Czech Republic where doctors, accountants, electricians and ground keepers gathered to fight professional teams. I took a vacation
Nov 09, 2025
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Unlike the Korean national team, Czech players do not have professional players. In other words, they are playing baseball while working for a living in their own country.
At the 2023 WBC, Czech players' jobs were revealed and became a hot topic.
Even now, Pavel Hardim, who came to Korea as the national team coach, is a neurologist, and the players had various jobs such as firefighters, baseball equipment importers, high school geography teachers, and electricians.
It's the same this time. In a situation where everyone has a job for a living, baseball is also being played at the same time. In Korea, it can be seen as a social baseball.
When asked Czech coach Hardim and captain Martin Muzik, who came to the K-baseball series at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 8th, to introduce the careers of the players who came this time, Martin Schneider said it was difficult to come this time because he was a firefighter, and there were accountants and electrical engineers at a nuclear company.
When asked if he had a job and had taken a leave of absence in Korea, Hardim said, `Doctors can take five weeks off a year. So I was able to comeMujik said, `I'm a ground keeper and I'm a self-employed person, so I can't make money during the break, but I wanted to play baseball."
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Mujik also made headlines when he hit a home run against Sovereign, who played for the Chinese national team in the 2023 WBC. When asked if he knew that the opposing pitcher who hit the home run was a KBO league pitcher at the time, manager Hardim said "I knew," but Muzik "Now I know." It was a very important moment for me as well as for the Czech national team."
"Just as we had warm-up matches with Taiwan and Japan last year, I hope we will gain experience by playing against South Korea this time," Hardim said. I think it's a good opportunity to prepare ahead of the WBC."
When asked what baseball means to Czech players who have jobs and play baseball like this, Mujik said, "I've been playing baseball since I was 12 years old. It's hard because I don't have enough training time, but I'm still working hard," he said earnestly.
Hardim said "I always think about baseball. But it doesn't let the family know. I have a job as a doctor and raise 3 children. You have to support your family. So I like baseball, but I can't express it. I'm trying to find a balance between my family and baseball."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
