"Ah" Kim Hye-sung is excluded from the selection of "finish" even though he has a batting average of 4%... A 37-year-old veteran who lost his father is coming out

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Los Angeles Dodgers' Miguel Rojas (37) was suddenly excluded from the starting lineup the previous day (8th) due to father's death.

Rojas shared a photo with his father Miguel "Mickey" Rojas on his SNS on the 8th (Korea Standard Time) and said, "My father Mickey suddenly passed away. I sincerely thank those who contacted me and my family and conveyed their warm hearts and comfort," he said.

In the end, it seems that he failed to keep his death. Rojas said, "My father is gone. The most heartbreaking thing is that I couldn't say my last goodbye," he said, making people cry.

But instead of going to my father's side right away, I chose to stay in the team. Rojas will start as the ninth hitter and shortstop in the game against the Toronto Blue Jays on the 9th. According to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts before the game, Rojas himself volunteered.

At the same time, Kim Hye-sung was excluded from the starting lineup even with a .400 batting average. Kim Hye-sung, who suddenly called up due to Mookie Betts' back injury on the 6th, is performing well with a batting average of 0.429 (3 hits in 7 at-bats) and two strikeouts in three games and a 0.556 on-base percentage of 0.571 OPS 1.127.

On this day, the Dodgers consisted of Shohei Ohtani (pitcher), Kyle Tucker (right fielder), Will Smith (catcher), Freddie Freeman (first baseman), Max Muncy (third baseman), Teoscar Hernandez (left fielder), Andy Farz (center fielder), Alex Freeland (second baseman) and Miguel Rojas (striker). The starting pitcher is Shohei Ohtani.

Against this, Toronto formed a lineup of George Springer (designated hitter), Dalton Basho (center fielder), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (first baseman), Jesus Sanchez (left fielder), Okamoto Kazuma (third baseman), Ernie Clement (second baseman), Nathan Lukes (right fielder), Andres Jimenez (striker) and Tyler Heinemann (catcher). The starting pitcher is Dylan Sheese.

Meanwhile, Ohtani is making an unrivaled history in the field with his 25th regular season (four times in the postseason) leadoff and starting. According to Sarah Lang on the official Major League Baseball website MLB.com , there have been only four starting pitchers leading off since 1900.

Jim Jones was the first before Hyundai Baseball on September 30, 1901 (local time), and it was the second time that AL Dark started only in the first inning as a starting pitcher and leadoff on September 27, 1953 and then went to third base after the first inning. Also, this was Dark's only pitching record.

The last starting pitcher and leadoff before Ohtani was Cesar Tobar on September 22, 1968, when he played all nine positions. All of the cases in which the starting pitcher took the leadoff were due to unavoidable circumstances or events, but Ohtani is strategically consistently playing and writing records.

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