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| Oh Seung-hwan of the Samsung Lions. (Photo from TBS) |
[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] SEOUL: Befitting their status as the defending champions in South Korean baseball, the KT Wiz had a bull's-eye on their back during the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) media day Thursday.
The regular-season starts at 2 p.m. Saturday at five stadiums across the country. The Wiz will host the Samsung Lions at KT Wiz Park in Suwon. Last year, the two clubs finished the 144-game regular season with an identical record of 76-59-9 (wins-losses-ties). Then the Wiz beat the Lions 1-0 in a rare tiebreaker game to advance directly to the Korean Series, where they swept the Doosan Bears for the franchise's first championship. The Lions' veteran closer Oh Seung-hwan said he doesn't want to go through the same heartbreak. "This year, we want to run away with the regular-season title, so we won't have a repeat of last year's events," he said.
Oh's teammate in the outfield, Koo Ja-wook, said he couldn't wait to get a chance at revenge. "I am looking forward to that opening weekend series," Koo said. "Since we lost to KT last year in the tiebreaker, we want to get the better of them this year."
