'Sorry for criticizing you for being half-sized'The preciousness of Gocheok Dome'"The fan wind is hot"
Aug 06, 2024
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I even have to apologize for criticizing it as a half-sized dome stadium. It is the KBO League that feels the importance of Gocheok Sky Dome. Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, the home stadium of the Kiwoom Heroes, is currently the only dome stadium among the nine stadiums. With all open and outdoor stadiums used as home. Only Gocheok Dome is a dome stadium, and summer cooling facilities can be operated.
In the past, there was a romance of watching baseball at an outdoor stadium while sweating even in the middle of summer, but now the romance has disappeared. Due to climate extremes caused by global warming, Korea's summer weather is at a level where normal outdoor activities are impossible due to moisture, squally heavy rain, and heat waves, which are comparable to Southeast Asia. Of course, it is not easy to watch professional baseball.
In particular, the heat wave peaked last weekend after the rainy season. The game between the LG Twins and Lotte at Ulsan Stadium, the second home of the Lotte Giants, was officially declared to be canceled for the first time in 43 years of history. In addition, several spectators who were watching baseball at other stadiums such as Jamsil and Daegu were exhausted from the heat or carried away. The side effects were severe, with players also complaining of exhaustion after the game.
Kiwoom, which played a series against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil last weekend, felt the importance of a dome stadium again. The game between Kiwoom and Doosan was declared to be canceled on the 4th, the last day of the three consecutive games. Gocheok Dome is the first domed stadium in Korea, but it was called a half-sized dome due to many shortcomings, but now even such Gocheok Dome is too precious.
After the away game in Jamsil, the Kiwoom team trained in a pleasant environment with a low humidity of 25 to 26 degrees Celsius indoors ahead of the home game against SSG Landers on the 6th. Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki, who met with reporters before the game, also recalled the away game in Jamsil and was really surprised. The fan wind was so hot. It is true that the fans were worried, and the players were worried because of their exhaustion. As you can see, training and playing in this environment is a great help to us" he said.
KBO released a press release on the 6th and announced that `The opening time of the game on holidays and Sundays will be delayed from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. only in August.' Coach Hong Won-ki said, `Actually, I don't think delaying it by one hour will have much impact. I don't know how long this heat will last, but I think it would be a good way to deal with it with elasticity if I were to be careful."
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