2024-03-15 00:06:46
▲ Kim Ha-seong enters the country with a bright appearance
Kim Ha-seong of the San Diego Padres, who will participate in the ‘2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) World Tour Seoul Series’, is entering the Incheon International Airport Passenger Terminal 1 in the early morning of the 15th. Yonhap News San Diego Padres players, including Kim Ha-seong, Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., and Ko Woo-seok, came to Korea to play the first-ever Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season game in Korea.
The luxury charter plane they were on board, 747-400 VIP PLUS 5Y8267, landed at Incheon International Airport around 1:30 a.m. on the 15th. The San Diego team made the Seoul visiting team regarding 180 people, including the players’ families. There are 31 players. The opening roster consists of 26 players.
San Diego has a team of stars representing MLB. Last year, the team included infielder Kim Ha-seong, the first Korean player to win the MLB Gold Glove, as well as Machado, Tatis Jr., Sander Bohartz, and Yu Darubish. This year, Ko Woo-seok, a closing pitcher who was active in the KBO League, joined the team.
On this day, a large crowd of domestic and foreign reporters and baseball fans gathered at the airport, even though it was late past midnight. Reporters rushed to capture footage of San Diego players entering the country, while fans waited with uniforms, baseballs, and pens.
▲ San Diego players visiting Korea in bright form
San Diego Padres players participating in the ‘2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) World Tour Seoul Series’ are entering Incheon International Airport’s Terminal 1 in the early morning of the 15th. Yonhap News The San Diego team immediately boarded a chartered flight from Phoenix, Arizona and headed to Seoul following finishing the exhibition game on the 13th (local time). Most of the players walked quickly at the arrivals hall, perhaps due to fatigue from the long journey, but Machado and Tatis Jr. kindly responded to requests for autographs. Tatis Jr. said while signing autographs, “I slept for 11 hours. “I feel good,” he said. Go Woo-seok also expressed his thoughts briefly, saying, “I’m tired, but I’m happy.” Kim Ha-seong, who appeared surrounded by bodyguards, said, “I feel good. “I can feel it now,” he said. “I slept well (on the plane), so my condition is good.” At the same time, he pledged, “The fans will have high expectations, but I will do my best to have a good game.”
The San Diego team boarded five large buses and headed to their accommodation, the Yeouido Express Hotel. San Diego will hold its opening two-game series once morest its MLB National League West division rival, the LA Dodgers, at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 20th and 21st. This is the 9th time that the MLB opening game will be held outside the United States. This is the first time in Korea.
▲ Tatis Jr. arrived in Korea
Tatis Jr. of the San Diego Padres, who will participate in the ‘2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) World Tour Seoul Series’, is entering the Incheon International Airport Passenger Terminal 1 in the early morning of the 15th. Yonhap News The San Diego team will play a full-scale schedule in Seoul starting on the 16th. Starting at 12:45 p.m. on the 16th, a youth baseball clinic will be held at Yongsan Children’s Park in Seoul for youth baseball fans and children of US military personnel stationed in Korea.
Separately, two players each from San Diego and the Dodgers and three players from Team Korea will hold a youth baseball clinic at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul for regarding an hour starting at 1:30 p.m. on the 16th.
Additionally, San Diego and Dodgers players will hold a press conference following training to adapt to the stadium at Gocheok Sky Dome. San Diego coach Mike Shildt, Ha-seong Kim, Machado, Tatis Jr., Bohartz and others will attend. The Dodgers will feature manager Dave Roberts, Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman.
The two teams will play warm-up games once morest the Kiwoom Heroes, LG Twins, and the Korean national baseball team on the 17th and 18th, take a day off on the 19th, and then play the historic opening game in Seoul on the 20th at 7:05 p.m.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers team is scheduled to enter the country through Incheon International Airport around 2 PM on this day.
Reporter Hong Ji-min
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