2024-03-29 11:29:03
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Visit the stadium ahead of the home opener
Chairman Kim Seung-yeon visited the baseball stadium. Photo = Yonhap News Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-yeon (72) visited Daejeon Hanwha Life Eagles Park on the 29th, where Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha Eagles) returns home to the KBO League and the club’s home opening game is held.
On this day, Chairman Kim entered the stadium skybox about two hours before the start of Hanwha’s 2024 professional baseball home opening game against KT Wiz and watched the players’ training. Photo = Yonhap News Chairman Kim spoke with Park Chan-hyuk, president of Hanwha Eagles, and then called out center hitter Chae Eun-seong and fastball pitcher Moon Dong-ju to encourage them.
It has been 5 years and 5 months since Chairman Kim Seung-yeon visited the professional baseball field on October 19, 2018, when Hanwha advanced to the postseason. At the time, Chairman Kim watched the first semi-playoff game between Hanwha and Nexen Heroes (now Kiwoom) held at Daejeon Hanwha Life Eagles Park.
Although Chairman Kim is interested in professional baseball, he does not visit the baseball stadium as often as other team owners, such as SSG Landers owner Jeong Yong-jin and Lotte Giants owner Shin Dong-bin. Photo = Yonhap However, Chairman Kim created many topics every time he visited the stadium. After watching the match between Hanwha and LG Twins held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on August 7, 2011, Chairman Kim Seung-yeon went to the ground to encourage the players and communicate with fans.
At the time, a fan shouted, “Please catch Kim Tae-gyun (who was pushing for his return to the KBO league),” and Chairman Kim responded, “I’ll catch Kim Tae-gyun,” drawing attention.
Chairman Kim visited the Doosan Bears game held at Jamsil Stadium on May 16, 2012, when the team was in last place, and gathered the players at the ground after the game. At the time, Chairman Kim asked Park Chan-ho, the most senior member, “What do you think a professional player is?” and when Park Chan-ho could not answer, he said, “A professional player is someone who risks his life and fights,” drawing attention.
Ryu Hyun-jin appeared as a starting pitcher in the home opening game of the 2024 season. On October 4, 2012, he started in a regular league home game 4,194 days after the game against Nexen Heroes (now Kiwoom).
After completing the 2012 season, he entered the American Professional Baseball Major League (MLB) through the posting system, and returned to Hanwha ahead of the 2024 season after leaving a record of 78 wins, 48 losses, and an average ERA of 3.27 in 186 big league games. Tickets for the game, which started at 6:30 p.m., were sold out at 4:36 p.m. The Hanwha team said, “All online tickets were sold out early, and some on-site tickets were sold immediately after the ticket box was opened, so 12,000 tickets were sold out.”
Choi Soo-jin, Hankyung.com reporter [email protected]
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