▲ Hanwha and NC team employees at ground management training course in Philadelphia Spring Camp, Florida
At the end of February, when Hanwha and the NC Squadron were engaged in all-out training in Arizona, the team's operations team headed for Florida, which is the opposite of Arizona. Departure from Incheon and after 16 hours of flight, Spectrum Field is located in Clearwater. It was a spring camp training ground in Philadelphia Phillies.
Hanwha Lee Jae-heon, NC Yoon Seok-joon and Yoon Ji-hoon, managers, completed a one-week field management training program at Spectrum Field. Hanwha Park, Jeong-gyu, who is preparing to build a new stadium, decided that he needed to learn the major league stadium management know-how. NC, which operates Changwon NC Park, the highest level in Korea, dispatched two employees for better stadium management. Boston-based construction management consulting firm Vee Consults, LCC, has linked the three with the Philadelphia team. (In addition to Hanwha and NC employees, Japanese Toyo Green employees who manage Tokyo Dome, Sapporo Dome, and Jojo Marine Stadium were also trained.)
Hanwha Lee Jae-heon said, "When the new stadium is completed, a certain stadium management system is needed. I went to receive training with great responsibility." "It is a minor league stadium, but it operates everything in detail. It was easy to use for the purpose of using it as a product. I felt that everything was optimized. "
Manager Yoon Seok-jun and Lee Jae-hun said they were impressed by the 'professional' part of ground management.
Lee Jae-heon said, “The most amazing scene was that the ground keeper had a photo meeting with the operations team. When the head ground keeper announced that he could not use the ground for maintenance, the coaching staff and the team accepted the opinion. I definitely felt it was a baseball and other culture that went back to the mainstream. ”
Ground management is becoming more important in modern baseball. It plays an important role in showing good performance and can also prevent injuries of players. If Hanwha and NC teams get good results from this training, other teams will be more aware of the importance of ground management. I'm looking forward to seeing professional baseball truly become a 'pro'.