SK Wyverns
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| League | KBO League (2000–present) | ||||
| Location | Incheon | ||||
| Ballpark | Incheon SK Happy Dream Park (2000–present) | ||||
| Year founded | 2000 | ||||
| Nickname(s) | Wyverns | ||||
| League championships | (3): 2007, 2008, 2010 | ||||
| Korean Series championships | (3): 2007, 2008, 2010 | ||||
| Colors | Red and orange |
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| Mascot | Wyvern | ||||
| Ownership | SK Telecom | ||||
| General Manager | Shin Young-chul | ||||
| Website | http://www.sksports.net/wyverns/ | ||||
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SK Wyverns Baseball Club (Hangul: SK 와이번스 야구단) is a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 2000. They are a member of the KBO League. Based in Incheon, on the coast near Seoul, they play their home games at Incheon SK Happy Dream Park.
Their current manager is Trey Hillman.
In the 2000 season, the Ssangbangwool Raiders, a team that previously had represented the Jeollabuk-do region since 1991, was dissolved because of the bankruptcy of the Ssangbangwool Group, the team's owner. The franchise was subsumed by the KBO, who then awarded a new franchise to the SK conglomerate. The new franchise was named the SK Wyverns. So the Raiders and the Wyverns have no historical links although the new team consisted mostly of former Raiders players.
The Unicorns moved out of Incheon to go to Seoul but failed because of resistance of Doosan Bears and LG Twins and then moved to Suwon, and the SK Wyverns filled the void left in Incheon. Their first Korean Series appearance came in 2003, where somewhat ironically, they were defeated by the Hyundai Unicorns in seven games.
In 2007, SK defeated the Doosan Bears in six games to win the 2007 Korean Series – the first time the franchise had won the Korean Series – after finishing the season in first place. They became the first team in Korean Series history to win after losing the first two games. Designated Hitter Kim Jae-hyun was the series MVP.
SK went on to compete in the Konami Cup, a short competition between the champions of the Korean Baseball League, the Japanese Baseball League, the Taiwanese Baseball League, and the China All-Stars.
On November 8, 2007, SK Wyverns managed to defeat the Chunichi Dragons (6–3), giving Chunichi their first ever loss in Konami Cup history. On November 9, 2007, they soundly defeated the China All-Stars (13–0), causing the game to be called in the 7th inning, due to the 'Mercy Rule'. On November 10, 2007, they repeated their performance, defeating the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions of Taiwan (13–1) in 7 innings.
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