'Pro Baseball All-Star Game' Skipped Again This Year

Cancellation of All-Star Game for 2 Consecutive Years Due to COVID-19 Spread
Olympic Team and Rising Star Evaluation Match Also Canceled

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The professional baseball All-Star game will not be held for the second consecutive year. The Tokyo Olympic baseball team and the Rising Star game have also been canceled.

On the 20th, the KBO held an executive committee meeting and decided to cancel the 2021 All-Star game, which was scheduled for the 24th.

The KBO explained, "Although the All-Star fan voting has already been completed, due to the continued spread of COVID-19 and recent additional confirmed cases in the league, and considering that holding events is difficult under the Level 4 social distancing in the metropolitan area, we decided to cancel."

The KBO will announce the All-Stars selected by voting later and will conduct individual awards for players selected in the Best 12. The KBO also did not hold the All-Star game last year due to the impact of COVID-19.

The match between the Tokyo Olympic baseball team and the Rising Star, which was scheduled to be held today on the 23rd, will also not take place. This is due to concerns that infection could spread if players gathered from 10 teams play as one team.

Instead, to maintain the performance level of the Olympic team, the KBO is planning evaluation games with metropolitan area teams. The schedule for the evaluation games will be announced after the detailed schedule is finalized.

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