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Professional baseball, which has turned the halfway point, is also signaling a fierce ranking battle for autumn baseball in the second half. All teams, except the LG Twins, the SSG Landers, and the Samsung Lions, who are on the verge of falling in last place for the first time in history, are in a position to compete with the possibility of a postseason (PS).

After the All-Star Game, which ended with Nanum All-Star’s victory (8-4 wins) on the 15th, professional baseball finished its first half of the season. The All-Star break lasts until the 20th.

Ahead of the schedule for the second half, which begins on the 21st, the biggest concern is the mid-tier ranking battle, which is a major battle. There is a seven-game gap from the third-place Doosan Bears (42 wins, 1 draw and 36 losses), who finished the first half with nine consecutive wins, to the ninth-place Kiwoom Heroes (38 wins, 2 draws and 46 losses), who finished the first half with seven consecutive losses.

In particular, from the fourth-place NC Dinos (39 wins, 1 draw, 38 losses), the gap with ninth-place Kiwoom is only 4.5 games, so the ranking changes after sleeping. All teams are fighting until the end with hope for autumn baseball, giving a green light to the recovery of 8 million spectators for the first time in five years.

For now, Doosan took the lead in the mid-tier battle. He finished the first half with nine consecutive wins, approaching second-place SSG by four games. Doosan is confident that it will build a three-tier system with LG and SSG while shaking off its mid-tier chasers. Lee Seung-yeop’s leadership as a new head coach is one of the forces behind his rise. Coach Lee looked back, saying, “I had more bad memories until the middle of the year, but I think I got enlightened a little faster through that.”

The biggest variable in the mid-range is the Hanwha Eagles. Hanwha had 7 wins and 3 losses in 10 games in the first half. As the number of wins is quietly accumulated, the mid-range is also leading the change. Hanwha rebounded after breaking up with Carlos Subero in May as Choi Won-ho’s system, which was hit in a chaotic atmosphere, took its place. In June, he won eight consecutive games.

In addition to the battle for the middle class, LG’s recapture of hegemony for the first time in 29 years and the possibility of Samsung’s first-ever last place are expected to draw attention throughout the second half.

Leading business rivals LG and Samsung are sharply divided in joy and sorrow. LG has not been at the top for 28 years since winning the Korean Series in 1994. But the atmosphere is different this year. LG finished the first half with the only 60% winning rate (49 wins, 2 draws, 30 losses). It is 2.5 games ahead of second-place SSG. Currently, LG is the most stable pitcher with a team batting average (0.285) and a team score (437 points) and a team ERA of 3.61.

Samsung, which is at the bottom with 31 wins and 49 losses, is in desperate need of a turnaround, but it is analyzed that the possibility of eliminating the last place is slim under the current atmosphere. Samsung, which has never ranked bottom since the launch of professional baseball, is the only team with a winning rate of 0.388 out of 10 clubs.