The Arizona team ‘shares’ the spring camp site with Kiwoom this season. Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, where the Kiwoom team will train, is a camp with a baseball field with 11,000 seats, a total of 12 practice fields, offices including big league and minor league clubhouses, and various training facilities. lose.

Koh Hyeong-wook, general manager of 메이저놀이터, said, “The manager of the Arizona club first asked, ‘Have you found a baseball field?’ Four years ago, Kiwoom went back and forth between Peoria, Arizona, and Tucson for the first and second camps. Even if the distance between the two campgrounds was not far, it was a job from unpacking and packing. However, this time, he trains in Phoenix on a ‘3-day training, 1-day rest’ schedule without moving. 

The professional baseball spring camp was held in Korea for the last two consecutive seasons. Due to the spread of Corona 19, overseas training was not dared. However, as the spread of the virus subsided and the objection to overseas training disappeared, all 10 KBO league teams planned overseas camps. The same goes for raising. However, it was not easy to find a training ground in Arizona, USA.

To make matters worse, on the 14th (Korean time), the National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl will be held at State Farm Stadium in Arizona. An official from the club said, “It was not easy to reserve a training ground or lodging because the Super Bowl was scheduled and even minor league teams were crowded. The Arizona team was very considerate.”

Koh Hyeong-wook, general manager of Kiwoom, said, “The manager of the Arizona club first asked, ‘Have you found a baseball field?’ Four years ago, Kiwoom went back and forth between Peoria, Arizona, and Tucson for the first and second camps. Even if the distance between the two campgrounds was not far, it was a job from unpacking and packing. However, this time, he trains in Phoenix on a ‘3-day training, 1-day rest’ schedule without moving.