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The Korean Series of Professional Baseball kicks off today (1st) in a calm atmosphere without a cheering squad.
SSG pitcher Kwang-hyun Kim and Kiwoom pitcher Woo-jin Ahn will start the first round.
Byung-min Yoo.
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Media Day, held one day before the opening of the Korean Series, was held calmly in memory of the victims of the Itaewon disaster.
[Kim Won-hyeong/SSG Director: We express our deepest condolences to the victims and their families.]
[Hong Won-ki/Kiwoom Director: It seems that something that should not have happened has happened.
As a parent, I sympathize with a lot of pain.]
The KBO announced that before the start of the first game, players and spectators mourn together, and players and referees attach black mourning ribbons to commemorate the victims.
In addition, we decided not to hold pre-events such as the first pitch, perform cheering squads, and not use amplifiers and cannons until the 4th game.
As the starting pitchers in the first game, Kim Kwang-hyeon of SSG and Woo-jin Ahn of Kiwoom, who fought for the ERA title throughout the season, are two native aces.
The two pitchers faced each other once this season, and Woo-jin Ahn, who stopped 7 innings without a score at that time, won by decision over Kim Kwang-hyeon, who gave 2 runs in 6 innings.
However, Ahn Woo-jin's stamina, who has only taken four days off from two matches in a row, is a variable.
With interest in the bat battle between SSG led by Choo Shin-soo and Choi Jeong and Kiwoom’s bat battle led by Lee Jung-hoo and Puig, the tickets for the first and second games of the Korean series are virtually sold out.