On October 4, 2012, 4,194 days after the Nexen match, all 12,000 tickets were sold with about 2 hours left before the start of the Daejeon match.
Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-yeon visited the baseball stadium to cheer on ‘returned monster pitcher’ Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha Eagles).
Ryu Hyun-jin will start in the home opening game against KT Wiz of the 2024 Shinhan Solbank KBO League held at Hanwha Life Insurance Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 29th.
It has been 4,194 days since Ryu Hyun-jin's regular season appearance at Daejeon's home stadium against the Nexen Heroes (now Kiwoom) on October 4, 2012, before advancing to the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB).
Daejeon Stadium is excited about Ryu Hyun-jin's return.
Chairman Kim Seung-yeon, owner of the Hanwha Eagles, also visited the Daejeon Stadium. Chairman Kim Seung-yeon arrived at the baseball stadium early, about two hours before the start of the game, and appeared in the skybox.
This is the first time Chairman Kim Seung-yeon has visited Daejeon Stadium since the first round of the semi-playoffs between Hanwha and Nexen Heroes in 2018. At that time, Hanwha was playing fall baseball for the first time in 11 years.
Ryu Hyun-jin's return is a special event for Chairman Kim Seung-yeon as he is stepping back into the Daejeon stadium after six years. This is the first time since its founding that Chairman Kim Seung-yeon has personally attended the Daejeon home opening game. According to Hanwha officials, Chairman Seung-yeon Kim plans to stay on site until the baseball game ends. Fans also gathered like clouds. While all tickets for online sales were sold out early, all remaining tickets on site that day were sold out (12,000 seats) at 4:36 p.m. Ryu Hyun-jin, who left for the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) stage after the 2012 season, returned to Korea last month by signing an eight-year, 17 billion won contract with his ‘home team’ Hanwha. He reported his return to Korea on the 23rd in the regular season opening game against the Jamsil LG Twins (3⅔ innings, 6 hits, 3 walks, 5 runs, 2 earned runs). 사설토토