'It's been 31 years or 27 years...' Historical KS no matter who comes up. No matter when it ends, Game 1 starts in two days
Oct 19, 2024
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As Game 2 and Game 4 were canceled in rain, the overall playoff period was pushed back by two days. If it was held normally, the 19th, when Game 4 will be held, is the day when Game 5 will be held. And the 21st is the first game of the Korean Series.
Usually, the postseason schedule is set up to the end, and when the series is over early, it is not pulled and used as a rest day.
But this time it's different. Although two days have been delayed due to rain, the Korean Series schedule is not delayed. In other words, if the playoffs end in Game 4, if Samsung wins with 3 wins and 1 loss on the 19th and reaches the Korean Series, the first game of the Korean Series will start at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on the 21st as scheduled. That way, we can play the postseason as initially planned.
It's a disappointing schedule for Samsung. If they win Game 4 on their usual schedule, they will enter the Korean Series with a three-day break, but even if they win this time, they will take a day off and start the Korean Series immediately, which will inevitably cause physical difficulties for players, especially pitchers.
If LG wins Game 4 and makes two wins and two losses to go to Game 5, Game 5 will be held in Daegu on the 21st, which was originally planned as the first game of the Korean Series, and the first game of the Korean Series will be pushed back to the 23rd.
As a result, whether it ends in Game 4 or Game 5, the first game of the Korean Series will be held two days later.
It is a historic Korean series no matter which team goes up, Samsung or LG.
If Samsung goes up, tigers and lions will meet in the Korean Series for the first time in 31 years. I met him three times in Haitai alone, and Haitai won all of them. Haitai won with 4 wins and 1 loss in 1986, and Haitai won again with 4 wins and 1 loss in 1987. And six years later, they met again in 1993, and Haitai won again with four wins, one draw and two losses.
If LG goes up to a come-from-behind victory, it will meet in the Korean Series for the first time in 27 years. LG and KIA met twice in the Korean Series, both of which were KIA's championships. In 1983, Haitai won with 4 wins and 1 draw during MBC's Cheongryong days, and met in 1997 under LG's name, but Haitai won with 4 wins and 1 loss.
Which team, Samsung or LG, will go up to make the historic Korean Series.
indyk@sportschosun.com
