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SK Yeom Kyung-yeop (Photo = No cut news)
On Day 5, the official opening game for SK Wyverns and Hanwha Eagles for the KBO League in the 2020 season, a unique landscape was created in which many foreign journalists gathered at SK Happy Dream Stadium.
This is because major countries with professional baseball leagues, such as the United States and Japan, have not even reached the opening point due to the Corona 19 incident, and Korea has been able to close the KBO League thanks to exemplary quarantine measures and the dedication of medical staff.
Before the official opening of the day, more than 10 foreign media such as AP, AFP, Reuters, Qatar’s Al Jazeera and Nippon TV requested coverage.
Al Jazeera from Qatar also joined the press. Although baseball is relatively unknown in Qatar compared to the United States and Japan, there appears to be great interest in the Korean and KBO leagues, starting professional sport in a pandemic situation.
Reporter Rock McBride, director of Al Jazeera English News Seoul, attended an interview with coach Yeom Kyung-yeop on the ground before the game.
Reporter Rock McBride asked director Yeom Kyung-yeop about the fact that the KBO League is attracting foreign attention.
Director Yeom Kyung-yeop replied, “It is a good thing. It is good to be able to announce many KBO leagues. It is for the national conscience of dealing with Corona 19. Thank you fans as a baseball player.”
He added: “I feel the responsibility to show how fun and good the KBO League is.”
The ‘No’ crowd appeared at SK Happy Dream Stadium (Photo = Yonhap News)
The KBO League will be broadcast live on ESPN, the country’s largest sports broadcaster, and Spozon, a Japanese cable and wireless platform services company, by signing a streaming contract.
Meanwhile, SK placed a special banner on spectator seats for the opening game, which takes place without spectators.
He attracted attention by walking through the ‘no’ viewer poster, which expresses viewer progress due to Corona 19, and the audience image poster made by shooting directly at SK fans.
Director Yeom Kyung-yeop said, “Because this is the first time a crowd-free game has been played, the team’s marketing and public relations teams will have a lot of concerns about what kind of fun it will give fans watching baseball at home. “
