If the ball hit the gunner’s helmet, would it be a ball? Is it a strike?[야그알]

[스포츠서울 배우근기자] “No have you seen anything like that?”

National team coach Kim Kyung-moon said with a very surprised expression. What I asked Kim was the position of the catcher’s right hand. It was the difference between KBO League and ML (Major League). This is a natural part for coach Kim, the first-year winner of the KBO League in 1982. However, it is a scene that ordinary baseball fans may not know as they pass by.

First, domestic catchers put their right hand next to their right leg or behind their hips. The same goes for Japanese catchers. The reason is to protect the hand from foul strikes, explosives, and irregular bounds. A baseball player is difficult to compete in the game even if only one little finger is injured. Save the exposed right hand.

However, the position of the catcher’s right hand in American baseball is different from that of Korea.

It was in 2014. Outfielder Vinny Rotino, who played for Heroes, has stepped up as a temporary catcher. He is a player who can work as a catcher. However, the position of his right hand caught my eye. As if he was boxing, his right hand was placed behind his left hand in the mitt. In fact, in ML, like Rotino, the right hand of the catcher is there.

The reason is simple. This is to shorten the time in the throwing operation. Of course, domestic catchers are also like ML catchers in the case of runners. In addition, some clubs are guiding the same muzzle stance as the ML against new catchers. However, it is common to hide your right hand to prevent injury.

Coach Gyeong-moon Kim, a former veteran catcher, was flexible. Director Kim said, “There must be a reason to put the right hand behind the mitt in ML with a long history. If we also examine the data and find that there is little risk of injury, it is acceptable.”

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