Jung-hoo, let's go get a T-shirt! SF made a special cheering seat for Lee Jung-hoo, and they will meet home fans for the first time in 11 months

Apr 04, 2025

Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants hits in the eighth inning against the Cincinnati Reds on the 31st of last month (Korea time) and runs to first base with his helmet off. AP Yonhap News

Fans who purchased tickets for the 'Jeonghu Crew Zone' in the outfield seats of Oracle Park will be given a T-shirt with Lee Jung-hoo's caricature as a prize. Photo =San Francisco Giants club website

San Francisco Giants Lee Jung-hoo will finally return to his home game.

San Francisco, which had a strong 5-1 record at the opening of the season on the road, will hold its home opener against the Seattle Mariners at Oracle Park on the 5th (Korea time).

Earlier, San Francisco had five wins and one loss against the Cincinnati Reds and Houston Astros, took a day off on the 4th, and brought home Seattle and Cincinnati from the 5th to play six consecutive games. Lee Jung-hoo will meet home fans for the first time in 11 months since he injured his shoulder in May last year and ended the season early.

San Francisco's home game is drawing attention this year because it is the first season in which Buster Posey, a former fan-favorite considered the best catcher in the club's history, is inaugurated as the club's president.

Tickets for the opening three consecutive games are already certain to be sold out. In particular, special seat ticket reservations were found to be twice as high as last year.

The San Francisco Chronicle, a leading local journalist, said on the 4th that the Giants' morale is soaring due to the "buster effect." Will crowd mobilization also increase?In an article titled 'New season ticket sales are double what they were this time last year. Flex memberships also reported that the number more than doubled compared to last year.

Lee Jung-hoo meets home fans at Oracle Park for the first time in 11 months. AP Yonhap News

But there is a special seat that stands out. It is the Jung Ho Crew Section'. Lee Jung-hoo, who ended the season after 37 games with an unexpected shoulder injury while improving adaptability after debuting in the Major League last year, is said to have been popular among home fans.

Other popular tickets to the San Francisco Chronicle include the 415 Club for bone marrow fans in the style of European football, and the new Jung-hoo crew area in the right-center stands to see Lee up close. The Seattle Mariners introduced the former Safeco Field to be similar to the King's Court section, which was operated on the day Felix Hernandez started.

Lee Jung-hoo is so excited that the club has decided on the stands area after him. In February, the San Francisco club introduced the area with the phrase `Let's be part of the rear crew in Zone 142 and cheer for the Giants and the players wearing the number 51' under the title of 'New Cheers for the 2025 Season'. The location is behind the fence from the center of Oracle Park to the right-center. Tickets are sold separately in the area during San Francisco's weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) home games, and fans who buy them will be given a full-length crew T-shirt. San Francisco has 39 home games this weekend.

You can see center fielder Lee Jung-hoo's play up close, that is, fast feet and dynamic catches.

San Francisco outfield trio Eliot Ramos (from left), Lee Jung-hoo and Mike Yastremski. AFP Yonhap News

Lee Jung-hoo injured his left shoulder in the top of the first inning at the match against Cincinnati at Oracle Park on May 13 last year when he ran and jumped to catch Jaymer Candelario's right-center hit by the fence. Diagnosed with a ruptured wasp, he underwent surgery in early June and officially ended the season. The rehabilitation period of this surgery is 6-8 months, and Lee Jung-hoo already began full-fledged training late last year and participated in spring training in February in normal physical condition. In 14 exhibition games, he marked a batting average of 0.250 with two home runs, five RBIs, 10 runs scored, and an OPS of 0.829.

He then played in five consecutive games since the opening game against Cincinnati on the 28th of last month and marked a batting average of 0.278 (5 hits in 18 at-bats), two RBIs, six runs, three walks, three strikeouts, one stolen base, and an OPS of 0.825. And Lee Jung-hoo, who missed the Houston Astros for the first time this season on the 3rd and took a two-day break including Lee Dong-il on the 4th, will finally meet fans who will visit Oracle Park in 11 months at the home opening match on the 5th.