Lotte and Hiroshima of professional baseball submitted a written opinion to NPB = Nippon Professional Baseball regarding the judgment of the referees after the replay verification by video.
Of these, Lotte was out in the match against Nippon-Ham Fighters on the 10th of this month when Yudai Fujioka hit the second baseman, but at that time, manager Tadahito Iguchi said that his first foot might have been away from the first base. I made a request for replay verification, but did not overturn the out decision.
Also, in the match against Orix on the 13th of this month, Shogo Nakamura made a request for the judgment that he was out due to stealing to the second base, but this also did not overturn the judgment.
On the other hand, Hiroshima was judged to be out because the left caught the liner-type hitter hit by Tsubasa Aizawa in the match against Hanshin on the 18th.
The first base runner who had jumped out could not return and became a double play, and manager Shinji Sasaoka made a request, but the decision was not overturned.
According to the NPB, the Pacific League and the Central League are currently considering how to deal with the decisions regarding these replay verifications, as opinions have been received from Lotte and Hiroshima respectively.