'Super awesome' LG finally broke Lotte's milestone...KBO's 43-year-old record of 1,397,499 spectators is a new history
'Super awesome' LG finally broke Lotte's milestone...KBO's 43-year-old record of 1,397,499 spectators is a new history
Blog Article
The LG Twins have finally made a new history in their final home games. This season alone attracted 1,397,499 home spectators, setting a new record for the largest number of home spectators in a single season in the KBO League.먹튀검증
The LG Twins played a home game against the Kiwoom Heroes of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 26th, and 21,593 spectators entered. The sell-out failed as it was just short of the full 23,750 seats.
As a result, LG mobilized 1,397,499 spectators for home games in the 2024 season and recorded an average of 19,144 spectators per game. The 1,397,499 LG left is a new KBO league record for the most spectators in a single season, exceeding the 1,3818 of the Lotte Giants in 2009.
Earlier on the 21st, LG surpassed 1.3 million home spectators for the first time at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in a home game against the Doosan Bears, and sold out a total of 25 times, surpassing the club's record of 16 sold out in a season in 2012. In addition, LG recorded a cumulative number of spectators in professional sports at 34.5 million,694.
Kim In-seok, CEO of LG Sports, said, "We sincerely thank the fans for setting the record for the largest number of spectators in a season of KBO. We, the LG Twins, will do our best to repay you with more impressions and deep impressions."
This year, the KBO League ushered in the era of 10 million spectators for the first time in its history. LG attracted a great number of fans through its various marketing strategies along with its all-time popularity of baseball.
This season, LG conducted continuous marketing activities to provide various experiences inside and outside the ballpark to fans of men and women of all ages. First of all, LG encouraged young people to increase their interest by continuously promoting the club's cheering culture, food, and goods through collaboration with movies, entertainment programs, and YouTube to attract young fans, as well as establishing summer-specific events such as "Summer Christmas" and "Summer Holic" to increase the number of spectators during this unusually hot summer off-season.
In addition to the baseball stadium, events were held to promote baseball and club brands, and activities were conducted to attract potential customers to the baseball stadium. Collaboration with popular brands (Badenus, Maru is a puppy) provided a variety of fun for men and women to enjoy, and Maru also tried to promote baseball fans as well as potential customers through the puppy pop-up store, the "Seoul Night" Hyundai Department Store's trade center pop-up store, and the GS25 concept store. Through communication with fans, he operated various channels such as "Fan Voice" to reflect fans' opinions and "Baseball Team Leader Live," and worked hard to expand the base of baseball by holding external events (visiting baseball classes, diamonds loved by women, etc.).
LG defeated Kiwoom 6-3 in the game to clinch the final home game. With starting pitcher Elijah Hernandez on the roster, LG deployed key players including Park Hae-min (center fielder), Lee Young-bin (Yugyoksu), Moon Sung-joo (left fielder), Moon Bo-kyung (designated hitter), Kim Bum-seok (first baseman), Kim Min-soo (third baseman), Koo Bon-hyuk (second baseman), Lee Joo-heon (capture) and Choi Won-young (right fielder) to rank No. 1 through No. 9 in the lineup. Having already confirmed its third place in the regular season, LG excluded its key players including Kim Hyun-soo, Hong Chang-ki, Oh Ji-hwan, Austin Dean, and Park Dong-won from the starting lineup.
LG, who took the lead with Lee Joo-heon's timely double to the left in the bottom of the second inning with two outs and a third base chance, allowed a 1-1 tie after being hit by Choi Joo-hwan in the top of the third inning with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, but Austin, who came out as a pinch hitter in the first and third base chances with no outs in the bottom of the fifth inning, hit a grounder to the third base, allowing Koo Bon-hyuk to score and take a 2-1 lead again. In the bottom of the seventh inning, LG, who ran away 3-1 as Lee Joo-heon hit a timely double to the left in the top of the eighth inning, allowed Jang Jae-young to tie the game by hitting a two-run homer in mid-month in the top of the eighth inning, but Moon Bo-kyung's timely double to the right in the first and second bases with no outs in the bottom of the eighth inning led to a 4-3 lead, followed by Hong Chang-ki's grounder to the second base and Koo Bon-hyuk's timely hit to the middle field.
In the batting lineup, rookie catcher Lee Joo-heon's fire bat stood out. Lee Joo-heon played a "life game" by exploding three hits and two RBIs in four times at bat in the game alone. Koo Bon-hyuk also hit multi-hitters with two hits, one RBI and one run from three times at bat.
On the mound, starting pitcher Hernandez struck out 10 during five innings, displaying good pitching by allowing five hits and one run, while Son Joo-young allowed one hit and one strikeout in one inning, Kim Jin-sung allowed two hits and one strikeout in one inning, Baek Seung-hyun allowed two hits and one strikeout and two runs in one inning, and Yoo Young-chan allowed one strikeout and one strikeout in one inning, respectively. The winning pitcher was Baek Seung-hyun, who had a tying two-run shot in the top of the eighth inning. Baek garnered his second win (one loss) of the season. Yoo Young-chan, who earned the save, marked his 26th save of the season.
Meanwhile, LG also prepared a variety of giveaway events to thank fans for visiting the last home game of the regular season to mark the record number of spectators in the KBO league. Among fans who visited the stadium, LG, LG Standby, LG OLED TV, Nintendo Switch, TicketLink gift certificate of 1.39 million won, and iPhone 16, will also hold a 20% discount event through the online mall (LG Twins Team Store (Interpark), Authentic Team Store (KN Korea), and Coca-Cola Collection (Hyungji Elite) from September 27 to October 4.
Now, LG will wrap up 144 games when it plays the Samsung Lions at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 28th. LG, which has played 143 games this year, has 75 wins, 66 losses and two draws (winning percentage .532) and is on a first-come-first-served basis in the semi-playoff stage after confirming its third place in the regular season.