It's cold, it's cold. Gwangju night game is canceled. The problem is likely to be canceled tomorrow as well?

Mar 17, 2025

KIA Kim Do-young holding his hands in cold weather. Sports Chosun DB

Risk of injury in cold weather. In the end, the decision to cancel the cold wave was made.

SSG Landers and KIA Tigers were scheduled to face off in an exhibition game at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju from 6 p.m. on the 17th. It is the last two consecutive games where you can finally check your condition ahead of the opening of the regular season on the 22nd.

However, the temperature dropped sharply nationwide from the 16th, the previous day. In some areas, the temperature felt after the rain fell, and the temperature felt below zero due to strong winds in Gwangju and other Honam areas.

The game starts at 6 p.m., not at 1 p.m. It is a pre-agreed night game to adapt to the night game. KIA players, the home team, conducted ground training normally. Despite the sunshine, however, the wind is so chilly that people can't help but feel the cold weather. Some Kia players tried to maintain body temperature by wearing neck warmers and gloves.

KIA manager Lee Bum-ho watches the players train. Sports Chosun DB

Coach Lee Bum-ho and the coaching staff also wore thick jumpers. The officials also agreed, saying, "The weather is too chilly than expected." As of 4 p.m., the temperature at Champions Field was 7 degrees Celsius. However, the wind caused the temperature to feel even lower.

The problem is after the sun goes down. After sunset, the temperature was expected to drop even lower. The coaches of both teams also grew concerned. Eventually, the cancellation of the cold wave was decided at 4:30 p.m. On this day, the temperature in Gwangju is expected to drop below 3 degrees after 6 p.m. Both teams' coaches and game supervisors closely looked at the weather conditions, and they decided to cancel it without overdoing it because if the game was carried out in cold weather, injury variables of the players could occur.

An exhibition game between SSG Landers and Hanwha Eagles at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 11th. SSG coach Lee Soo-yong is watching the training. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.11/

SSG and KIA are scheduled to play their last exhibition game at Champions Field from 1 p.m. on the 18th. The key is the weather on the 18th. There are snow forecasts nationwide on this day, and Gwangju is forecast to have strong winds in the afternoon after snow in the morning. The daytime high is only 5 degrees, so I'm worried about the cold again.

In preparation for not being able to play, coaches have also started preparing in advance. KIA manager Lee Bum-ho said, `We also threw all the first to third starting pitchers. I think Yoon Youngchul and Kim Dohyun can send them to Futures and throw them" he said.

SSG head coach Lee Soo-yong also said, "Moon Seung-won will throw tomorrow (18th), and Song Young-jin, Chung Dong-yoon, and Park Jong-hoon will all have to throw in the Futures. Drew Anderson and Kim Kwang-hyun are all filled. Some of the batters are still out of form, so the players are wondering if they should play in the second division" he revealed his plan.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.