2002 Korean Pro Baseball All-Star

‘Star players on the ground’

2002 Korean Pro Baseball All-Star of Samsung Securities will begin on July 17. This All-Star game will be given at 6:30 p.m. in Incheon Munhak Stadium opened this year after constructed at the end of the last year.

▽Who is ‘Mr. All-Star’?〓 Than the player’s ability, a luck works for MVP of All Star game. At a decisive moment for players, they have to have the lucky chance of bat.

A hitter has more advantages than a pitcher who is hard to pitch a ball over two times. There are only two cases (Kim, Si-Jin in 1985, Jeong Myeong-won in 1994) that the pitcher won the MVP out of 20 All Star games. Especially, there is a high probability that a long-bat hitter of a home run can win the MVP. Song Ji-man (Hanhwa) who hit the home run won the MVP in 2000, and Woods (4 bats and 4 hits, 1 home run) won the MVP in 2001.

▽Lee-Lee Duet〓 The most popular players, Lee Jong-beom (Kia) and Lee Sang-Hun (LG) are in the same team (Seogun) again.

Since both of them who are in CHUNICHI DRAGONS, Japan from 1998, they play in the same team after the lapse of 3 years from 1999.

▽Comeback ‘legendary star players’〓 Sun Dong-Ryeol who was the ‘national treasure pitcher’ of Korea Pro Baseball (member of KBO) and Lee Man-Su (coach of CHICAGO WHITE SOX) who won the batting champion in 1984, step to the bat and glove again.

They play the game with players on the active list in ‘Doctor K Race’ and ‘Home Run Race’ made as All Star Event.

▽Fan service〓As the off-board executes, there are the pro baseball commemorative photograph exhibition and the fan service event of ‘Go on strike’ before the game.

Also, there are the photo time and baseball rules quiz, cheerleaders’ competition of 8 teams and a concert of a singer group, Shinwha. Jang Na-ra, who is most popular singer, throws out the first ball from the grandstand.

Sang-Soo Kim Jong-Koo Yang ssoo@donga.com yjongk@donga.com