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The Korean Olympic baseball crew will take on a team of rising stars in the domestic league for a different exhibition video game just before the Tokyo video games. The Korea Baseball corporation (KBO) announced Wednesday the national team and the KBO All-star group of under-24 gamers will square off at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on July 23. The 24-man Olympic roster will be finalized someday in June. The Tokyo Olympics, postponed via one year on account of the international coronavirus pandemic, will have its opening ceremony on July 23, but the baseball match won’t begin except 5 days later. The KBO set the age limit on the particular All-celebrity team at 24, because it believes many gamers in that age community were inspired to birth taking part in baseball after gazing Korea win the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. That turned into also the remaining Olympics where baseball turned into contested. Korea will are trying to win its 2nd consecutive Olympic gold, 13 years apart, below the same manager from 2008, Kim Kyung-moon. The KBO’s technical committee, which will name the Olympic team, will also put collectively the U-24 All-superstar squad. gamers 24 or younger who’re named to the Olympic roster will play for that facet and should no longer be considered for the U-24 team. The KBO introduced that the Olympic crew will face two tuneup video games in opposition t KBO groups in advance of the July 23 exhibition. The league additionally announced that the usual All-megastar online game can be held at Gocheok Sky Dome on July 24. The KBO canceled the All-megastar festivities final year as a result of the pandemic. The Dream All-famous person crew and the Nanum All-famous person team will have representatives from five KBO golf equipment each and every. team Dream might be made up of players from: SSG Landers, Samsung Lions, KT Wiz, Doosan Bears and Lotte Giants. team Nanum can have avid gamers from: Kiwoom Heroes, LG Twins, NC Dinos, Hanwha Eagles and Kia Tigers. lovers will vote in 12 gamers per side — starter, core reliever, nearer, catcher, first baseman, 2d baseman, shortstop, third baseman, three outfielders and targeted hitter. Managers will fill out the rest of the groups. (Yonhap)