With Koo Ja-wook and Park Min-woo's request for consideration, Lotte even rented a high school practice range. Why?
Mar 24, 2025
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The KBO opening media day was held at Lotte Hotel World in Jamsil, Seoul on the 20th. There are 10 club coaches, team captains, and additional representatives. A total of 30 coaches and players attended. As it is a big event held two days before the opening of the regular season (March 22), much attention was paid to it. In line with the title of 'Media Day & Fan Fest', a total of 210 fans selected by KBO through lottery and pre-application entered the site and enjoyed the excitement ahead of the opening together.
However, after the Media Day event, some players complained of extreme fatigue and poor condition. It's because of the travel distance. In the case of some local team players, they had to come to Seoul on the 19th, the day before the Media Day event, and attend the event on the 20th and go home again. In the case of Samsung Lions' Koo Ja-wook and Kang Min-ho, they arrived in Seoul late at night on the 19th after stopping at the mortuary of their teammate Oh Seung-hwan's mother, and after finishing the media day event starting at 2 p.m. the next day, they went back to Daegu to prepare for the opening game.
Koo Ja-wook said "Actually, it's a shame. I know Media Day is held at this time every year, but we have told KBO officials several times, but nothing changes. It is too difficult for local team players to hold a media day two days before the opening. I was in good condition, but now I'm not in good condition.'
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In the case of Lotte Giants, another provincial team, they rented a training ground separately for the players. Lotte's Jeon Joon-woo and Yoon Dong-hee attended as representative players, and Lotte's opening game just happened to be against the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul. In order to go down to Busan to attend the team training again, the line of movement is twisted. But I can't help but train for more than two days. Lotte asked for cooperation from the nearby high school baseball team, and Jeon Joon-woo and Yoon Dong-hee had to prepare for the opening by using the high school baseball team's training facilities instead of team training.
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As the event clearly reveals the difference between the metropolitan area team and the local team, various opinions were also raised at the media day site at the time. There were not a few opinions that Media Day should be held not just before the opening of the regular season, but before the opening of the exhibition game after returning to the spring camp.
Or, one way to hold Media Day is to change the region like the All-Star Game. NC Park Min-woo met with reporters after the opening series against Gwangju KIA on the 23rd and said, `I don't know why Media Day is held only in Seoul. Two days before the opening, I couldn't participate in the training properly because I was going back and forth due to Media Day. I hope you take turns holding Media Day in other regions other than Seoul and consider local teams" he appealed.
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However, in recent years, the scale itself has grown a lot, and since it is broadcasted live, the program's progress is bound to be a priority. In addition, as competition for 'self-content' with each club's official video channels has been getting worse recently, many media also have doubts about the meaning of the Media Day event.
However, there is a consensus on the purpose of 'fanfest'. If so, the opinions of local team players are also reasonable. Adjusting the timing of the event and changing the venue are factors worth considering. Since the 144 game system, the biggest issue among KBO league players is physical management Recently, as the spring camp period has increased again, there are many difficult positions in many ways.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
