Korea manager satisfied with pre-WBC training camp in Japan

Korea manager Ryu Ji-hyun claimed Friday he was mostly satisfied with the national baseball team's work during training camp in Japan ahead of the World Baseball Classic (WBC), saying his group is headed in the right direction. Korea's scrimmage against the KT Wiz of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) was rained out Friday at Kadena Baseball Stadium in Kadena, Japan, and Ryu's team ended its run of tuneup games here with four wins and a loss. Ryu opened camp here on Feb. 12. Ryu said he didn't mind the cancellation, because he didn't want to push his position players too hard anyway, with the WBC starting in less than a week in Tokyo. He would have liked to have starter Song Seung-ki work three innings against real batters, but the manager said the left-hander got his necessary work done in the bullpen. "Overall, my satisfaction level with the camp is 90 percent," Ryu said. "Even though we didn't get to play today, I still have an optimistic perspective on our situation." Ryu said he didn't quite get to 100 percent satisfaction because some of his relief pitchers haven't been throwing