The Samsung Lions are experiencing unique fall baseball games this year. They are playing "Pong-Dang-Pong-Dang Series," which repeats games and rest schedules.메이저사이트

Samsung has never played a match against the LG Twins in the 2024 Professional Baseball Playoff (PO).

After the first round at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 13th, the second round of the PO, which was scheduled to be held at the same place on the 14th, was canceled due to rain, which pushed it to the 15th.

Samsung, which suffered a 10-4 victory in the first game, was worried that the hitters would lose their sense of hitting due to the rain problem, but won again 10-5 in the second game.

After taking a day off on the 16th, the day of the move, Samsung played the third round of PO at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 17th.

Was it because the team failed to continue the flow of the game? The Samsung bat cooled down quickly, and lost 0-1 to the LG mound.

And as the fourth round of PO, which was scheduled to be held at the same place on the 18th, was postponed again in rain, the game-rest-game-rest schedule continued.

Samsung, which played in the fourth game of the PO on the 19th, defeated LG 1-0 with Kang Min-ho's dramatic winning home run to qualify for the Korean Series (KS, best out of seven).

Even in KS, the 'pong dang pong dang' schedule continues.

After Lee Dong-il on the 20th, Samsung played the first game of the KS against the KIA Tigers at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 21st.

The game became a suspended game due to rain poured out during Samsung's offense in the top of the sixth inning.

The two teams will resume play at the same place and in the same situation on the 22nd and play the second round of the KS.

The problem is that Gyeonggi Province may not be able to hold it normally on the 22nd. The Korea Meteorological Administration issued a rain forecast on the same day.

If forecasts are not consistent, Samsung will have to take another day off and play the remaining matches of the first round of the KS and the second round of the KS on Sunday. The second round of the KS has a day to move.

It means that the game-rest-rest-rest-rest-rest-rest-rest-rest-rest-rest-rest is repeated for more than 10 days.

A rainstorm for Samsung could be a good thing or a bad thing.

Considering the team's batting sense, the 'schedule per pong' is not very welcome.

On the other hand, it is advantageous for mound management, especially starting management.

Samsung has limited starting resources such as Denny Reyes and Won Tae-in in the aftermath of foreign pitcher Conor Seabold's shoulder injury.

Samsung manager Park Jin-man was worried because left-handers Lee Seung-hyun and Hwang Dong-jae could lose weight and use them as bullpens.

In particular, Reyes started the fourth game of the PO on the 19th and was not available in the early KS.

If the game is canceled in rain on the 22nd, Samsung will earn a day.

If it is too much, Reyes can start in Game 2 of the KS on the 23rd, after three days off, or play in Game 3 of the KS on the 25th, after five days off.