I'm glad I came back to Korea. 

The KIA Tigers arrived at the stadium to play an exhibition game against the Hanwha Eagles Park in Daejeon on Sunday. Veteran players still play major roles in Kia. As Kia players took to the ground, Ryu got busier. Yang was the first player to visit the team. As soon as they saw each other, the two players hugged each other and shared stories that they had accumulated so far. 스포츠토토

Following Yang, the player in Ryu's arms was Kim Sun-bin. Ryu hugging his two-year-old boy, and Kim looked up at him with a lovely expression on his face, which was sweet as if he were a couple.

After a heated meeting with juniors who were like friends, Ryu Hyun-jin headed to the center of the outfield where KIA players were gathered. Young KIA players took off their hats and greeted Ryu Hyun-jin in a group. It is another veteran, Choi Hyung-woo, who Ryu Hyun-jin, who politely bowed down to slightly unfamiliar juniors.

After exchanging greetings with fellow players and coaches around the outfield, Ryu now heads to the third-base dugout. After exchanging greetings with senior coach Jin Gap-yong, Ryu met with Lee Bum-ho. Lee made his professional debut with the Hanwha Eagles in 2000, and Ryu joined in 2006. Before Lee left for the Japanese Softbank in 2010, the two players were seniors and juniors who were playing for the Eagles. Just before Ryu decided to return to Korea, Lee was appointed as the new head coach of Kia.

As soon as he saw Ryu, Lee said in a Chungcheong-do accent, "Why did you come in quickly?" Lee said of the meeting with Ryu. "I had a hard time in the Taj, but I came back safely. As a representative player of Korean baseball, I urged him to finish the season well without any injuries."

Ryu took the mound as the starting pitcher on Wednesday, a day after his first meeting with the Tigers. There was rain forecast, but fortunately, it didn't rain. Taking the mound with a warm welcome from home fans, Ryu handled the first batter Park Chan-ho with a grounder to the shortstop, and secured his first out count. However, he allowed a double to Lee Woo-sung and a timely hit to Kim Do-young, allowing one run to the center field.

Hanwha's batters celebrated Ryu's first real game by scoring nine runs in the bottom of the first inning amid anxiety over Kia's starting pitching. Ryu took the mound until the fourth inning to deal with KIA's batters. After one run in the first inning, Ryu stabilized the situation, and pitched well with three hits, one run (one earned) and three strikeouts, while throwing 62 pitches during four innings. His average fastball speed was 144 kilometers and his maximum speed was 148 kilometers. He finished his first appearance by experimenting with various pitches including curves, changeups and cutters.