'Let's watch baseball after lunch' KBO exhibition game schedule confirmed! Starting on March 12th, "No goch use → holding Icheon"

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The KBO League exhibition game schedule, which marks the start of professional baseball in 2026, has finally been unveiled.

The KBO (Korea Baseball Organization) officially announced the schedule for the 2026 KBO exhibition game on the 4th.

According to KBO, the exhibition game will be held for 13 days from March 12 to 24, with 10 clubs playing a total of 60 games, 12 games per team, for the final inspection toward the regular season.

The opening game on March 12 will begin at five stadiums in Icheon (Kium-Doosan), Daejeon (Samsung-Hanwha), Gwangju (SSG-KIA), Sajik (KT-Lotte), and Masan (LG-NC).

This year's exhibition game schedule actively reflected the ground construction and facility renovation of major stadiums. As major stadiums such as Jamsil, Gocheok, Munhak, Suwon, Daegu, and Changwon were not available for a certain period of time, early matches were organized around auxiliary stadiums such as Icheon and Masan, or stadiums where construction was completed.

All exhibition games will begin at 1 p.m. in consideration of the convenience of fans and conditioning of the team. Unlike the regular season, overtime and doubleheader are not played, and games canceled due to rain are not reorganized.

In terms of player management, he has increased flexibility. Not only the players they belong to but also the nurturing players can play, and there is no limit on the number of participants, so it is expected to be a "place of opportunity" for coaches of each team to check the skills of new players.

The notable change in the exhibition game is the video-reading rule. Each team will have two reading opportunities per game, and if the decision is overturned twice in a row, one additional opportunity will be given.

In particular, it is noteworthy that video readings for the controversial "check swing" are given two separate times per team. The check swing reading is expected to maintain opportunities when the decision is overturned, enabling fairer and more accurate game management.

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