LG wins first regular season title in 29 years, advances to Korean Series [sports news]
2nd and 3rd place teams side by side in 'Magic Number 1'
Clinched the title on the bus on the way to Busan
1st place in the 3rd season after 1990-1994
Oh Ji-hwan "Do my best to win the championship"
Baseball team LG has punched its ticket to the Korean Series for the first time in 29 years, since 1994.
With a 5-4 win over visiting KT in Suwon on the 2nd, LG increased its magic number to 1. There were no games scheduled for the third day, but with both second-place KT and third-place NC losing on that day, the team clinched the regular season title regardless of the outcome of the remaining games. LG, which had 82 wins, 2 draws, and 51 losses (a winning percentage of 0.617) up to that point, could not overtake KT and NC in the standings even if it lost all of its remaining nine games.
The LG players received the news of their first-place finish while traveling to Busan on the team bus ahead of their games against Sajik Lotte on April 4 and 5. "The moment KT lost 1-3 to KIA in Suwon and our title was confirmed, the bus literally went crazy," said an LG team official. Prior to this, NC had already lost 7-9 to SSG in a visiting game in Munhak. LG will hold a championship celebration after the Sajik visit on April 4.
"Our biggest goal, the Korean Series, is still ahead of us," said LG coach Yeom Kyung-yeop, "and we will prepare well for it by organizing our rest and training plans so that we can smile until the end." Team captain Oh Ji-hwan, 33, also said, "Winning the regular season is daunting, but we won't be satisfied and will do our best until the end to win the overall title that everyone wants."
This is the third time that LG has finished first in the regular season, having done so in 1990 and 1994. In both seasons that LG won the regular season title, the team also finished on top of the Korean Series to win the combined title. In the 32 seasons of league-wide "cascading" postseason play, only five times (15.6%) has the regular season champion failed to win the Korean Series.
Including playoffs, it's been 21 years since LG reached the Korean Series since 2002. LG had to give up a game-winning home run to Samsung's Ma Hae-young (53) in Game 6 of the Korean Series to lose the championship in four games to two. Im Chan-kyu (31), a former LG Kids member who was moved to tears by the scene, is now the team's starting pitcher and will make his Korean Series debut. 스포츠토토맨
Clinched the title on the bus on the way to Busan
1st place in the 3rd season after 1990-1994
Oh Ji-hwan "Do my best to win the championship"
Baseball team LG has punched its ticket to the Korean Series for the first time in 29 years, since 1994.
With a 5-4 win over visiting KT in Suwon on the 2nd, LG increased its magic number to 1. There were no games scheduled for the third day, but with both second-place KT and third-place NC losing on that day, the team clinched the regular season title regardless of the outcome of the remaining games. LG, which had 82 wins, 2 draws, and 51 losses (a winning percentage of 0.617) up to that point, could not overtake KT and NC in the standings even if it lost all of its remaining nine games.
The LG players received the news of their first-place finish while traveling to Busan on the team bus ahead of their games against Sajik Lotte on April 4 and 5. "The moment KT lost 1-3 to KIA in Suwon and our title was confirmed, the bus literally went crazy," said an LG team official. Prior to this, NC had already lost 7-9 to SSG in a visiting game in Munhak. LG will hold a championship celebration after the Sajik visit on April 4.
"Our biggest goal, the Korean Series, is still ahead of us," said LG coach Yeom Kyung-yeop, "and we will prepare well for it by organizing our rest and training plans so that we can smile until the end." Team captain Oh Ji-hwan, 33, also said, "Winning the regular season is daunting, but we won't be satisfied and will do our best until the end to win the overall title that everyone wants."
This is the third time that LG has finished first in the regular season, having done so in 1990 and 1994. In both seasons that LG won the regular season title, the team also finished on top of the Korean Series to win the combined title. In the 32 seasons of league-wide "cascading" postseason play, only five times (15.6%) has the regular season champion failed to win the Korean Series.
Including playoffs, it's been 21 years since LG reached the Korean Series since 2002. LG had to give up a game-winning home run to Samsung's Ma Hae-young (53) in Game 6 of the Korean Series to lose the championship in four games to two. Im Chan-kyu (31), a former LG Kids member who was moved to tears by the scene, is now the team's starting pitcher and will make his Korean Series debut. 스포츠토토맨
2023-10-06 13:04
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