My Korean friend Do Man-su doesn’t like baseball, so I thought it would be fun to watch a game with him and record his observations for a post. Man-su is admittedly extremely competitive and vowed to keep a rooting interest in the game.
Unfortunately Man-su is an engineer and works some 10-12 hours a day, so in order to save time we’re going to use win expectancy tables, which I reveal from left to right by covering the graph with a piece of paper, then slowly showing the table to Man-su (via Fangraphs).
I recorded the results with my phone which I transcribe below.
Me: Ready?
Man-su: Yes.
Me: Who are you rooting for?
Man-su: Colorado. Absolutely.
Me: Why?
Man-su: I’ve been to Denver once.
Me: Ok, I’m starting now.
Man-su: Ok…let’s go Rockies. Uh-oh, it’s going up. Home Run for Pedroia. Wow. Still going up. Let’s go Boston! Up up up, J Drew double. Yes! Looking good. T….what is his name?
Me: Tulowitzki.
Man-su: Ok, lets go Colorado. Come on Denver. Whoops, back up. D Ortiz. Yes. Let’s go Ortiz. Let’s go Red Sox. Hey. Hey. Good Red Sox. Mmmm. Up a little more. Good Boston! And J…double. Up and…line. Dead. Colorado is dead. And end. It’s over and Boston won! Let’s see…13-1. Woah!
(Claps hands)
Man-su: Good game.
Me: Who do you think will win game two?
Man-su: Boston. Definitely.
7 responses so far ↓
1 Johnbro // Oct 25, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Huh?
2 BR // Oct 25, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Funny!
3 park // Oct 25, 2007 at 10:02 pm
Who did Mansu was rooting for in the Rockies/Arizona series…
4 .i.i. // Oct 26, 2007 at 12:47 am
From the looks of your bio he sounds like you Shinsano…changing teams one moment from the next
5 A.S. // Oct 26, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Yes, it is much like me but I make no bones about the fact that I will root for the Reds unflinchingly as soon as they commit to the team with the same kind of drive. If they sign A-Rod, as has been (slightly) rumored, I’ll be there all year. If they sign Bonds…then I won’t.
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