Park Yong-taek sobbed in the relay seat →"Korea is out."I thought it would definitely go up, so I did..." I'm so touched [WBC]

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Park Yong-taek (47), a living legend of Korean baseball, sobbed in the relay seat of the Tokyo Dome in Japan for Korea's dramatic advance to the quarterfinals.

The Korean baseball team, led by head coach Ryu Ji-hyun, won 7-2 against Australia in the final 4th Group C match of the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) at Tokyo Dome in Japan on the 9th.

With this victory, South Korea, Australia and Taiwan all tied with 2 wins and 2 losses, but South Korea led the team in losing points and advanced to the quarterfinals dramatically, ranking second in the group. South Korea had to achieve the complex conditions of "victory by more than five points" and "less than two runs" against Australia, miraculously reaching the quarterfinals with a score of 7-2. It is the first time in 17 years that Korea has advanced to the quarterfinals of the WBC since the 2009 tournament.

Now, South Korea is heading to Miami, where the quarterfinals will be held. The second place in Group C (Korea) will face the first place in Group D in the match table. It's a one-off match. In Group D, the Dominican Republic is currently at the top of the group with three consecutive wins. For now, Venezuela is expected to compete fiercely for the top spot in the group. South Korea's quarterfinals will be held at 7:30 a.m. on the 14th (Korea time).

In the KBS Australia match broadcast on the same day, commentator Park Yong-taek, commentator Lee Dae-dae, and caster Lee Dong-geun held the microphone together and worked together.

And Australia's attack in the bottom of the ninth. When the last hit appeared in the infield after two outs, commissioner Park Yong-taek shouted, "It's done! It's done!" Moon Bo-kyung then finished the game by catching a ball. The Tokyo Dome and the relay seats are wild. And from then on, Park Yong-taek began to shed tears without being able to speak.

After the game, YouTube channel KBS Sports said, 'Commissioner Park Yong-taek is crying. We can meet on Saturday,' he said, revealing the relay seat.

With Park Yong-taek sitting on the left, Lee Dae-dae sitting in the middle, and Lee Dong-geun sitting on the right, Park Yong-taek still crying as the screen turned on was broadcasted.

But it wasn't just a brief tear. It was just a sob. Caster Lee smiled and looked at member Park, saying, "We started the broadcast, and member Park is still crying." "Can't we do it a little later?" member Lee also laughed and said, "Since the last time I said 'thank you', member Park has been crying. I've been crying so far. He couldn't hold back his laughter, saying, "Woolbo-taek appears."

Park, who was already moved, kept wiping his eyes and nose with tissue and shedding tears, saying, "I can't stand it." "I can't say anything about this," Park said again. "We did well against Japan and Taiwan, but it became quite difficult as we lost by a small margin at the end," said Park, who managed to consolidate his mind after a while. In fact, in too much media and social media... Don't you know how well our players prepared this time. But the results aren't coming out like this... What's wrong with me?" he sobbed. Looking at this, Lee, who was sitting next to him, said, "I thought it was a setting at first, but it wasn't a setting. It's true," he said, laughing continuously.

There was one word that Park, who was loved by baseball fans for his friendly and professional commentary, shouted all along ahead of the tournament. It was "Korea, you're out." In the meantime, Park, who was nicknamed "Park Pele" because of the opposite of what he was explaining so many times. That's why he shouted, "Korea will be eliminated," and on the contrary, he publicly expressed that Korea will go to the quarterfinals. It was Park who was so much more desperate than anyone else.

"Of course, I'm crying because I know our players and coaching staff prepared really well, but there's actually one more thing," Park said. No matter how contrary to what I'm saying, does it make sense for me to say, "I'm eliminated from the Republic of Korea?" There was that much faith. I cried because I thought it would definitely go up. I really haven't been able to sleep since yesterday," he said. Commissioner Park said, "There are a few dates I can't forget. On October 5, 2013, when LG went to fall baseball for the first time in 11 years. But I think I cry more than then," he said, showing his human side again.

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