"I played baseball happily with Samsung players until the end"Dun Byung-ho will hold his retirement ceremony at the Gocheok Samsung match on April 26."

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Park Byung-ho (40, current coach of the Kiwoom Heroes Residual Army), who commanded the KBO League, leaves the friendly ground and greets his fans for the last time. Coincidentally, the retirement ceremony will be held in a game where he meets the Samsung Lions, who used to play baseball happily while burning the last flame.

The Kiwoom club said on its official SNS on the 9th, "Heroes legend Park Byung-ho's retirement ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. on April 26 at home against the Samsung Lions at Gocheok Sky Dome." Details of the event will be announced later.

Park Byung-ho, who announced his retirement as a member of the Samsung Lions in November last year, expressed his affection for Samsung, his last active team, through an official press conference held on January 15.

At the press conference, Park Byung-ho said, "In fact, Samsung's middle and old players knew that I was retiring. So, in fact, everyone recognized it while playing fall baseball. He went out as a postseason pinch hitter, but his last at-bat was a fly ball. In the middle, the players talked to each other that it was a bit disappointing that their last at-bat ended with a fly," he recalled. "That's why I personally think I played baseball happily with Samsung players until the end," he said with a smile.

Park Byung-ho, who wore the Samsung uniform for KT Wiz through a trade in April 2024, showed off his robustness by playing 153 games for Samsung until the 2025 season, hitting 35 home runs, including a record 400 home runs in Daegu, the "land of promise."

Leaving behind the enormous record of 418 home runs in the KBO league, Park Byung-ho's next move is the leader. Immediately after his retirement announcement in November, he was appointed as a residual military coach for his former team, the Kiwoom Heroes, and is focusing on nurturing juniors.

The Kiwoom club will prepare a sincere retirement ceremony for Park Byung-ho, who was also a symbol of the team. It is the perfect game to celebrate Park's retirement. This is because it will officially end in front of Samsung's teammates who played "Happy Baseball" until the end, receiving the hospitality of the Heroes' fans, his former team.

The Kiwoom club said, "The last greeting from player Park Byung-ho is ready. I invite a lot of fans." Kiwoom and Samsung fans, who remember the roar of Park Byung-ho, who crossed the fence several times on the 26th, are now ready to applaud the "people's big guns" who take their last steps as legends.

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