Yongjin Jung, Vice Chairman of Shinsegae Group. [사진 제공=신세계] While Shinsegae Group officially announced its decision to take over SK Wyverns’ stake on the 26th, interesting speculations from fans related to the club’s name are drawing attention.
On this day, in online baseball communities such as MLBPARK, articles related to the team name guessed by fans have been posted since the day before the acquisition of SK Wyverns by Shinsegae Group became influential.
Currently, the most recommended name is’E-Mart Traders’. One fan said, “E-Mart Traders is the most natural and sticks to your mouth,” and “Even it’s easy to pronounce.” Another fan said, “(Naming) is a bit long, but it’s something sophisticated and it’s like the original baseball team name.”
Whether or not to maintain the existing’Wyverns’ has not been confirmed yet, but many opinions recommend’E-Mart Wyverns’ and’Shinsegae Wyverns’. One netizen who seems to be an existing SK Wyverns fan asked, “Please, I hope that the name’Wyverns’ will be inherited.”
There was also a unique opinion. There were opinions such as “How about’E-Mart Every One’ in the sense of winning every day?”, “Sniping in your 30s and using E-Mart Electroman”, and “How’s No-Brand Wyverns”.
As Shinsegae Group’s English abbreviation, SSG, is called’Sud’ by itself, sensible naming such as’E-Mart’s’ and’Wyburns’ using SSG also attracted attention.
The reactions to the naming of’E-Mart’ and’Shinsegae’, which have been most popular in the press since before, were sharply divided. One netizen said, “As there is a life expression of’I bought this at E-Mart’, there is no such simple and good name as’E-Mart’ as the name of E-Mart itself is established as a living language.”
On the other hand, the netizen who wrote after capturing the report of a media outlet saying that’E-Mart’ is the strongest in the name of the club, said, “I don’t wear it at all,” and in the comment, “I agree.
It’s really bad for the baseball team’s name.”
[사진 = 정용진 부회장 인스타그램 캡처]Jung Yong-jin, vice chairman of Shinsegae Group, also gathered fans who heard the news of the acquisition of the baseball team and expressed their hopes and opinions on Instagram.
On the 25th, Vice Chairman Chung posted a short article saying,’I made leek japchae with Guhwang leek’, which was flooded with comments regarding the acquisition of the baseball team.
Fans commented on comments asking for’E-Mart’ to be subtracted from the naming such as “Please do not name E-Mart Wyverns, this is a pleasing request”, “Please do not put only E-Mart in the uniform”, “Please SSG Wyverns”.
In addition, there were requests such as “Thank you for buying Yongjin’s brother Wyverns”, “Would you like to appear on Shrugtube if you take over?” Recommendations for naming such as’S’ have been uploaded from time to time.
On the other hand, the fund for the acquisition of SK Wyverns announced by Shinsegae Group on the same day is 133.58 billion won. It is achieved through 100% equity acquisition, and the main contract is signed on the 23rd of next month and officially launched in March. When the naming is confirmed and the acquisition process is completed, the club will participate in the league this year.
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