San Francisco Giants outfielder Lee Jung-hoo, who is out for the season with a shoulder injury, missed a chance to have a great experience.

San Francisco played a special game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, on the 21st (Korea time). Rickwood Field was the oldest baseball stadium in the United States, and was used as the home ground for the nigro league team, the Birmingham Black Barons.

This is also the stadium where San Francisco legend Willie Mays, who recently died, began his career. The two teams played in St. Louis Stars jerseys against the San Francisco City Lions, which were Nigro League teams, on the theme of “A Tribute to the Nigro League.”

The Major League Baseball paid attention to a number of things to add significance to the game. Manual electronic display clock at the stadium was fixed at 8:24 to commemorate the number 8 that Mace used during the Black Barons and the number 24 that he used during the Giants.

The four judges – Alan Porter, Adrian Johnson, Malachi Moore and CB Buckner – were all black. This is the first time in MLB history.

It was a special opportunity for no one to come back, but Lee missed the opportunity to play the game due to an unexpected injury. After undergoing shoulder surgery earlier this month, Lee is currently in rehab. 메이저사이트

There were other players who missed the game. Black San Francisco Giants player LaMonte Wade Jr. failed to play on the day due to a hamstring injury.

Instead, he healed the disappointment by exchanging lineup cards before the game. The Giants said in a game note that they asked the league secretariat to return Wade Jr. from the injured list only for the game, but the request was rejected.

In an interview with local media on the day, Wade said, “I thought it would be allowed. I don’t know why not. Thank you to the coach for putting a lot of effort into this. Regulations are regulations, so we have to follow them, but I think it would be okay to make exceptions in today’s case. I think there were many cases where Major League Baseball made exceptions in other situations.”

Mike Yastremski, who played in San Francisco’s right field on the day, had a special experience playing at the stadium where his grandfather Carl Yastremski and father Carl Michael Yastremski Jr. played.

Carl Yastremsky played an exhibition game with the New York Yankees here in 1971 when he was a Boston Red Sox player, and his father, Carl Michael Yastremsky, used the stadium for Double-A Birmingham in 1986 when he was a White Sox minor league player.

In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, Yastremski said, “I feel like I’ve come all this way for some reason. I think it’s a special opportunity to cherish.”