It was October 19, 2007. Unusually, a regular season game was held while the postseason was in full swing. At that time, Hanwha and KIA were in the final regular season game after the playoff series between Hanwha and Doosan. Hanwha and KIA returned레고토토 to regular season play 13 days after the pennant race ended.
The situation was as follows. The initial plan was to end the regular season on October 7th. After the game between Hanwha and KIA at Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, the pennant race was scheduled to end and the postseason would begin. However, heavy rain fell shortly after the game started and the game was canceled due to rain.
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) decided to start the postseason as Hanwha has confirmed its third place regardless of whether it wins or loses the last game of the regular season. At the time, Hanwha, which had a 126-game system, entered the postseason after playing only 125 games.
Hanwha, which won against Samsung in the semi-playoffs with a series record of 2 wins and 1 loss, was swept in the series by Doosan in the playoffs. It didn’t end there. Two days after Game 3 of the playoffs, the final regular season game was played in Gwangju. A match was held that was jokingly called the ‘Super Korean Series’ among fans.
Along with the unusual game, a unique record was also produced. Coach Beomhyun Cho, who signed a contract with KIA for the 2008 season, made his debut as KIA head coach in 2007. Although it was not a game that received much attention with only 352 spectators, the match was fierce. It was a game with repeated ties and comebacks, and Hanwha won 4-3, earning its 67th win of the season. KIA, which was in last place in 2007, also lost its last game.
A similar situation may occur this year, 16 years later. Although the KBO has set the start of the 2023 postseason for October 15, there are plenty of games remaining in the regular season. With 17 games remaining after October 10th, which were scheduled as of the 25th, the KBO is in the position that it can organize games for lower-ranking teams that did not advance to the postseason during the postseason. Excluding KT, 9 teams must compete in regular season games after October 10, and the remaining game situations are as follows.
