Ambassador Heo Tae-wan’s first pitch Applause from the audience for K-pop cover dance performance
Taekwondo Breaking Demonstration
Korean culture, including taekwondo and K-pop, colorfully decorated the Mexican Professional Baseball (LMB) stadium.
A Korean cultural event was held during the Diablos Rojos del México and Guerreros de Oaxaca (Oaxaca) LMB match held at the Estadio Alfredo Arpelo Baseball Stadium in Mexico City on the 12th (local time).
This is the home stadium of Mexico City, which has a capacity of 20,000 seats. It is a state-of-the-art stadium that was completed in 2019. Last year, the regular series between the San Diego Padres, where Kim Ha-seong plays, and the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB) was held. This year, the Houston Astros and the Colorado Rockies also played each other.
Before the match, 25 Mexican youths attracted the attention of the audience with a taekwondo demonstration including breaking and forming. 안전놀이터
Ambassador to Mexico Huh Tae-wan also threw the first pitch in front of the Taegeukgi flag displayed on the stadium screen.
During the mid-inning changeover, a Mexican K-pop cover dance team went up to the cheerleaders’ seats and showed off their signature synchronized dance moves, receiving applause.
Ambassador Huh said, “I hope that exchanges between the two countries will become more active through baseball, which is one of the Mexican people’s favorite sports along with soccer.”
The Mexican Professional Baseball Commission, which is approaching its 100th anniversary next year, is reportedly trying to increase its contact with Korean professional baseball, including the introduction of the Automatic Pitch Judgement System (ABS). It was recently revealed that some of its executives visited Korea to look into Korean baseball in general, including its cheering culture and food.
Lim Seong-taek, the director of international cooperation for the Mexican Professional Baseball Commission and the first Korean to play in Mexican professional baseball, emphasized, “We are in contact with the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) as well as individual professional teams,” and “We expect that there will be more opportunities for communication in the future, such as exchanges between players and coaching staffs and participation in educational leagues in Korea.” 온라인카지노사이트