The KIA Tigers, which have regained the throne in seven years, is aiming to build a dynasty. Yang Hyeon-jong, a native ace of Kia, said, “Only when the team wins the championship can a dynasty be built.”
Kia, which ranked first in the regular season this year, also won the Korean Series by beating the Samsung Lions by four wins and one loss, and achieved an overall championship for the first time in seven years since 2017. At the same time, it increased its record for the most KS wins to 12. 스포츠토토
Now, all eyes are on Kia’s goal of building a dynasty. KIA founded a dynasty during its predecessor, the Haitai Tigers. It won the title for four consecutive years from 1986 to 1989, winning five times in the 1980s alone, and dominating the title as the strongest team in name and reality.
Since changing the team name to KIA in 2001, he has won the title twice, showing the ‘winning DNA’ he had during his Haitai days.
But it was far from a dynasty.
KIA failed to even set the KS threshold for the seventh consecutive year, beating the SK Wyverns (current SSG Landers) with 4 wins and 3 losses in 2009 and failing to advance to baseball the following fall.
It took eight years for KIA to win over KS again. After ranking first in the regular season in 2017, it went straight to KS to win the title by beating the Doosan Bears with four wins and one loss.
However, he ranked fifth in 2018 and headed to the final round of wild card, and suffered elimination in just one game. He only advanced to the fall baseball league once in five seasons (2022), undermining the pride of prestigious baseball teams.
Kia, which quenched its thirst for a win for the first time in seven years this year, is again looking to build a dynasty. As no team has won the title for two consecutive years since Doosan in 2016, the road to a dynasty is tough, but if KIA succeeds in defending its title next season, it will give a green light to establish a solo system.
Yang, a three-time champion, said of the dynasty, “I still have a long way to go. We didn’t win the title for three to four years in a row like Haitai and Samsung did in the past. We won the title in seven years,” adding, “If we win the title next year and the year after next, we will be able to talk about the dynasty then. I don’t think it’s good manners to mention the word dynasty now.”
