and SSG played Game 8 of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League season at Incheon SSG Landers Field on the 24th. The game ended with SSG's 13-10 come-from-behind victory, but it was not the result of the game that drew fans' attention. It was a showdown between Yang Chang-seop and Choi Jung in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Yang Chang-seop threw three and four pitches toward his body in the bottom of the seventh inning when SSG was leading 13-7. The third ball went into the catcher's mitt, but Choi Jung got on base with a ball that hit his body in the fourth ball that went deeper.
Choi Jung looked upset when he arrived at first base, and Yang Chang-seop took off his hat and expressed his apology. At this time, commentator Oh Jae-won suspected of “empty ball.”
Commissioner Oh said, “This is a blatant hit. I'm glad I brushed against my clothes. “I hate this situation the most,” he said, adding, “There is no need to apologize. I tried to move on because it was weird from the previous study, but I hit it openly. Choi Jung can't not know, but he can't move on like that from a winning position,” he said. 스포츠토토
The controversy did not stop here. After the match, Yang Chang-seop left a meaningful message on his SNS. ‘Fish is always caught in the mouth. He posted a picture with Talmud's phrase, “Human beings also get caught with their mouths.” In other words, it directly refuted the claim of commentator Oh Jae-won, who suspected the bean ball.
Then, about three hours later, Oh, like Yang Chang-seop, quoted Talmud on his SNS, saying, “The foolish tell what they heard and the wise tell what they saw.” In other words, he did not give in to his argument.
Ahead of the next day's game, the coaches of both teams responded that it was difficult to understand commentator Oh Jae-won's claim.
Coach Kim Won-hyung, who looked at the ball that hit Choi Jeong's body from the dugout, said, “It can happen at Choi Jeong's at-bat. But now, I don't do that these days before I talk about right or wrong. We try to play normal baseball even if there is a score difference. If you look at the league in recent years, it's different from what we used to play in baseball. “Now, I don't think I make such a situation just because I'm good at something on purpose,” he said.
Coach Park Jin-man, who was in the opposite dugout, had a similar idea.
Coach Park Jin-man, who belatedly recognized the situation after the game, said, “I didn't know that such a story was mentioned on the broadcast. “I'm not very involved, but the pitcher tries to dig into the opponent's weaknesses, and on the contrary, the batter tries to do so,” he said adding, “I pitched like that because we analyzed that Choi Jung has a weak body, and I didn't understand the controversy itself.”
