Thechair person of the judging panel can be allowed to prevent injury

In the top of the first inning of a match between the KIA Tigers and the NC Dinos held at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on April 20, a scene of controversy emerged from the beginning. It was a scene of scoring a point related to whether or not he violated the three-pitched rule.

In the first inning of the NC attack, leadoff hitter Park Min-woo hit the third pitch of the opponent's starting pitcher Nail and reached base with a double behind the right field. Then, at the batter's box in Kwon Hee-dong, Park Min-woo stole third base. With Kwon Hee-dong striking out swinging, a ground ball in front of the catcher came out at the batter's box of follow-up hitter Son A-seop.

It was a bit of an ambiguous hit to get home, but third baseman park Min-woo boldly dug into the home. Kim caught the ball and attempted the tag by swinging towards Park entering the home. However, Park managed to score while escaping Kim's tag off the baserunning line.

KIA manager Lee Bum-ho immediately came to the ground to express his discontent to the center fielder, Nagwangnam, regarding the violation of the three pit line. The center fielder, Nagwangnam, gathered the referees for a brief discussion, and declared again that third baseman park Min-woo is safe.

The key was whether Park ran more than three feet (91.4 centimeters) from a straight line connecting the third base and the home ground. To the naked eye, the decision appeared to have escaped Kim's tag by far beyond three feet. Considering the length of Kim's torso above his knees and the length of his extended hand for the tag, the decision could be considered unfair from Kia's point of view.

However, there was no reversal of judgment. KIA allowed the first run in the top of the first inning, and Nail also recorded the only loss on the day. If this loss had been the winning point or a one-point game, it could have been more controversial.

Kia, which had a disappointing loss in the top of the first inning, tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the third inning, and turned the game around with five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Then, it scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to seal its victory, and beat NC by 9-2. With the confirmation of the weekend's winning series, Kia has extended its game gap with second-ranked NC to three games.

Regarding the controversial three-fit scene, Oh Seok-hwan, chairman of the KBO's referee committee, said, "The decision was not subject to video review because it was a violation of the three-fit. In order to prevent injury, we can allow a range of baserunning that is partially out of the state when entering the home, but I think the referee team at the scene judged that way."

Regarding the three-fit decision rule, there is no clearly stated part of the baseball rule regarding the discretionary decision of the home rushing part mentioned by Oh. In response, Oh, the chairman of the umpire committee, explained, "There are no such standards in the regulations, but I think there are areas where runners can turn greatly near the end of the home rush to prevent injury. However, there will be some areas to consider in similar situations in the future."

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