A foreign player once said that KBO is a league where A-ball players play alongside AAA level ones. I’ve watched Milb games for more than 15 years, and have found KBO performance to be similar to the AA-AAA level on an individual level, but sometimes unprepared and not polished players must play as well because of thin depth. Most of the foreign players coming to the KBO are “quad-A” level in the States, and there are many good Korean players as well. So they made the ball didn’t fly further, and I wrote about that before. However, they thought too many Runs made the game longer and fans must hate it. Interestingly, the KBO was hitter-friendly league like MLB in 2018. To illustrate, here is a breakdown of league averages on offense from 2019: Korean baseball is about middle between Japan and MLB when it comes to that approach. The KBO is a more pitching-friendly league - 4.18 League ERA, vs 4.51 in MLB in 2019 - and hitters are more focused on contact and ball in play, although not as much as Japanese baseball. (Editor’s Note: In this illustration, everything south of Ft. 1 team each (KIA, Hanhaw and Samsung) in Fort Myers, Gainesville and Tallahassee 3 teams (Doosan, Kiwoom and LG) in the Tampa Bay area The other five teams are scattered around the rest of the country.Ĭompared to Florida, considering geography, population and so on, it is as follows. There are 10 teams in the KBO, three of which are based in Seoul, where about 9.7 million people live (Due to Trump, many American may likely know this number), and two teams re in the Seoul Metropolitan area. South Korea is 60 % the size of Florida, with 51 million people living in nation. If that happens, I hope this introduction to Korean baseball will be helpful. I really hope we can see MLB games return as soon as possible, but if our wait becomes much longer, we may be able to soothe our longing for baseball by watching KBO. And even if the deal doesn’t go through, the KBO seems willing to show its baseball to overseas fans. Stay tuned! /O2mP6VYfVA- Daniel Kim 대니얼 김 April 13, 2020 Talks are at preliminary stage and not anywhere close to an agreement yet. According to a report by Sports Chosun, #ESPN inquired about #KBO broadcasting rights.
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