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At the beginning of the second half, returning to the 50% winning rate was a ground task, but now it is chasing the third-place SSG Landers by 2.5 games beyond the fourth-place NC Dinos, which is one game difference. "Autumn baseball participation in Gwangju," which seemed to be difficult, has already entered the visual field.

The value stands out because it is a seven-game winning streak made in variables. KIA recently left after foreign pitcher Mario Sanchez was diagnosed with an injury for three weeks. In the midst of this, the batters exploded, leading the atmosphere of winning consecutive games. Yang Hyun-jong, who had been sluggish on the mound, has revived, Thomas Panoni and Yoon Young-chul are also consistently in charge of more than five innings, and the bullpen, centered on Lim Ki-young, is also adding strength.

Fall baseball is getting younger, and it is worth making KIA fans across the country excited.

KIA is the most popular club in Korean professional sports. KIA ranked first in the domestic sports market awareness survey and TV-portal broadcasting ratings conducted by data analysis company TLOG last year. The number of loyal fans-fan fans alone was 2.8 million, and the number of potential fans was 4.41 million. In particular, 38% of them claimed to be big fans. The cumulative number of viewers for TV broadcasts was 39.69 million and the average viewer rating was 1.32%, all ranking first. The ratio of male and female fans was also evenly 58% and 42%. The figure more than doubled the number of Samsung Lions (2.3 million), Doosan Bears (2.16 million), LG Twins (2.12 million), and Lotte Giants (1.99 million).

KIA's good performance has a great impact on the success of the KBO League.

KIA's cumulative number of spectators at home games this season was 526,491, ranking sixth among 10 clubs. However, KIA's ability to mobilize spectators tended to shine more in away games. There have been 12 cases of selling out away games this year alone. It recorded two consecutive sold-out cases against Incheon SSG from April 1 to 2, and also played in front of a packed audience for two consecutive days against Jamsil LG Twins from April 29 to 30. They played full spectators against Doosan in Jamsil from May 13 to 14, Lotte in Busan from June 3 to 4, Jamsil LG on July 1, Suwon KT on July 8 to 9, and Incheon SSG on September 2. Three out of six sold-out cases for SSG this year were against KIA, and three out of five games for LG. Both teams sold out for the first time in the season against KIA. KT and Doosan, which recorded four cases of packed spectators this season, also achieved two sold-out matches against KIA.

The cumulative number of KBO League spectators who played 558 games until the 2nd was 6,148,148. The average number of spectators per game was 11,018. Attention is focusing on whether KIA, which has explosive box office power, will play a leading role in returning to the era of 8 million spectators.