Former major leaguer Choo Shin-soo shared his past experience riding a chartered flight for the WBC.
On the 25th, a video titled "I'll talk about Korean baseball" was posted on the YouTube channel 'Ha Won-mi'.
In the video, Choo Shin-soo reviewed the World Baseball Classic (WBC) quarterfinal against the Dominican Republic with reporter Kim Tae Woo. At that time the production crew asked about the chartered plane taken after advancing to the quarterfinals, and Choo Shin-soo, who already had experience, said, "There is something unique about the chartered flight. That we alone ride it is somewhat special. The whole cabin is first class."
Reporter Kim Tae Woo added, "The team's chartered plane is probably specially customized, so the players probably all lay down to sleep."
Then the production crew asked, "Is the in-flight meal different?" Choo Shin-soo said, "If you eat steak as an in-flight meal, it's different from eating it at a restaurant, but first class even has medium-well and everything. You can't say it's exactly the same as what a steakhouse sells, but it's almost similar."
Regarding going without check-in procedures, he recalled, "That's right. They do immigration checks in advance, so it's good in many ways," and added, "They do a formal ID check and the luggage is taken off separately from the truck by someone at the clubhouse called the locker attendant."
He went on to say, "The hotel staff bring everything up. Anyway, the rooms have the players' names, so they bring everything up. You don't have to worry about it," noting that it allows players to focus solely on baseball, which surprised listeners.
Reporter Kim Tae Woo said, "For the WBC, the organizers provide all the chartered planes. They earn that much in revenue and distribute it accordingly. Players from eliminated teams also returned on chartered planes."
[Photo] 'Ha Won-mi'
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