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| A warm-up match between Korea and the Czech Republic at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 9th. Coach Ryu Ji-hyun is welcomed by the players. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.11.9/ |
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| The Korean national baseball team held training at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 11th. Moon Dong-ju and Kwak Bin are warming up. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.11.11/ |
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| On the afternoon of the 12th, players of the national baseball team left for Tokyo, Japan for an exhibition match against Japan. Won Tae-in and Moon Dong-ju posing together for fan requests. Gimpo Airport = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.11.12/ |
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"It has the atmosphere of the 2006 WBC."
Ryu Ji-hyun, head coach of the Korean national baseball team, has been keeping a smile on his face while leading the youngest national team ever. The national team has not been performing well in recent international competitions, so the burden would be quite large, but they often give positive answers. If young players who have not been exposed to Tokyo Dome even ahead of the two warm-up matches against Japan of the "2025 NAVER K-BASEBALL SERIES" at Tokyo Dome in Japan on the 15th and 16th take this opportunity to adapt to Tokyo Dome and have confidence by playing against Japanese players, they can expect to escape the humiliation of being eliminated from the first round for the last three consecutive times and advance to the second round at the WBC in March next year.
It is the atmosphere that coach Ryu felt a positive signal to the players. Coach Ryu also talked about the atmosphere of the team when he arrived at Haneda Airport after leaving Gimpo on the 12th. "I've been with the national team for a long time, but it's the first time that the players are so happy and have such a good atmosphere," Ryu said. The atmosphere is at its best right now. "I think these things will come out naturally on the field" expressed anticipation.
Coach Ryu also praised the team's atmosphere on the 14th, a day before the match against Japan. Ryu recalled the proud memory of the 2006 WBC. "I went as a coach at the 2006 WBC, and at that time, both major leaguers and domestic players were well together, so the atmosphere was really good," Ryu said. "After spending about two weeks with the players, I can feel the scent of 2006."
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| The national baseball team trained at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 7th. Kim Taek-yeon and Park Young-hyun are warming up with bright faces. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.11.7/ |
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| The Korean national baseball team held training at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 11th. Park Hae-min is bursting into laughter during warm-up. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.11.11/ |
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| On the afternoon of the 12th, players of the national baseball team left for Tokyo, Japan for an exhibition match against Japan. Jung Woo-ju and Bae Chan-seung are leaving the departure hall. Gimpo Airport = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.11.12/ |
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Although the national team is an adult team, the average age is 22.1 years, the youngest ever. Rather, a good atmosphere has been formed among young and young players, which means that the entire national team is energetic and motivated.
It's not just a bright and pleasant atmosphere. There is also a lot of motivation to do it. Coach Ryu said, `When I was practicing batting, Song Sung-moon, who was training defense at third base, caught a diving catch that was exiting the third base line and threw it to first base.' `Usually, I don't catch such a ball during practice like this and just spend it. But he's working hard to catch it. Certainly, the overall team atmosphere is different." At that time, Park Dong-won's strong hit in practice hit came to Song Sung-moon, who was training for defense at third base, and Song Sung-moon blew himself up and caught him. This is proof that the players are training with that high concentration.
Director Ryu said "This atmosphere is likely to continue and connect to the first camp in January (Saipan on January 9-21), the second camp in February (Okinawa on February 15-28), and the WBC in March." It's a very positive atmosphere."
In 2006, top players in Korea, including Park Chan-ho, Seo Jae-ung, Kim Sun-woo, Kim Byung-hyun, Koo Dae-sung and Choi Hee-seop, who joined Yomiuri, Lee Seung-yeop, Lee Byung-kyu, Park Jin-man, Hong Sung-heun, Bae Young-soo, and Jung Dae-hyun, all gathered to beat Japan twice to achieve a semifinal achievement in the first tournament.
Coach Ryu participated as a defense and base coach and head coach at various international competitions such as the 2006 WBC, 2013 WBC, 2017 APBC, 2018 Asian Games, 2022 Asian Games, 2023 APBC and 2024 Premier 12.
Will the young national team be able to make a splash in the WBC with their energetic performance in 2006.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
