President Hu Jie-yeon and Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom's promise to visit Ulsan Wales in a surprise visit "No political intervention."→Citizens will be caught with Monday's game"

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At the beginning of a new history of Ulsan baseball, the head of Korean professional baseball and the head of Ulsan administration stood side by side. Koo Hu-yeon (75), president of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), and Ulsan Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom (68) visited the Ulsan citizens' baseball team "Ulsan Wales" tryout site in person.

President Koo Hu-yeon and Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom made a surprise visit to the "Ulsan Wales" tryout site on the 13th to encourage the team and present a detailed blueprint for revitalizing Ulsan baseball in the future. In particular, the two drew attention by revealing their plan to "place games on Mondays when there are no professional baseball games to tie the eyes and ears of Ulsan citizens to the ballpark."

President Hu Jie-yeon and Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom, who visited the tryout site earlier in the day, watched the players while listening to reports from Ulsan Wales coach Jang Won-jin and Ulsan Wales general manager Kim Dong-jin. Ulsan Wales will hold a tryout on the 13th and 14th and announce the successful candidates on the 15th. The schedule is somewhat tight, including the formation of the team, KBO registration, and training.

In a meeting with reporters, President Koo Hu-yeon said, "Since it is the first club to be tried in domestic baseball, it will also determine whether other local governments will participate in the future depending on how Ulsan Wales does it. It is also because there are many local governments that are already interested. Since it is the first form to proceed, there is bound to be trial and error. However, I think it will be important to minimize such trial and error," he stressed.

In the end, it was said that the sport of baseball also has the meaning of bringing citizens together. Governor Huh said, "There are opportunities for players to improve their skills and enter the first team, but the most important thing is that it is a baseball team with Ulsan citizens. It is important to play baseball as a team that can have fun. We have to consider various situations, but we are thinking of proceeding with Monday Night Baseball without a first-team game," he added.

Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom also said, "Like all sports, there is nothing like sports that can unite citizens in one place. When I also visited the baseball stadium, there is no sport like baseball for spectators to watch and enjoy baseball. The city is also expecting a lot, and there are plans to actively provide a lot of budget and support. In addition, we plan to collaborate with large companies based in Ulsan in the future, he said.

He also candidly expressed his concern about the characteristics of the "citizen baseball team." Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom said, "Sports are not an area for politics. Even if the head of the city changes, it will continue to enable support to unite citizens. It will form a new board of directors for the civic club. No particular political party or politician should intervene. "I don't think you need to worry about the power structure at all because I'm going to open up participation in large corporations," he said.

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