Guillermo Heredia of the SSG Landers hits a single against the LG Twins during a Korea Baseball Organization regular-season game at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul in this June 11, 2025, (Image courtesy of Yonhap)
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — SSG Landers outfielder Guillermo Heredia was slapped with a fine of 500,000 won (US$367) on Wednesday for hurling profanity at an umpire during a recent game.
The Korea Baseball Organization handed down the penalty following the meeting of its disciplinary committee Tuesday.
During Tuesday’s game against the Kia Tigers, Heredia was called for a pitch clock violation and fell behind 0-1 in the count against James Naile. Starting this year, a batter must be in the box and alert to the pitcher with eight seconds left on the pitch clock, or the pitcher will be awarded an automatic strike.
Heredia singled off Naile’s third pitch of the at-bat, and then turned to home plate umpire Ham Ji-woong, apparently to voice his displeasure, before heading to first base.
The umpiring crew got together for a conference and ejected Heredia from the game for swearing at Ham.
The Landers later explained that Heredia wasn’t happy with the automatic strike because he had intentionally taken his time to allow Naile to get ready to pitch, and that Heredia told the team that he did not swear at the umpire.
(Yonhap)
