LG director Yeom Kyung-yeop's remarks

In the professional baseball community, the automatic pitching judgment system (ABS) has become a hot topic in recent years. The system itself is not the beginning. Referees in the match against the NC Dinos and Samsung Lions in Daegu on Thursday mistook the strike and ball signals that the ABS had determined without properly recognizing them. When NC protested after recognizing the situation belatedly, the team's umpires came up with explanations that could cause misunderstanding. In the end, they were referred to the KBO's personnel committee. Due to this incident, voices of dissatisfaction with the ABS, which had mixed likes and dislikes, also grew. The KBO announced countermeasures, but the perception on the ABS itself has not changed significantly. In this atmosphere, LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop made remarks of his own opinion.

"I don't think the problem that has arisen this time is the system itself after all," Yeom said ahead of the game against the Lotte Giants in Jamsil on Tuesday. The ABS system applies slightly differently to different stadiums. For example, Jamsil Stadium has better strike strikes on the left-handed batter's body. However, the two teams play under the same conditions. It is personal opinion, but ABS is more consistent in determining strike and ball. I think it is better than when the umpire does it himself." "As it is a new system, it seems that we are going through a transition period. ABS results recorded on the tablet PC in the dugout are delivered a little faster during the regular season than during the exhibition games," he said. "We need to correct the problems that continue to be revealed so that we can build a stable system. It will take time."

At the same time, he made a new suggestion. "From now on, we will give a signal of strike and ball that is read by ABS that will also be delivered to the umpires through dugout. However, the coaching staff cannot do this throughout the game. Coaches have a lot of work to do. Whether it is deploying professional personnel or having front-line staff in charge of them, we should also consider making a regulation that allows a separate person who will wear earphones throughout the game to enter the dugout," Yeom said.

BY: 스포츠토토