The SSG Landers will host their annual fan appreciation event, titled the Choi-Kwang Baseball 1429, on October 17 at 5:30 p.m. local time at Incheon SSG Landers Field, as reported by starnewskorea.com. The exhibition game serves as a unique year-end finale designed to thank supporters following a difficult finish to the regular season.
Franchise Stars Step Into Managerial Roles
Pitted against each other in the dugout will be veteran franchise mainstays Choi Jeong and Kim Kwang-hyun. According to starnewskorea.com, neither player was able to finish out the regular campaign on the field due to injuries. The exhibition’s title directly reflects their involvement, combining their names and respective uniform numbers, 14 and 29. news.sbs.co.kr reported that the event follows a lineage of similar player-branded exhibition matchups hosted by the club in recent years, including the Minji Match in 2024 and the Seom-Gon Match in 2025.
Role Reversals and Roster Scaling
In keeping with the playful nature of past club finales, the exhibition will feature positional role reversals where pitchers and position players swap places on the diamond. starnewskorea.com noted that the club has considerably scaled up the event’s entertainment value for this iteration. A total of 36 players are slated to participate across the two squads, featuring 20 pitchers—among them Kim Min, Cho Byung-hyeon, and Lee Ro-yoon—alongside 16 position players including Oh Tae-gon, Choi Ji-hoon, and Park Sung-han, as detailed by starnewskorea.com and news.sbs.co.kr.
Ticketing and First-Ever Broadcast Arrangements
General ticket reservations open at 11:00 a.m. local time on October 14 via SSG.com, with a purchase limit of six tickets per person, according to starnewskorea.com. In a first for the franchise’s end-of-year special matches, the game will receive live on-site television coverage from the sports cable network SPOTV. news.sbs.co.kr reported that broadcaster Kim Min-su and commentator Lee Dae-hyung will handle the on-air coverage to reach supporters watching from home.
Unresolved Questions Surrounding Roster Availability
While the club has confirmed the participation of 36 players for the October 17 fixture, exact roster assignments for individual innings and whether recovering players will make brief honorary plate appearances remain unannounced. It is also yet to be seen how weather conditions at Incheon SSG Landers Field might impact the scheduled 5:30 p.m. start time.
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