LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop is expected to be disciplined by the reward and punishment committee for his "hitting exit."메이저놀이터
Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop was sent off during a game against Doosan at Jamsil Stadium on the 11th for swearing while strongly protesting the referee's decision. Manager Yeom couldn't calm down his excitement even after the order to leave and "batch" Lee Young-jae, the first baseman.
A KBO official said, "The reward and punishment committee will be held on the 15th regarding Yeom Kyung-yeop's departure." If the manager touches the referee's body while protesting the referee's decision, he will be sent off, and later be disciplined by the KBO reward and punishment committee.
KBO League Regulations Penalty Clause 7 (when coaches, coaches, and players disobey the referee's judgment and disrupt the order of the stadium with assault and verbal abuse, youth volunteer activities, sanctions of less than 3 million won, and suspension of 30 games or less) apply. In previous cases, most of the penalties were fines.
Most recently, on Aug. 31, 2021, in a match between KT and Hanwha in Daejeon, manager Lee Kang-chul was sent off by pushing the referee's shoulder while protesting against the decision to stop the rain in the bottom of the fourth inning with heavy rain. Later, the reward and punishment committee imposed a fine of 2 million won on coach Lee Kang-chul.
On July 7, 2019, Lee Kang-chul was sent off against Daejeon Hanwha when he challenged the results of the home collision/safe video review in the top of the ninth inning. According to league regulations, if you protest the video review result, you will be immediately sent off. Even after he was sent off, Lee protested more harshly, and pushed the referee to the deployment machine. The referee at the time was Lee Young-jae. The reward and punishment committee imposed a fine of 1 million won on Lee.
On July 4, 2021, in the match between Lotte and SSG in Incheon, Kim Won-hyung was ordered to leave after appealing to the referee's decision on the ball. After announcing his exit, Kim expressed his dissatisfaction by pushing the referee's chest and left the ground. The reward and punishment committee imposed a fine of 1 million won on Kim Won-hyung with a stern warning.
When LG was trailing 1-2 against Doosan-LG in Jamsil on the 11th, Lee Joo-heon hit a training ball on the third base with one out and one out in the bottom of the fifth inning, and the third baseman also threw a second base, leaving the leading runner out, making it a two-out first base. However, in this situation, confusion arose over the foul/fair declaration and the umpires' bold time declaration. Strange things happened without Doosan players and LG players knowing the exact situation.
Third baseman Kang Seung-ho caught the on-board hit with a line drive and missed it, quickly picked it up and threw it to second base. First baseman Moon Sung-joo faltered thinking it was a straight hit out, and returned to first base. Batter Lee Joo-heon sprinted to first base.
A short time later, Doosan's infield team threw to first base, and first baseman Yang Seok-hwan alternately tagged Moon Sung-joo and Lee Joo-heon, who were together on the first base. Lee Joo-heon should remain the first baseman, but Moon Sung-joo continued to stand, and Lee Joo-heon tried to return to the dugout and picked up the bat and went to the batter's box. The referee organized the situation with "two outs and first base, first base runner Lee Joo-heon."
Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop came out to hear an explanation of the decision and exchanged an argument with first base umpire Lee Young-jae. LG saw the third base umpire's arms raised as a 'foul' declaration, and the umpire explained it was 'time'. Later, coach Yeom and referee Lee Young-jae argued over the declaration of time in the in-play situation. When an enraged coach Yeom swore, referee Bae Byung-doo declared the exit to coach Yeom. Manager Yeom pushed referee Lee Young-jae away with a deployment machine, and the situation was settled as head coach Kim Jung-joon, Park Hae-min, and Oh Ji-hwan players came out and stopped him.
Regarding the situation of his departure on the 12th the next day, Yeom apologized to the fans, saying, "The crowd was full, but I'm really sorry for the fans that I did something rash in front of them." Regarding the referee and the altercation, he declined to comment on the details, saying, "We must respect each other. We must respect each other."