'It's a shame, it's been sold out for two consecutive days.'Champill's 21st sold-out club record Thai,'Lauer's first appearance in sunny weather + Kim Do-young 30-30' There are many things to see

Aug 11, 2024

Champions Field on the 11th, which filled the stands. Gwangju = Sports Chosun Reporter Jung Hyun-seok hschung@sportschosun.com

Gwangju baseball is as hot as the heat wave. On Saturday and Sunday, it exceeded the full crowd for two consecutive days.

Saturday was canceled due to the cancellation of the rain, but tickets were already sold out before the cancellation. It failed to sell out consecutively due to the grumpiness of the unwelcome downpour.

KIA Tigers sold out all 25,00 seats at Champions Field as of 17:30 before the home game against Samsung on the 11th. It was the 21st sellout of the season, recording the most sellouts in a season in the club's history (21 times in 2009)."

Gwangju Champions Field, which had recorded 928,204 home spectators until the previous day, sold out on the 10th, recording 948,704 people, accelerating toward 1 million spectators.

The previous day, the weather disrupted the feast due to sudden heavy rain, but the sky also celebrated that the sale was made even on Sunday, when the probability of a full crowd fell due to sunny weather.

Champions Field on the 11th, which is filling the stands as they enter one after another ahead of the start of the game. Gwangju = Sports Chosun Reporter Jung Hyun-seok hschung@sportschosun.com

With Monday just a day away from the start of the week, we weren't sure about the sell-out, but there was good news. It's the day Eric Lauer, a new foreign player with 36 wins in the Major League, will make his first debut, and if Kim Do-young adds one home run, he can achieve a historic 30-30 home run. It's an opportunity to achieve a milestone in front of home fans because it's an away game all week. Reyes is the starter for Samsung to face Kim Do-young while facing Lauer.

The day was as hot as the heat wave even before the baseball fever began, as KIA fans and Samsung away fans dominated around Champions Field early on.

hschung@sportschosun.com