There is a heated debate among baseball fans over Winner’s Lee Seung-hoon’s ‘dance ceremonial first pitch’ at a professional baseball game.
Lee Seung-hoon threw the first pitch at the 2024 Shinhan SOL BANK KBO League game between the Lotte Giants and Hanwha Eagles held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 28th.
On this day, Lee Seung-hoon shouted, “Lotte’s winner is here,” and “Shout out the victory, Giants. I will go and give the winner a lot of victory energy,” before standing on the mound.
Lee Seung-hoon, who was posing as if he was about to throw a pitch, suddenly started dancing for about 18 seconds to the beat of his solo song, “That’s Just My Style,” which was released last month.
Caster Kim Min-soo and commentator Lee Dong-hyeon, who were in charge of the broadcast that day, evaluated Lee Seung-hoon’s ceremonial first pitch by saying, “He had experience throwing the first pitch last year as well,” and “He showed a different ceremonial first pitch than others.”
Lee Seung-hoon also posted a video of the first pitch on his Instagram that day. He added the hashtag #LotteGiants to the video and wrote, “First pitch.” The post received responses such as “A unique performance,” “My first time seeing a first pitch,” and “Awesome.”
However, immediately after the game that day, criticism poured in that Seung-Hoon Lee threw a so-called ‘nuisance pitch’. It was said that Seung-Hoon Lee’s excessive performance on the mound interfered with the operation of the game.
In fact, after Lee Seung-hoon’s first pitch that day, Lotte’s starting pitcher Charlie Barnes reorganized the mound before pitching. Catcher Son Seong-bin was confused because he didn’t know when Lee Seung-hoon would throw the ball. He had to wait for Lee Seung-hoon’s performance to end while maintaining his catching posture several times.
In the end, Son Seong-bin, who missed the ball because the pitch did not go smoothly, had to go to the net behind the dugout to catch the ball that Lee Seung-hoon hit high after hitting home plate.
Netizens responded with comments such as, “Too much is as bad as too little,” “Is the pitcher trying to be the main character?” “It seems like he’s trying to stand out somehow,” “This isn’t even squid on a grill,” “What’s the catcher doing wrong while waiting?” “Respect baseball,” and “Dance somewhere else.”
On the other hand, some people said, “It’s better because it’s fresh than something boring,” and “Still, it seems like they put some effort into it.”
One baseball fan even filed a complaint with the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) regarding Lee Seung-hoon’s ceremonial first pitch, saying it was “an inappropriate pitch that disrupted the flow of the game.”
Meanwhile, Hanwha won the game that day with a score of 7-0. As a result, Hanwha rose to 6th place with a season record of 57 wins, 61 losses, and 2 draws, while Lotte remained in 8th place with a season record of 52 wins, 62 losses, and 3 draws.
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2024-08-29 09:59:15