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| On the afternoon of the 4th, at the match between SSG Landers in Incheon and Lotte Giants in Busan, held at SSG Landers Field in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, the crowd cheered for the first home run by SSG Choi Jeong at the end of the second inning. 2021.4.4 / Reporter Cho Jae-Hyeon [email protected] |
Mayor of the city met with the vice-chairman at the stadium
Delivering regretful feelings for’Seoul inauguration ceremony’
SNS says “You have to get the citizen’s heart first”
The 2021 KBO League has begun a seven-month long campaign.
Incheon SSG Landers, newly founded this year, confronted Lotte Giants, a’distributor rival’ at Incheon SSG Landers Field on the 4th.
All tickets for 2,300 seats sold on-site from 8 am prior to the match on the day were sold. This season, in accordance with the government’s social distancing standards and quarantine measures, only 10% of the stadium’s capacity was opened in Incheon, the metropolitan area.
Shinsegae Group Vice Chairman Jeong Yong-jin, owner of SSG Landers, arrived at the stadium about two hours before the start of the match, toured the stadium facilities, and encouraged the SSG team to compete in the first league match. After the game started, I sat at the outdoor table seats and cheered for the players.
The two teams showed long hitting power, with six homers coming out before the opening of Incheon, and the pitchers were also good at batting overall, giving the fans the charm of baseball that had been waiting for spring to come. In the game, Choi Joo-hwan, who beat two homers each, and SSG, led by Choi Jeong, defeated rival Lotte 5-3 after a close match and reported their first win in the opening game.
It is known that Incheon Mayor Park Nam-chun, who came before the opening of the day, met Jeong Yong-jin, Vice Chairman of Shinsegae Group, and conveyed the feelings of the Incheon local community regarding SSG’s inauguration ceremony in Seoul. Mayor Park Nam-chun expressed regret on SSG on his Facebook page, saying, “You must get the heart of the citizens to become a prestigious club that continues the 100-year history of baseball in Incheon.” → Related articles, pages 3 and 16 ([뉴스분석]SSG Landers continues to criticize’Seoul inauguration ceremony’)
/ Reporters Young-Jun Kim and Myung-Ho Kim [email protected]