'Super blockbuster' Lee Dae-ho's era ends after 19 years as a 150m home run finally appears! A last-place team's foreign hitter sets a KBO all-time record with the fifth such feat → Season's longest-distance home run explosion

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A 'official flight distance of 150m' super-large home run, which has occurred only four times in the KBO League's 45-year history, finally exploded. This legendary record-breaking feat comes a full 19 years after Lee Dae-ho, known as 'Joseon's fourth hitter,' while playing for the Lotte Giants in 2007.

Although Kiwoom Heroes remain at the bottom of the standings and continue to struggle in the tight race, their foreign slugger Matt Davidson (35) delivered a powerful swing that seemed capable of piercing the Gocheok Dome ceiling on this day.

Davidson participated in the home game against SSG Landers held at Seoul Gocheok Sky Dome on the 2nd during the '2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League.' With two outs and runners on first and second bases in the bottom of the fifth inning, he perfectly connected with the second pitch—a changeup thrown by opposing pitcher Geon-woo Kim (132 km/h). At the moment of contact, the sound of the bat echoed throughout Gocheok Dome, and the ball soared high into the upper section of the outfield stands. It was a decisive three-run home run that turned the score from 1-1 to 4-1, marking Davidson's 17th home run of the season.

According to the official KBO statistician, this home run traveled an impressive 150m (measured at 148.8m by Kiwoom's TrackMan system). Surpassing the previous longest-distance record of the 2026 season—145m achieved five times—it immediately rose to become the number one longest-distance home run of this KBO League season.

Most importantly, Davidson's 150m home run on this day tied the all-time longest-distance record in KBO League history and marked only the fifth such feat in league history.

According to the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), since the inaugural professional baseball season in 1982 with Baek Incheon (MBC), only legendary hitters who dominated Korean baseball—Yang Jun-hyuk (Samsung) in 1997, Kim Dong-ju (Doosan) in 2000, and Lee Dae-ho in 2007—have ever reached this dream distance. The pitcher who surrendered Lee Dae-ho's final 150m home run was Jung Min-tae of the then-Hyundai Unicorns.

After Lee Dae-ho recorded his feat on April 21, 2007, at Sajik Stadium in Busan, no hitter had surpassed this barrier for 19 years until Davidson, a foreign hitter for Kiwoom in 2026, finally broke through. He became the fifth person in history and the first foreign hitter to hit a 150m home run.

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