Eagles Park, the long-awaited new stadium, a historical open game on March 17th
Feb 05, 2025
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KBO announced the schedule of exhibition games for the 2025 season on the 5th. This year's exhibition games will be held from March 8 to 18 with a total of 50 games, 10 games per team. The opening game will be held at Suwon (LG-KT), Cheongju (Doosan-Hanwha), Daegu (SSG-Samsung), Sajik (KIA-Lotte), and Changwon (Kium-NC) Stadium.
This exhibition game schedule is organized in consideration of the situation of the stadium (Jamsil: March 8 (Sat)-12 (Wednesday), March 15 (Sat)-16 (Sunday)/ Gocheok: March 8 (Sat)-14 (Fri)/ Literature: March 8 (Sat)-9 (Sun)/ Daejeon: March 8 (Sat)-16 (Sun)/ Gwangju: March 8 (Sat)-13 (Thursday)/ Daegu: March 15 (Sat)-18 (Tuesday)).
From the exhibition games, all new rules and rules to be applied in the 2025 season will be applied. The modified ABS zone is applied, and the pitch clock rule is also applied. It also applies to the rule that has been changed from the 3-foot line to the 3-foot line, mainly from the dirt section inside the foul line.
In the exhibition games, players and nurturing players can participate, and there is no limit on the number of participants. In addition, all exhibition games will begin at 13:00 and no overtime and doubleheader will be played. Cancellation matches will not be reorganized, and video readings can be applied twice per team (but one more time for two consecutive overturns of decisions).
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Hanwha will play two consecutive home games against the Doosan Bears on the 8th and 9th at the second pitch of Cheongju, not Daejeon, due to the preparation of the new stadium. After that, they will play away games in Incheon, Busan, and Changwon, then move home and play the last two games of the exhibition game at the new stadium.
The match between Hanwha and Samsung is expected to be the first official match since the opening of Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark on March 18. The new stadium's first regular season game is at home against the KIA Tigers on March 28.
The name of Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon was selected over other naming candidates after an in-depth survey on naming suitability, differentiation, and utility conducted by a group of brand experts after a fan preference survey last year.
'Daejeon' was added to repay the fans who always visited Daejeon's home stadium with generous support, and it was decided as Daejeon Hanwha Life Ball Park in terms of clearly conveying the ball's identity as a baseball stadium and meaning a complex cultural space (park).
Hanwha will sign a 25-year Naming Rights sponsorship contract with Hanwha Life Insurance and use the official name of the stadium as 'Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark', as well as promote the Hanwha Life brand by mixing the 'Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark' on the outside large signboards announcing the name of the stadium, and the signage and advertisement in the stadium with the 'Hanwha Life Ballpark'.
Hanwha Life Ballpark expects that the name of the sponsor will be used to contribute to the development of the sports industry in terms of strengthening the rights and interests of naming sponsors.
Meanwhile, the opening ceremony will be held at Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon on March 6.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
