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Shinsegae Group’s baseball team has confirmed the team name as’SSG LANDERS’.
Incorporating the meaning of’arrival’ that reminds me of Incheon Airport and Incheon Port
Farewell to the Wyverns in SK in 20 years
Sing the coastal pier song after the final training of the squad
Shinsegae Group announced on the 5th that it has confirmed the team name for the baseball team as Landers. Shinsegae explained, “Like Incheon International Airport and Incheon Port, which symbolizes Incheon, it is the name of the team that embodies the will to become a new symbol of Incheon that anyone can think of.”
“Incheon is the first gateway city you encounter when landing your first foot in Korea by plane or boat, and it is also the city where baseball first landed in Korea. It also contains a willingness to land in Incheon,” he added.
Shinsegae Group said that in the process of internal discussions, it considered whether it could make good use of the characteristics of the Incheon region and whether it could represent Incheon as the most important factor in deciding the team name.
On the 27th of last month, vice chairman of Shinsegae Group, Jung Yong-jin, explained the new team name through social media. At the time, Vice Chairman Jeong said, “The name has already been decided. I made it a name that comes to mind when I think of Incheon. We have reviewed Wales, Marines, Boosters, Panthers, etc., but decided to use Incheon and airport-related names, not animals.”
Shinsegae Group said that it will not spare any support so that the team, fans, and regions can become one through baseball, centering on Landers. In addition, it plans to spur the production of logos, emblems, and uniforms so that there will be no obstacles in preparing for the regular season.
(Seogwipo = News 1) Reporter Oh Hyeon-ji = On the afternoon of the 5th, the SK Wyverns team, coach and coach are taking a commemorative photo while calling the coastal pier after the Goodbye Wyverns Ceremony at Gangchanghak Baseball Stadium in Seogwipo City, Jeju.
Meanwhile, the team finished their last activity in the name of SK Wyverns at the Seogwipo Gangchang Hak Stadium on this day. The team held a uniform return ceremony after the Cheongbaek match on this day. Director Kim Won-hyung signed the SK Wyverns uniform and hat and left it as a commemorative. After unfolding the placard, the players sang farewell to the SK Wyverns, which had been maintained for 21 years, by choiring the club’s representative cheering song’Coastal Pier’.
Reporter Kim Hyo-kyung [email protected]
