Rob Friedman, who analyzes pitching videos of major league pitchers on SNS Twitter, posted a hit video of KBO League Oh Jae-won on the 27th (Korea time). The United States of America baseball fans' heated debate on whether Oh Jae-won's actions were Swinging or not followed.
Oh Jae-won, who started as a second baseman with five batters in SK Wyverns and Kyonggi on the 26th, started his first at-bat in Kyonggi when he did not have a runner in the second inning. When SK starter Park Jong-hun entered the pitch, Oh Jae-won lowered his bat and appeared to be unwilling to strike; Park Jong-hun was the ball.
United States of America fans in that posture said 'Hut Swing'. "This is for all the comments that are called Swing...is he trying to hit the ball," Friedman said, not Swing. Friedman insisted that Oh Jae-won's actions were not Swing.
"Depend Detroit," which saw Friedman's post, asked, "Is not it technically Swing?" "Swing is an attempt to hit the ball, but this is not," said Christopher Bevan. "Jay" said, "It is far from the ball, but when the bat goes back, it is Swinging." Oh Jae-won's behavior is a Swing. "The definition of the strike means that the batter should try to contact the ball," said Boros McCracken. "His actions are not Swinging."
Lee Min-ho, who was in Kyonggi as a referee on the day, said, "Swing or not judge and declare the act of the batter trying to attack. "I think it's hard to declare Swing with this scene," said Judge Kang Kwang-hoe, who was chief referee of Jamsil Kyonggi, who also said, "I have no will to strike, it's No Swing." "I can not see it as a Swing, it is not a batting act," said Huun, chairman of the referee.
Even without the intention of attacking, there are times when a Swing is made to avoid the ball coming in deep into the body, which is a Swing that comes from a situation where there is no will to attack. Responding, referee Lee Min-ho added: "In a move that is clearly trying to avoid, we do not declare Swing. However, when the ball is fouled by the bat, it is declared as a foul regardless of the intention of the strike.