At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday the Lotte Giants will begin a best of five set with the Samsung Lions. The KBO set a new attendance record in 2008 drawing over five million fans this season. The fact that the Giants drew 1.38 million fans during the season is a testament to the rabid fan base the [...]
Busan Readies for First Playoff Action in Eight Years
October 7th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Tags: Baseball - Korea
The Rolls Royce of Beer Vending
October 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Back in August. 90 degrees and near 90% humidity. Cuba and Korea are facing off for the second of two pre Olympic exhibitions in Seoul. I’m watching the game at Jamsil Stadium with Dan from MyKBO and it’s only the first or second inning. We’re sitting in the first row of the reserved seating but [...]
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Baseball, Rural China Style
October 7th, 2008 · No Comments
I saw this a week ago on Baseball Think Factory and just finally got around to reading it. I expected a little more, but that might due to the fact that it’s about Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese coming together to play a baseball game in Xinjiang, the remote province in Western China.
It’s still worth [...]
Tags: Baseball - Asia