'Finally' Korean teams will have their first clash! Which is the best matchup to open the Okinawa League?
'Finally' Korean teams will have their first clash! Which is the best matchup to open the Okinawa League?
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Finally, KBO League teams will have a showdown. Six KBO League teams will gather in Okinawa, Japan.안전놀이터
Samsung Lions was the first to enter Okinawa. Samsung moved to Okinawa on May 5 after its first training camp in Guam. Samsung is already striving to strengthen its capabilities by holding its own warm-up match in Okinawa.
The next team that moved to Okinawa was Hanwha. The team had its first camp in Melbourne, Australia. The team has been engaged in its Okinawa camp since July 21. The team will play seven games, including the Chiba Lotte Marines 1 team of the Japanese professional baseball league and the Hanshin Tigers 2 team.
Kia then moved to Okinawa. It completed its first camp in Irvine, the U.S., before arriving in Korea on Wednesday. It departed for Okinawa on Tuesday, one day later, and is engaged in training from Wednesday. It played a practice game with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp on Tuesday. There are four more games left.
SSG will move to Okinawa on Wednesday and conduct its training sessions from March 24 to March 5. Initially, veteran players including Choi Jeong were not included in the first camp in Florida, but this time, the team has completed its training sessions. Fifty players, including 16 coaching staff, 17 pitchers, three catchers, seven infielders and seven outfielders, will participate.
LG will depart Korea on Monday and start its Okinawa camp in earnest from Saturday. Four warm-up matches are scheduled with Korean teams. KT will move to Okinawa on Saturday, the latest among the six teams, and play games from Sunday.
Hanwha and Samsung were originally scheduled to play a practice game on the 21st, but it was canceled due to rain.
As a result, the showdown between Hanwha and KIA, and Samsung and SSG, which will take place on the 25th, is expected to be the first face-off between KBO league teams. Above all, the confrontation between "defending champion" KIA and Hanwha, which is aiming for autumn baseball and more at a new baseball stadium this year, is drawing attention. Hanwha and KT will then face off on the 26th.
Wednesday is the hottest day ever. All six teams will meet in Okinawa. LG and KIA, SSG and Hanwha, KT and Samsung will meet each other for a match. SSG and KT will clash on March 28, and LG and Samsung will face each other on March 1.
Then on Wednesday, all six teams will face Korean teams on the same day again. Samsung and KIA, SSG and Hanwha, KT and KIA will meet each other.
KT and KIA will fight on the 3rd, and the Okinawa League will end with a showdown between SSG and LG on the 4th.
Hanwha is scheduled to return home on the 4th, KIA, LG, Samsung, and SSG on the 5th, and KT on the 6th, respectively.