Yes, baseball. However unlikely it might seem to you, Americans didn't stop at importing Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks, no baseball is also one of the major sports here. Not too far from the Coex Mall there is the Olympia baseball stadium and we were told that there are permier league games every day except Monday. A seat with decent view for 10,000 Won didn't sound like such a bad deal so off we went. Luckily, on the way there I learned that Korean guys don't go necessarily because of the baseball. No, it's the cheerleaders. Both teams have a fan curve and in the break there
are performances of cheerleaders well worth watching. Obviously these two parts of the stadium were already booked out when we arrived, but the rest of the place was pretty empty. The game itself proved to be reasonably boring, as I recalled from my time in the US, and the exciting moments often pass so quickly that you hardly have time to wake up and notice them. We were truly amazed, however, that they wasted two baseball bats during the game. One broke in half at it thinnest point, the others head splintered into countless pieces. Wow. You'd think those things
could handle, but then again the pitchers balls hit at above 140 km/h, which does make for quite an impact.
Yes, baseball. However unlikely it might seem to you, Americans didn't stop at importing Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks, no baseball is also one of the major sports here. Not too far from the Coex Mall there is the Olympia baseball stadium and we were told that there are permier league games every day except Monday. A seat with decent view for 10,000 Won didn't sound like such a bad deal so off we went. Luckily, on the way there I learned that Korean guys don't go necessarily because of the baseball. No, it's the cheerleaders. Both teams have a fan curve and in the break there 
are performances of cheerleaders well worth watching. Obviously these two parts of the stadium were already booked out when we arrived, but the rest of the place was pretty empty. The game itself proved to be reasonably boring, as I recalled from my time in the US, and the exciting moments often pass so quickly that you hardly have time to wake up and notice them. We were truly amazed, however, that they wasted two baseball bats during the game. One broke in half at it thinnest point, the others head splintered into countless pieces. Wow. You'd think those things 
could handle, but then again the pitchers balls hit at above 140 km/h, which does make for quite an impact.
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