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Fall baseball failure, they didn't give up…Who would throw a rock at KIA

The KIA Tigers' chances of advancing to the fall baseball league in the 2023 season have disappeared. As the Doosan Bears defeated the LG Twins on the 14th, all of KIA's "tragic numbers" disappeared. KIA has two consecutive games left against the NC Dinos, but now it has accepted the report card that it failed to advance to the postseason regardless of the result of the game.

The loss against the Doosan Bears on the 13th was the decisive hit. If he had caught the game, he could have chased fifth-place Doosan by one game and made the final decision. However, in the de facto final, the batting line was too lethargic and lost. Arithmetic hope remained, but the defeat effectively ended the entry into the fall baseball league.

But who can blame KIA for this season. He was not even considered a candidate for the top five in terms of power. He had to suffer from an injury from the beginning. Na Sung-bum, the main gun who went to the World Baseball Classic (WBC), was absent for a long time due to a calf injury, and Kim Do-young, the second-year player, also fell out due to a foot fracture.

There was no foreign pitcher corridor. Anders and Medina, who were ambitiously recruited, were both 'devastated'. On the same day on July 6, there was an unprecedented announcement of the replacement of two foreign pitchers at the same time. On top of that, Jung Hae-young, the finisher, failed to get on track due to a decrease in ball speed. There was a lot of bad news.

What was hopeless was the end of the season. He repeated consecutive wins and losing consecutive games and held on without falling to the bottom. He was not giving up hope for the fifth round, and the main players were injured in a row. Starter Lee Eui-ri almost took September off due to blisters on his fingers. The worst news was that Na Sung-beom and Choi Hyung-woo, who were at the center of the batting line, left at the same time. In mid-September, Na Sung-bum was virtually ruled out of the season due to a hamstring injury. On September 25, Choi Hyung-woo had to be informed of his broken collarbone.

If it's a long-term game, it means to play baseball without the car-po. Not only could the team's strength be weakened right now, but the team's morale could have fallen tremendously. It would have been fortunate if it was over here, but then even Park Chan-ho, who plays the role of "sang" at the end of the long term, collapsed. When Choi Won-jun, who had been to the Hangzhou Asian Games, left, there was no sigh. When the Asian Games gold medalist and key bullpen Choi Ji-min was hit by a ball on his foot and talked about not being able to play in an important Doosan match, manager Kim Jong-kook seemed to be on the level of "relief."

Nevertheless, KIA did not give up until the end and competed for the fifth round. In fact, from the time Choi Hyung-woo was injured, no one could swear even if the team was broken. However, KIA did well enough just to unite with "no living" and give hope to fans until the end. It is never easy to compete in the rankings except for the first, third and fourth hitters. A baseball player who watched the helpless match against Doosan said, "Look at the KIA lineup. "I'm greedy to expect a lie," he said. 슬롯머신사이트

Obviously, the professional world failed to advance to the postseason, where results are important and the minimum threshold for season success. There may be criticism that it is okay to accumulate a lot of wins when the team is fine before the last-minute five-round competition is difficult. However, considering KIA's desperate and unfortunate situation, I don't think we can curse KIA's failure as much as we can. Fans would have turned their backs if they had shown signs of collapsing early, but they did their best until the end.