Kia Tigers coach Lee Bum-ho has led the team directly to the Korean Series after winning the regular season title since his first year as a novice head coach. Lee is asking for various advice regarding the upcoming Korean Series, which is his first time as a head coach. One of those people who sought such advice was Lotte Giants coach Kim Tae-hyung.
Kim is a mastermind who led the team to the Korean Series for seven consecutive years when serving as the head coach of the Doosan Bears. Kim has tasted the Korean Series title three times out of seven times. Kim mentioned his advice to Lee. It was his advice to push ahead with the Korean Series by force.
KIA and Lotte played a practice game at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on the 14th. Coach Kim Tae-hyung, who met before the game, said he had led the team directly at the earnest request of coach Lee Bum-ho.
"Coach Lee Bum-ho came to the Gwangju game at the end of the regular season and asked for it, but I couldn't say no (laughs). Actually, I've experienced it before, but it's not easy to find an opponent for a practice game for the Korean Series at this time of year. It's hard to even talk to the other team. I came here in person today because I said okay," Kim said with a smile.
Lee also sought advice from Kim on preparation for the Korean Series. As a head coach, Kim had experience in the Korean Series as many as seven times. He waited for the team to win the regular season title and experienced it rising from the bottom.
"Actually, there is no correct answer in the course of the preparation for the Korean Series. We are just looking at which teams will come up, rather than what we are doing in particular. There are a few things we need to pay attention to, but we didn't need to prepare much differently," Kim said. "I just pay attention to the fact that I practice group defense every day, which we can't do often during the regular season, and adjust our team's play."
"On the contrary, if a player tries to score a point by banking on his strategy from the beginning but fails to solve the problem, the flow will be completely dampened. I think KIA's batting lineup is the strongest. Even if LG comes up, they come up tight, which makes pitchers difficult. If the team comes up from below, fielders will also have a hard time. Samsung also lacks starting pitching cards. I believe KIA is strongest when it just presses with strength," he said, predicting KIA's dominance. 메이저사이트
Meanwhile, LG's 1-0 victory in Game 3 confirmed the playoff series until Game 4 of the series. Manager Lee Bum-ho hoped that the playoff series would continue until Game 4 and 5. As Lee hopes, the playoff series can proceed to Game 5. As Kim Tae-hyung advised, the possibility that KIA will beat its opponent with overwhelming power in the Korean Series has also increased.