6 consecutive losses + even on the brink of last place "The strongest Hanwha"...In the end, the most sold-out tie record in a KBO season (Daejeon site)
Jul 21, 2024
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Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 21st.
Hanwha Eagles coach Kim Kyung-moon, who met with reporters before the game, smiled faintly. Even though he is on the verge of plunging to the bottom in six consecutive losses, there is no proper breakthrough. It is a series of days where it is difficult for even veteran coaches who have been through all their careers to find answers. Coach Kim said, `It can lead to consecutive wins and losses during the season, but it's not good for everyone to have a long losing streak.' `As we are given time to rest tomorrow (to Lee Dong-il), I hope today's players will do their best to cut the losing streak.'
Unlike the shaded squad, the crowd chanted "The strongest Hanwha" on this day.
All 12,000 tickets were sold within four minutes of the start of the game against the KIA Tigers. This is Hanwha Life Eagles Park's 36th sellout this season. As a result, Hanwha matched the Samsung Lions' record of most sold-outs (36 times) in a single season in 1995.
The game was Hanwha's 50th home game of the season. Thirty-six games, or 72 percent, were played in a packed audience. The average audience for the entire home game is 11,271, with a 95.4% seat occupancy rate. In other words, most of the home games this season are filled with spectators.
Hanwha, which played the last autumn baseball of the 2018 season. It has been downhill ever since. From the 2020 season to the 2022 season, he is disgraced as the lowest rank for three consecutive years.
Hanwha, which finished ninth last year, announced the end of the rebuild ahead of this season with the return of franchise star Ryu Hyun-jin. At the beginning of the season, the box office fever exploded as it briefly topped the list with consecutive wins. Hanwha, which has gone downhill again without continuing its initial upward trend, is on the verge of falling to last place without finding a breakthrough even in the manager's change. Despite this, the popularity of Daejeon continues to be bizarre. Now, if one more game of 10,000 won is played, Hanwha will write a new history of the highest sales record in a single season.
ppark@sportschosun.com
