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 ‘Defending champion’ SSG Landers failed to achieve a single win in the semi-playoffs (quasi-PO) and was eliminated at the speed of light. SSG lost 6-7 in the 3rd semi-PO game against NC Dinos held at Changwon NC Park on the 25th. SSG, who had been pushed to the brink by losing the first and second games at home, was unable to turn the game around on the road and ended the season with three consecutive losses. SSG's three-game losing streak is somewhat shocking. SSG, which achieved the KBO League's first 'Wire-to-Wire Championship' by never falling from the lead from the opening game of the regular season to the end of last year's regular season, aimed to win the Korean Series for the second consecutive year. Until early June, it seemed like they were cruising toward winning the championship for the second year in a row, forming the top three with LG and Lotte. However, due to a slump at the end of the season, they ended up finishing the regular season in 3rd place....

 This season's two best foreign pitchers meet in the first round of the playoffs. NC Dinos Eric Peddy, the first foreign pitcher to achieve the Triple Crown, and William Cuevas, the winning percentage leader with 12 wins, no losses, and a 100% winning percentage, will face off as starters in the first round of the playoffs to be held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 30th. With 20 wins, 6 losses, an ERA of 2.00, and 209 strikeouts, Peddie won three awards as a pitcher, including most wins, ERA, and strikeouts. The record of 20 wins and 200 strikeouts is only the 5th in history, and it has been 37 years since Seon Dong-yeol in 1986. In history, there were only 4 cases in the KBO League where 20 wins and 200 strikeouts were achieved simultaneously, and all of them were in the 1980s. It can be said that Peddie performed unrivaled this year. Such a Peddie failed to pitch in the wild card game and semi-playoffs. On the 16th, against the KIA Tigers, he was hit on the right forearm by Ko Jon...

 Someone sighed every time they took a step. Some people's eyes were red, as if they had shed a lot of tears. While each player expressed his disappointment at failing to advance to the Korean Series, Son Ah-seop continued to greet the players and field staff without losing his smile as he made his way home. However, he did not hide his sad feelings about not being able to advance to the Korean Series even once after his debut. The NC Dinos' fall legend ended with a 2-3 comeback loss in Game 5 of the playoffs on the 5th. The team that was ranked at the bottom advanced to the postseason in 4th place and won 6 straight games from the wild card game to the second round of the playoffs. However, as the 'bonus game' that took place after 144 games became longer, they began to show signs of fatigue and eventually lost by one point due to lack of final strength. NC finished all games this season with 3 consecutive losses after 2 wins in the playoffs against KT. After the game,...

  KT Wiz advances to the Korean Series for the first time in two years and attempts to win its second championship. KT defeated NC Dinos 3-2 in the final 5th game of the professional baseball playoffs (PO) held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do on the 5th and won a ticket to Jamsil with a series record of 3 wins and 2 losses. KT, which was pushed to the brink by losing the first and second games of the PO, showed off its potential to advance to the Korean Series with a 'reverse sweep' of three consecutive wins. KT is the third team to advance to the Korean Series with 3 consecutive wins after 2 losses in the PO, which was a 5-game, 3-win system, following the Hyundai Unicorns in 1996 and the SK Wyverns (now SSG Landers) in 2009. KT will compete for supremacy in the Korean Series with 4 wins out of 7 starting on the 7th with the LG Twins, who advanced directly to the Korean Series for the first time in 29 years by taking first place in the regular league. KT, which achieved a...

  “I will select a coach who presents interesting baseball.” SSG Landers suddenly dismissed coach Won-Hyung Kim, who led the team to its first overall championship in the 2022 season, on the 31st. The club announced the termination of coach Kim's contract through a press release. The three-year partnership came to an end. There are speculations about the background to the sudden dismissal of the coach who won the championship and finished third. This is because it is not a typical hard case. Coach Kim was promoted to head coach ahead of the 2021 season. At the time, the total amount was 700 million won, including 200 million won in down payment for two years and 250 million won in annual salary. It was the average level of treatment received by a novice director. At that time, it was SK Wyverns. Suddenly, he was acquired by SSG Landers in January of the 2021 season. Changed from SK's last manager to SSG's first manager.  In his first year in office, he only ranked 6th due t...

 The prescription for SSG Landers, who was eliminated from the semi-playoffs (semi-PO, 3 wins out of 5 games) with a series sweep, is to erase the colors of SK Wyverns. On the 31st of last month, the SSG club announced that it would terminate the contract with coach Kim Won-hyung (51). Director Kim Won-hyung, who took office in November 2020 with a two-year contract (total amount of 700 million won), renewed his contract for three years and a total amount of 2.2 billion won during the Korean Series last year. He was recognized for his leadership by leading the team to a combined championship, but left the team after completing only one year of his contract renewal period. SSG general manager Kim Seong-yong said in a phone call with this paper, “It’s not a dismissal, it’s a contract termination.” SSG finished the regular season in 3rd place this year. They were leading the league at the end of June, but at one point fell to 5th place and fell to the Maginot Line in the postseason (P...

 KT Wiz, who finished the regular season in second place, missed out on victory in the first game of the playoffs. Still, I was able to take comfort in Bae Jeong-dae’s grand slam. KT lost 5-9 to NC Dinos in the second game of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO Playoffs held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 30th. Starting pitcher William Cuevas performed poorly, allowing 6 hits (1 home run), 2 walks, 2 strikeouts, and 7 runs (4 earned) in 3 innings, and excluding Moon Sang-cheol's solo shot in the bottom of the 3rd inning, it was disappointing that only 1 run was scored until the bottom of the 8th inning. The grand slam hit, but it was too late. Bae Jeong-dae, who came to the plate with bases loaded and 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th inning when the team was trailing 1-9, hit NC's closing pitcher Lee Yong-chan's first pitch fastball and hit a grand slam that went over the left wall. It was his second career postseason home run since the 2021 Korean Series against the Doosan Bears. On...