By Roselyn B. Monroyo
Variety News Staff

AFTER the LG Twins concluded their spring training yesterday, another professional baseball team from Korea will be holding its spring training on Saipan for about a month.
According to Division of Sports and Recreation director Joe Lizama, the SK Wyverns were scheduled to arrive early this morning and start their training at the Francisco “Tan Ko” Palacios Ballfield in the afternoon.
Jin Ah Corporation president Chung Jae Dong, who helped bring Korean baseball teams to the island, said that 31 players, along with coaches and staff will stay on Saipan from Feb. 14 to March 6.
The SK Wyverns are members of the Korea Baseball Organization joining the club in 2000. It is based in Inchon and has yet to win a title in the KBO.
This will be the second straight year that the Wyverns have held their spring training on the NMI.
Last year, they arrived in the last week of January and stayed until Feb. 14.
While training at the Palacios Ballfield, they donated nets, homeplates and bases.
Meanwhile, Lizama thanked the LG Twins for their contribution to the improvement of the Palacios Ballfield.
The LG Twins are set to leave this afternoon after about a month of training. They are also members of the KBO and are based in Seoul. The Twins, which were formerly known as the MBC Blue Dragons until the LG Group bought the team in 1989, won the national championship in 1990 and 1994.
According to Lizama, the LG Twins helped extend the bullpen of the Palacios Ballfield. They also built a canopy at the Oleai Sports Complex, put a roof on the baseball stands and built batting cages.
“We really appreciate the efforts of LG Twins to improve our baseball field,” said Lizama, who said that the group promised to come back next year.
“They enjoyed their stay. They like the weather and the hospitality of the people,” he added.