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The '40th Anniversary All-Star Game', which started with the first pitch by Seon Dong-yeol, the former national baseball team coach, who received the highest support in the 40-member voting of legend players, and the farewell of 'living legend' Dae-ho Lee, who announced his retirement after this season, ended in the '40th Anniversary All-Star Game'. The player who drew the loudest shout was Nanum All-Star Jung Eun-won.
The Nanum All-Star defeated the Dream All-Star 6-3 at the end of the 'extended match' in the 2022 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO All-Star Game held today (16th) at Jamsil-gu, Seoul.
The two teams faced tight 3-3 until the ninth inning of regular innings, and entered the 6th overtime match in history and the second in 11 years since 2011.
The Dream All-Star had Oh Seung-hwan to finish, but catcher Kim Min-sik was on the mound.
Kim Min-sik became the third 'beast to appear in the All-Star Game' after Kim Seong-han in 1985 and Kang Baek-ho in 2018.
In the beginning of the 10th inning of extra time, which starts with the runners on first and second base, Nanum Kim Hye-sung hit Kim Min-sik right-handed.
However, Nanum right fielder Choi Ji-hoon caught Choi Hyung-woo, who was running from second base to home with a quick and accurate throw.
In the following 1 out 1 and 2 bases, 2nd baseman Hwang Jae-gyun caught Ryu Ji-hyeok's batted ball and handled the batter runner.
In a situation where the possibility of 'Pitcher Kim Min-sik' throwing a scoreless pitch increased, Jung Eun-won saved the pride of Nanum All-Star batter.
Jung Eun-won hit Kim Min-sik's fastball at 137 km/h and broke the three final stores over the right fence.
Jung Eun-won received 100% support from the press vote, was selected as the MVP of the All-Star Game, and received 10 million won in prize money.
The Nanum All-Star put Ko Woo-seok, an authentic finisher, on the mound at the end of the 10th.
Fans cheering for the Dream All-Star sent a playful boo, meaning 'Put the beast as a pitcher', but Ko Woo-seok did not waver and ended the game without a score in the 10th inning.
Ko Woo-seok received the Outstanding Pitcher Award.
The KBO put a lot of effort into preparing for this All-Star Game to commemorate the 40th anniversary of professional baseball.
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Through the video, the ball flew to the former national baseball coach Seon Dong-yeol, after a bronze statue of a professional baseball fan and former Hanwha Eagles 2nd team coach Choi Dong-won.
Former coach Seon Dong-yeol gave a strong first pitch, and Dream All-Star catcher Kim Tae-gun, who received the ball, handed the ball to LG 2nd team coach Lee Jong-beom, who was at shortstop.
Director Lee apologized to KBO ambassador Lee Seung-yeop, who kept first base, as if he was active duty.
Former director Seon Dong-yeol, late former director Choi Dong-won, director Lee Jong-beom, and public relations ambassador Lee Seung-yeop are 'legends' who ranked 1st to 4th out of 40 KBO legends selected by fans and experts.
Then, the left-handed starting match, which is representative of Korean baseball, was held.
In this match, Nanum starter Yang Hyun-jong won by decision with 2 hits and no runs in 1 inning, and Gwang-hyun Kim, who scored 2 hits and 1 run in 1 inning.
Kim Kwang-hyun, who was diagnosed with shingles, was on the mound for the fans who made him his dream all-star starting pitcher despite the doctor's recommendation that "hospital treatment is necessary."
However, Lee Jung-hoo tormented Kim Kwang-hyun.
Top hitter Lee Jeong-hoo hit the 4th pitch and made a 'foul home run' that slightly deviated from the foul pole on the right, and got on base with a right-handed hit.
Kim Kwang-hyeon struck out Na Seong-beom, but allowed Lee Jung-hoo to steal second base from Kim Hyun-soo at bat.
Lee Jung-hoo reached third base when Kim Hyeon-soo hit first base.
At 2nd out and 3rd base, Kim Kwang-hyeon was hit by Yang Eui-ji and lost the lead.
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Yang Hyun-jong, who received the honor of 'the most votes' in this year's All-Star Best 12 fan voting, showed off a uniform with the words 'Thank you for the most votes', drawing out the cheers of the fans.
Yang Hyun-jong was driven to the no-outs 1st and 3rd base, but he turned Choi Jeong to three pitches and caught Lee Dae-ho with a floating ball in center field.
Then, center fielder Jeong-hoo Lee jumped up in front of the fence to catch Byeong-ho Park's big hit, and ended the inning without a run.
However, on this day, the Dream All-Star, who teamed up with Lee Dae-ho, overturned the match at the end of the 5th inning ahead of the 'Lee Dae-ho retirement event'.
After one out, Jose Pirella hit a double in the left center to get on base, and Han Yu-seom responded with a heavy hit.
Pirella ran with all her might and hit the groove.
Lee Dae-ho withdrew from center fielder in 1 out, 1st and 2nd base, which led to Heo Kyung-min's walk, but Hwang Jae-gyun, who played with Lee Dae-ho in 2010 and 2011, drew a 2-1 comeback with a just-in-time hit in midfield.
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The KBO held a 'Lee Dae-ho Retirement Tour' event during the cleaning time of the All-Star Game.
It was the first page of 'Goodbye to Lee Dae-ho' that will be held at 9 clubs in the second half of the year.
Fans of 10 clubs sang the 'Lee Dae-ho Cheering Song', and Lee Dae-ho said, "I was happy" with tears.
Both teams, who forgot the match and blessed Lee Dae-ho's future, faced each other again at the start of the 6th inning.
The Dream All-Star scored an extra point with Park Seong-han's left field double and pinch hitter Park Se-hyuk's just-in-time hit after one out in the bottom of the 6th inning.
However, Nanum All-Star was not easy.
Nanum Dae-in Hwang attacked Jun-yong Choi's fastball in the first out and first base in the 8th inning and broke the tie-breaking two-run.
Hwang Dae-in, who hit the same store, became the main character of the Outstanding Hitter Award.
The game went into overtime, and the Nanum All-Star won a thrilling comeback victory thanks to Jung Eun-won, who attacked 'catcher who turned to pitcher' Kim Min-sik and shot three points.
Nanum All-Star's All-Star Game record was 16 wins and 28 losses.
The All-Star Game started 50 minutes late due to heavy rain just before the game started.
However, the fans who filled the 23,750 seats did not leave their seats and welcomed the All-Star Game for the first time in three years.
(Photo = Yonhap News)