Gyeonggi-do 'Independent Baseball Teams' Opening on the 8th... 5 Teams to Play 120 Games

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi-do Independent Baseball League will open on the 8th. The opening game will be held at Team Up Campus in Gwangju City, where Goyang Winners will face Yeoncheon Miracle.

The independent baseball teams are a pledge project of Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung. To support them, the province registered independent baseball teams outside the institutional framework with the Gyeonggi-do Baseball Softball Association (General Division), a sports organization under the Gyeonggi-do Sports Council, establishing a basis for support, and in 2019, held the "1st Independent Baseball Team Gyeonggi-do League," the first of its kind nationwide.

The independent baseball teams operate independently of the current professional baseball leagues, with players who have not advanced to professional leagues forming teams and playing games. The players' ultimate goal is to enter the professional leagues.

This year's league features five teams and about 130 players, including Yeoncheon Miracle, Goyang Winners, Paju Challengers, and newly established teams Seongnam MacPies and Yongin Bbat-hyung.

The league will hold a total of 120 games, including 115 games with each team playing 46 games until October, and 5 final league games.

The final league is similar to the professional baseball playoffs, where the 2nd and 3rd place teams in the regular league play two games in the finals qualifying round, and the winner of this match faces the 1st place team in the regular league in a best-of-three series to determine the ultimate champion.

Meanwhile, as a result of last year's first achievements, Son Ho-young of Yeoncheon Miracle and Song Yoon-joo of Paju Challengers joined the first teams of professional clubs LG Twins and Hanwha Eagles, respectively.

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