With the 'ball park' of dreams... Let's go to 10 million viewers again this year!
With the 'ball park' of dreams... Let's go to 10 million viewers again this year!
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After the exhibition game, the professional baseball KBO League will start preparing for the 2025 regular season in earnest. Daejeon Hanwha Life Ball Park has newly opened, and various changes in systems and regulations will be implemented to shorten the game time. In addition, interest-inducing factors such as whether to achieve a milestone are added to achieve 10 million spectators for the second consecutive year.메이저사이트
The exhibition game of the KBO League has come to an end on Wednesday. Four of the five games that were scheduled on the day were canceled, with the KT Wiz (6 wins, 1 loss) and the Hanwha Eagles (5 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses) ranked high, and the mock test ended. Given the past precedents, the results of exhibition games, which are merely "warming up," is expected to play a role separately from the regular league. The regular league will start on Tuesday.
Hanwha expects the effect of a new stadium that will attract fans. The stadium will open with 20,000 seats and welcome a new season at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon. Kim Tae-yeon hit his first homer at an exhibition game the previous day. All 11,000 tickets have been sold out.
The stadium, which introduced the asymmetric left-right field for the first time in Korea, has a different distance from the left (99 meters) to the right (95 meters) fence. Attention is also focusing on what variables the 8-meter-tall "Monster Wall" installed on the right fence will bring. The "infinity pool" built on the third base is expected to provide fans with a variety of things to enjoy. The All-Star Game will also be held in July.
In the regular league, pitch clock strikes and one ball are applied to pitchers with time limits. In the event of violation, the pitcher will receive one ball and the batter will receive one strike. The overtime play, which lasted until the 12th inning, will continue until the 11th inning from the new season. The Hawk Eye Replay System will also be introduced to display multiple images taken from different angles on a single screen at the same time. Through more accurate and faster reading, the system can reduce disputes and speed up the game.
Choi Jeong (SSG), the "big shot," aims to become the first player in the league to hit 500 home runs. With 495 home runs in total, he has double-digit home runs for 19 consecutive seasons, which is considered to be a matter of time. Yang Hyeon-jong (KIA), the "big pitcher," is aiming to pitch in 100 innings for the first 12 consecutive seasons and achieve 100 strikeouts for the 11th consecutive season.
Attention is also focusing on whether a super rookie will make an appearance or not. Moon Dong-ju of Hanwha Eagles, who recorded eight wins and eight losses with 95 strikeouts and an ERA of 3.72 in 2023, and Kim Taek-yeon of Doosan Bears, who recorded the most 19 saves (3 wins, two losses and four holds) and an ERA of 2.08 last year, broke the tradition of Rookie of the Year award. In the new season, Chung Hyeon-woo (Kium), who ranks first overall in the 2025 rookie draft, will draw attention. In three exhibition games up to the day, Chung received the passing score by allowing six hits and two runs (one earned run) with 10 strikeouts and an ERA of 0.82 in 11 innings.