Lee Dae-ho (42) is being praised as a legend. It is not in Korea but in Japan.

Softbank Hawks recently unveiled the list of its 20th anniversary special match to be held at Mizuho Paypay Dome in Fukuoka, Japan, on March 23. Lee Dae-ho's name was on the list.
SoftBank acquired its predecessor, Daiei Hawks, in 2005. 20 years have passed since then. It is an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary.

Koji Akiyama and Kimiyasu Kudo, who led Softbank's heyday and also played for the predecessor Daiei Hawks, were in charge of the special match.

Naturally, a large number of legends from Softbank were on the roster for this tournament.
In the pitching category, 11 players will participate. Nagisa Arakaki, Ryota Igarashi, Shinya Gayama and Tadashi Settsu, who played for the New York Mets, Yankees and Toronto in the Major League Baseball, will participate.

And the name of a Korean pitcher stood out. It was Kim Moo-young. After graduating from high school and university in Japan and being drafted by Softbank in the sixth round in the 2008 Japanese professional baseball rookie draft, Kim has played in the first division since 2012. His record in the first division has been released with a 2.85 ERA of two wins, two losses and five holds in 87 games. 메이저사이트

There are a total of four catchers. Kentaro Inomoto, Kenji Jojima, Masanori Taguchi and Kenta Nakanishi, who also advanced to the Major League, will participate.

There is a familiar name in the infield category. Lee Dae-ho's name is listed first.

Lee, who played for the Lotte Giants until 2011, became an FA, signed a two-year, 700 million-yen contract with the Orix Buffaloes in 2012 to take on an overseas challenge. After a successful soft landing in Japan, Lee made a two-plus-one-year, up to 1.9 billion-yen contract with Softbank in 2014.

Since then, he had the best seasons with Softbank. In 2014, he had a batting average of 0.300, 19 homers, 68 RBIs and an OPS of 0.816. In 2015, he also had a batting average of 0.282, 31 homers, 98 RBIs and an OPS of 0.892. He also experienced fall baseball. He had a whopping batting average of .500 (eight hits in 16 at-bats) with two homers and eight RBIs in the Japan Series, and won the Japan Series MVP award. It was the first time since 1996 that a foreign player was named the MVP of the Japan Series. He was the first Japanese Series MVP among Koreans. Lee Dae-ho, who rose to the top in Japan, challenged the Major League, joined the Seattle Mariners, played for one year, and returned to his hometown team of Lotte in 2017.

Although he played only two years ago, he was praised as a legend for his fearsome performance and decided to participate in a special match. Lee threw the first pitch at a home game of Softbank in May 2023, but he will participate in the game this year. In addition to Lee, eight infielders, including Seichi Uchikawa and Yusuke Kosai, will participate.

There are also eight outfielders. Shotaro Ide, Tomoaki Egawa, Hiroshi Shibahara and Hitoshi Tamura are on the list.