THE STARTING PITCHER FOR NEXT YEAR'S OPENING GAME WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN NOVEMBER, AND THE TEAM WITH A WINNING PERCENTAGE OF 0.350 THIS SEASON WILL BE UNCONVENTIONAL

While KBO league teams are in final training sessions, they announced the starting pitcher for the opening game of next season in late November. Not KBO league teams but the Seibu Lions, a Japanese professional baseball team, was one such case. Manager Fumiya Nishiguchi (52) of Seibu announced on Sunday that right-handed pitcher Tatsuya Imai (26) w