"Turned off the TV volume to watch" — A 'flaw in the gem' amid a thrilling Korea Series game: Fans outraged by amplifier noise... "Should we at least ban away-team amplifiers?"

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The KT Wiz and the Samsung Lions delivered a thrilling game right from Korea Series Game 1. However, debate has arisen among fans over the excessively loud amplifier sound.

On the 3rd, at Suwon KT Wiz Park, the KT defeated the Samsung 8-7 in Game 1 of the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO Postseason Korea Series (best-of-seven).

With this, the KT has secured a 73.8% probability of winning the Korea Series championship. In the history of 42 Korea Series tournaments, the team that won Game 1 went on to win the championship in a total of 31 instances.

As befitting the Korea Series, a splendid contest unfolded. The KT scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, two in the bottom of the third, one in the bottom of the fifth, and two in the bottom of the sixth, taking an 8-0 lead. It seemed as if the game would end easily.

However, the Samsung successfully scored five runs in a batch in the top of the seventh inning, narrowing the gap to three runs. They then added two more runs in the top of the eighth inning, closing the score to 8-7, just one run apart.

Nevertheless, unable to crack KT closer Park Young-hyun, who took the mound with one out in the eighth inning, the Samsung ultimately lost as the KT won 8-7.

Yet, during this game, there was a topic that generated as much buzz among fans as the baseball itself: the amplifier cheering sound. At KT Wiz Park, loud cheers erupted every inning from the amplifiers set up by both the home team KT fan club and the away team Samsung fan club.

However, some fans appeared unable to bear the excessively loud noise. One baseball fan left a comment on an online community stating, "I had to turn up the volume to hear the commentary while watching the TV broadcast, but the amplifier sound was so loud that I ended up turning off the sound entirely."

Another baseball fan vented their frustration, saying, "Wouldn't vocal cheering be sufficient? Even at the venue, the amplifier sound is so loud that it makes it difficult to focus on the baseball."

A baseball industry official met at the venue during the playoffs commented on the amplifier cheering noise, stating, "There is an aspect where the sound is excessively loud. It would be good if both the home and away teams reduced it slightly." The official added, "In particular, while the home team may use amplifiers within a reasonable limit, I would prefer that the away team not use them at all. If the away team's amplifier noise becomes so loud that it overwhelms the home team, doesn't that eliminate what could be considered the home team's advantage?"

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