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Indoor training center built, Igincho and KIA's 10-year relationship eye-catching
"We hope to win the championship", "We will come in the fall with the championship".
A welcoming ceremony for the KIA Tigers was held at the Kin-cho Baseball Stadium in Okinawa Prefecture on the 28th. Officials from Kin Town, where the baseball stadium is located, including Mayor Hajime Nakame and Superintendent Kiachi Higa, attended to cheer on the team. They delivered bouquets of flowers along with welcome speeches and presented gifts including Okinawan specialties.
Mayor Nakama said, "Thank you for traveling a long way for the camp. "We have enhanced the electronic board function and built an indoor training center so that the players can train in a good environment," said Nakama. "I hope the Kia players will continue to fight to the end through more faithful training in a good environment. I hope that the players under coach Lee Bum-ho will stay injury-free and win the championship after 2017," he said in a message of support.
Lee Beom-ho received a bouquet of flowers from captain Na Sung-beom. "I would like to thank the village officials for their welcome and support every year. 카지노사이트 I will repay them with good performance. I will come to the fall camp with a championship banner. I will come to the fall camp with a championship banner and have a good time until the end of the camp."
Kia has been associated with Kincho since the 2013 spring training camp under Sun Dong-yeol. Since then, the team has consistently held spring and final camps at the baseball stadium. The 2020 spring training camp under Matt Williams was held in Florida, while 2021 and 2022 were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The club continued to maintain a friendly relationship with the city during that time. Kin has been actively investing in its facilities, building bullpens, sub-grounds, and, during the pandemic, a mammoth indoor training center, which has been recognized as one of the best in Okinawa Prefecture. It was the envy of other clubs who visited Kin Stadium.