Doubleheader at Dome? Kiwoom
It was Kiwoom Heroes who ran nonstop at the dome stadium even when other teams were resting due to more rain than ever, but there was no consideration in reorganizing the rest of the game. Is it “Dome Stadium Penalty”.
The Korea Baseball Organization KBO confirmed and announced the remaining games schedule for the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO regular season on the 29th. 스포츠토토
What stands out is the doubleheader. KBO tried not to schedule a doubleheader for two games a day as much as possible, but it was inevitable to organize a doubleheader as there were all-time rain cancellations this year and the Asian Professional Baseball Championship APBC was scheduled after the season.
Once confirmed, there are 10 double headers. If an additional rain cancellation game comes out in the future, the doubleheader may increase further.
Among the announced schedules, the doubleheader between Hanwha and Kiwoom on September 9 is notable. The game will be held at Gocheok Sky Dome, Kiwoom’s home.
Basically, something somewhat difficult to understand happened that a doubleheader was played at a dome stadium where there was no rain cancellation.
This is related to the abolition of two consecutive games this season. Starting this season, KBO decided to organize 16 matches between teams after 15 games 5 times in 3 consecutive games between teams and then organize one more game. In other words, the Gocheok doubleheader between Hanwha and Kiwoom is not a rain cancellation game, but the 16th game between the two teams.
The problem is that we didn’t have to organize this game into a doubleheader.
On September 9, in addition to the Gocheok game, a doubleheader will be held at four stadiums, including Jamsil Samsung-Doosan, Gwangju LG-KIA, and Changwon Lotte-NC, and other doubleheaders were inevitable due to the formation of consecutive games.
On the other hand, Hanwha-Kium has a total of four preliminary days until September 13, September 14, and September 30, including September 11, Monday. Considering that the Gocheok game will not be canceled due to rain, the preliminary date on the 4th is expected to be a holiday.
Kiwoom will have a very difficult schedule during the week with a doubleheader. After three consecutive games against NC in Changwon during the week, he will come up to Gocheok and play four consecutive games, including a doubleheader. Moreover, they have to play night games on the 8th and play two consecutive games from 2 p.m. on the 9th.
Other teams may also have a tight schedule to play doubleheaders. However, in the case of Kiwoom, there is a peculiarity that they already had less rest than other teams due to the use of Gocheok Dome.
Kiwoom has played 119 games so far on the 30th, the most among 10 clubs. It is 15 games different from KIA 104 games, which had the most rain cancellations.
Since there were many rainy days nationwide this season, only Gocheok played “the game alone.” Kiwoom carried out the schedule when other teams enjoyed a “honey-flavored break” by giving rest to the main players and Pilseungjo.
It may be a natural emotion to feel unfair to accept a tight schedule that includes a “doubleheader” in the rest of the game, even though he suffered so much.
Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki, who received the remaining game schedule, also expressed regret, saying, “I feel unreasonable for our team, which has played many games without cancellation of rain.”
KBO put forward this on the basis of ‘equality’. The move is aimed at ensuring that all teams perform at least one double-header schedule.
In fact, Kiwoom is the only doubleheader among the 10 confirmed doubleheaders. The rest of the teams have at least two double headers, and KIA has the most three double headers.
However, from Kiwoom’s point of view, there is still no choice but to complain. If many games were played due to the characteristics of the “dom stadium” before the organization of the remaining games, it is argued that the characteristics of the “dom stadium” should also be reflected when organizing the remaining games.
Head coach Hong smiled bitterly several times during the season, saying, “I have no connection with rain this year.” It was an expression of regret that the main players could not do so even when they wanted to rest at least once when they were exhausted or injured.
And at the moment when he was pushed to the bottom and was defeated in the ranking battle, he is smiling bitterly once again as a “dom doubleheader” according to KBO’s “mechanical equity.”