{"id":603479,"date":"2026-03-03T11:56:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/603479\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:56:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:56:29","slug":"there-is-nothing-to-be-desired-its-all-set-its-a-real-game-now-ryu-ji-hyun-ho-headed-to-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/603479\/","title":{"rendered":"“There is nothing to be desired. It’s all set.”It’s a real game now. Ryu Ji-hyun-ho headed to Tokyo,.."},"content":{"rendered":"

“There is nothing to be desired. It’s all set.”<\/p>\n

It’s a real game now. Ryu Ji-hyun-ho headed to Tokyo, the venue for the showdown where the first round of the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) will take place.<\/p>\n

The South Korean national baseball team, led by head coach Ryu Ji-hyun, defeated the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Orix Buffaloes 8-5 in a warm-up match held at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan on the 3rd.<\/p>\n

\"Korean \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 Korean players, who won the World Baseball Classic (WBC) warm-up match against the Korean national team and the Orix Buffaloes in Japanese professional baseball 8-5 at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan, celebrate on the 3rd. Photo = Yonhap News \"South \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 South Korean coach Ryu Ji-hyun, who won the World Baseball Classic (WBC) warm-up match against the Korean national team and the Orix Buffaloes in Japanese professional baseball 8-5 at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan, greets the crowd on the 3rd. Photo = Yonhap News <\/p>\n

The national team, which tied the Hanshin Tigers 3-3 the previous day (2nd), will enter the WBC schedule with one win and one draw in the warm-up match against NPB teams.<\/p>\n

The task of the national team is heavy. The recent continuing WBC atrocities must be cut off. South Korea advanced to the semifinals of the first tournament in 2006 and finished second in the 2009 tournament, but suffered the humiliation of being eliminated in the first round in 2013, 2017, and 2023. Through this competition, we want to regain our status as a ‘baseball powerhouse’.<\/p>\n

To this end, the national team sweated a lot during the winter. I built my body through the first Saipan camp and the second Okinawa camp. After that, they played two warm-up matches and finished the final inspection, and immediately entered Tokyo, the land of the showdown.<\/p>\n

After the Orix match, head coach Ryu Ji-hyun said, “There is nothing unfortunate. “I’ve been preparing since Saipan in January, and I’ve finished all the preparations in Osaka through Okinawa,” he said. “Now I have to fight when I go over to Tokyo. I think it’s ready,” he said.<\/p>\n

\"South \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 South Korean coach Ryu Ji-hyun, who won the World Baseball Classic (WBC) warm-up match against the Korean national team and the Orix Buffaloes in Japanese professional baseball 8-5 at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan, greets the crowd on the 3rd. Photo = Yonhap News <\/p>\n

South Korea, which belongs to Group C in the first round of the WBC, will hold an official training and press conference on the 4th and begin its tournament schedule through the match against the Czech Republic on the 5th. After a one-day break on the 6th, he will clash with Japan, Taiwan, and Australia for 7 to 9 consecutive days. The venue of the game is all Tokyo Dome, and you can play in the second round only if you finish in the top two here.<\/p>\n

Coach Ryu emphasized, “We will show you as good as we prepared in Tokyo.”<\/p>\n

The most brilliant thing in the Orix match was the batting lineup. Kim Do-young (KIA Tigers), Shay Witcom (Houston Astros), and Ahn Hyun-min (KT Wiz) launched home runs, and Park Dong-won (LG Twins) also showed off his good batting sense.<\/p>\n

\"The \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 The World Baseball Classic warm-up match between the Korean national team and the Orix Buffaloes of the Japanese professional baseball league took place at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan on the 3rd. In the top of the second inning, South Korean Kim Do-young is sharing joy with Lee Jung-hoo after hitting a three-run home run with two outs and runners on first and third bases. Photo = Yonhap News \"The \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 The World Baseball Classic warm-up match between the Korean national team and the Orix Buffaloes of the Japanese professional baseball league took place at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan on the 3rd. In the top of the fifth inning, Korea’s Shay Witcom celebrates after hitting a solo home run with one out. Photo = Yonhap News \"South \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 South Korean Ahn Hyun-min, who won the World Baseball Classic (WBC) warm-up match against the Korean national team and the Orix Buffaloes in Japanese professional baseball 8-5 at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan, on the 3rd, is giving a high five with Ryu Ji-hyun. Photo = Yonhap News \"The \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 The World Baseball Classic warm-up match between the Korean national team and the Orix Buffaloes of the Japanese professional baseball league took place at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan on the 3rd. With the bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning, South Korea’s Ko Woo-suk, who finished the inning with a walk to the opponent, is heading to the dugout with a regretful look. Photo = Yonhap News <\/p>\n

However, the bullpen slowed down a bit. Dane Dunning (Seattle Mariners), who started, pitched hard with three hits, one strikeout and no run in three innings, but Song Seung-ki (LG, 0.2 innings, 3 runs), Ko Woo-seok (Detroit Tigers, 1.1 innings, no runs), Kim Young-kyu (NC Dinos, 1 inning, no runs), Cho Byung-hyun (SSG Landers, 1 inning, 2 runs in 0.2 innings) failed to make a pitch that gave him a clear belief. The number of runs recorded was five, but he was shaken by frequent walks.<\/p>\n

Manager Ryu Ji-hyun said, “Our pitchers checked well yesterday (2nd) and today,” adding, “We will prepare well and play well from the 5th.” Ryu Ji-hyun’s WBC challenge has finally begun.<\/p>\n

[Lee Hanjoo, MK Sports Reporter]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“There is nothing to be desired. It’s all set.” It’s a real game now. Ryu Ji-hyun-ho headed to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2302],"tags":[5,2353,2352],"class_list":{"0":"post-603479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-npb","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-nippon-professional-baseball","10":"tag-npb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116165121858840957","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}