On average, 28,61 Kim Tae-hyung Magic → Lotte Home exceeded 1 million spectators! Busan is now waiting for its first fall in eight years
Jul 27, 2025
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Lotte sold out 22,669 players at 7:39 p.m. on the 26th, when Game 11 of the season was held against the KIA Tigers.
As a result, Lotte recorded 1,312 cumulative home spectators this year, reaching 100 home spectators in 48 games.
In terms of the club's history, it is three games behind the last playoff qualification in 2012 (45 games). Still, he succeeded in surpassing 1 million spectators at the same pace as 13 years ago.
As the weather did not help, there were many bad news, such as the record of consecutive home games being sold out by 700 people. Nevertheless, it sold out 32 out of 48 games, exceeding the home average of 20,000 spectators (28,61).
There was no additional FA recruitment, but the recruitment of coach Kim Tae-hyung was the biggest investment and reinforcement. Under head coach Kim Tae-hyung, Lotte also finished the first half of the year with a top 3 for the first time in 13 years since 2012 (2nd place).
He got good grades and even reconstruction. In addition to existing players such as "Yoon Go-na Hwang-son" and Park Se-woong and Kim Won-joong, trade recruiters such as Jung Chul-won and Jeon Min-jae showed good performances, and new stars such as Gamboa, Hong Min-ki, Yoon Sung-bin and Han Tae-yang were born. Despite repeated injuries to the main players, he held on and advanced without being frustrated. Busan baseball fans responded with enthusiastic support.
All that's left is a better performance than fall baseball. Lotte is dreaming of its first fall baseball in eight years since its elimination from the semi-playoff in 2017. If they reach the playoffs, it will be the first time in 13 years since 2012, and if they advance to the Korean Series, it will be the first time in 27 years since 1999.
Lotte fans earnestly shouted 'Please go to fall baseball only' before the season. However, since the head coach Kim Tae-hyung has the record of advancing to the Korean Series for 7 consecutive years, he seems to be greedy at this point. At the end of the first half, head coach Kim Tae-hyung thanked the players for holding out well. If we reorganize our team's power well in the second half, we can go up further."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
