“As expected of Ohtani” 2 hits in the opening game Dodgers’ historic ‘first win in Seoul’

A thrilling 5-2 comeback win over San Diego. Betts, Freeman, Machado, and others all come together. A crowd of 100 people cheers for a stellar baseball show. Park Chan-ho throws the first pitch, and Kim Ha-seong catches it.

Park Chan-ho (51) became the first Korean player to appear on the American professional baseball Major League (MLB) stage in a game against Atlanta for the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 9, 1994. 30 years later, Chan-Ho Park once again took the historic mound. The stage was the 2024 MLB season opening game (Seoul Series) between the Dodgers and San Diego held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 20th. In Park Chan-ho’s left hand was the glove he used in his MLB debut 30 years ago.

Chan-ho Park wore the ‘PADgers‘ uniform, which is a mix of half San Diego Padres and Dodgers uniforms. The Dodgers were his professional debut team and the place where he spent his prime. He played for San Diego from 2005 to 2006 and currently serves as a special advisor to San Diego.

The recipient of Park Chan-ho’s ball was San Diego shortstop Kim Ha-seong, last season’s MLB Gold Glove winner. Chan-ho Park, who holds the record for the most wins by an Asian player in MLB (124 wins), hugged Ha-seong Kim after throwing a fastball in the same dynamic form he had as a player. Chan-Ho Park said, “It doesn’t matter who wins today’s game. “As this is a historic match held in Korea, I hope that the best match will unfold,” he said. 스포츠 토토사이트

The game on this day was the first MLB official game held in Korea and the ninth MLB regular league opening game held outside the United States. The game started with the first pitch from San Diego starting pitcher Yu Darvish (Japan). MLB superstars Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman (Dodgers), Ha-seong Kim, Fernando Tatis Jr., Manny Machado, and Sander Bohartz (San Diego) participated. The Dodgers and San Diego are popular teams that ranked first and second in attendance, respectively, among all 30 MLB teams last year. Pitcher Ko Woo-seok, who played for LG in the Korean Professional Baseball League until last year and joined San Diego this year, was not named among the 26 players to participate in today’s game.

Former stars such as Kim Byung-hyun, Ken Griffey Jr., and CC Sabathia, who dominated the MLB, visited the stadium. Former Japanese players who played in the MLB, such as Daisuke Matsuzaka and Koji Uehara, also visited Gocheok Dome as commentators for their country’s TV.

The match that day drew a crowd of 10,000 won. The Gocheok Dome area was crowded four hours before the game started. There were quite a few foreigners who boarded a plane to Korea even though they could not get a ticket. Alex Oliver (USA), who came wearing Kim Ha-seong’s San Diego uniform, said, “I came to Korea to try to get a resale ticket, but I couldn’t get one. “I hope Ha-seong Kim knows that there are fans who flew in from such a distance,” he said.

In this day’s game, the Dodgers came from behind to win 5-2. The Dodgers tied the game in the top of the 8th inning, trailing 1-2, with Enrique Hernández’s sacrifice fly with the bases loaded and no outs. After succeeding in a comeback due to an opponent’s error, Betts and Ohtani’s consecutive timely hits widened the score gap. Ohtani, who played in his first MLB regular season game after joining the Dodgers, played as the number 2 designated hitter and recorded 2 hits in 5 at-bats, 1 RBI, and 1 stolen base. Her wife, Mamiko Tanaka, wore a Dodgers uniform and watched her husband’s game from the stands. Ha-seong Kim of San Diego played shortstop No. 5 and recorded no hits and one walk in three at-bats.슬롯사이트 순위