Williams, who was 20 years old at the time, visited Itaewon in 1985 and said, "Siren suddenly... from aser's blog

Thirty-five years ago, in 1985, an American baseball player who visited South Korea under the military regime was Matt Williams, 55, who is currently leading the Kia Tigers. He was 20 years old at the time. What was the view of Seoul in his eyes?

Williams told a special anecdote in front of reporters ahead of the LG match at Jamsil Stadium on Wednesday.

Back in 1985, Williams, a member of the University of Nevada, visited Korea as a baseball player representing the United States. It was to participate in the Korea-U.S. college baseball championship. And lg the Twins in the contest, now coach, Ryu Joong-Il of Hanyang University by running to represent Korea and director (57).

Ryu recently received a black-and-white photo of the competition from an acquaintance. The photo showed Williams being tagged out by Ryu Joong-il while trying to steal second base. 스포츠토토 Ryu said, "I saw in the picture that I was playing defense, and Williams was stealing and getting out. "I'm going to say 'This is you, this is me' while showing the picture to Williams," he said with a big smile. After the briefing, Ryu visited the visiting manager's office at Jamsil Stadium and looked at the photos together and was lost in memories for a while.

Williams said, "I saw the picture of the 1985 tournament with Ryu. "At that time, I had hair," he said. "But I felt sorry that the situation was out at that time. When I steal second base, I think I always do," he said with a bright smile.

Williams then recalled the scenery of Seoul at that time. "I went to Itaewon," he said. "I was coming out of Itaewon, and suddenly a siren rang. I had to come to the hotel to play the game and take a bus. I took a taxi and all the other cars were stopped. Judging from the circumstances, it is presumed that he was conducting civil defense training at the time.

"So I asked the taxi driver I was riding to get there quickly," Williams said. I didn't understand exactly what was going on then. I got off at the hotel, and I remember the soldiers with bad faces. The memory remains most vivid. And I remember buying a polo shirt for a dollar.