Monday, May 01, 2006

Baseball Korean style





Howdy. I checked out a really fun baseball game this weekend with some friends. It was quite a spectacle, the diamond was bigger than my hometown, and it was only one of twenty or so stadiums in the area. If you you want to see where, do a search on the Jamsil Olympic Park. Its absolutely huge. The only similarity to back home is that they play nine innings, and use bats, pretty much everything else is different. First off, the entrance fee was only three bucks, this is the Korean major leagues mind you. Beers were only two, and the cab ride over was four. The teams do not represent cities, I cheered for the Samsung Twins, I think. The crowd does all kinds of mass chanting and songs, and people throw toilet paper around. For snacks we had Kimchi flavored chips and squid jerky. The energy was amazing; the fans here are completely rabid. We almost got nailed by two homeruns, one hit the row in front of us and one hit two back, pretty crazy. Anyway here are the pics. See ya.

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