Korean Baseball game in Seoul

Hello again....Sorry I have not posted in a while but things have been hectic around here and I just have not had the time. Anyways here is a little rundown of what has been going on since I last posted. Last Friday (7 days ago) I had the chance to go to a Korean baseball game in the capital city of Seoul. Driving in with Sandy, a Korean guy who works here we headed to Jamsil Stadium, which is also the baseball site for the 1988 Seoul Olympics. As we drove through what seemed like endless traffic we finally made it to the stadium where parking on site was only (4,000 Won) $3 (try to find that in America). Although the baseball stadium was an impressive site in itself the Olympic Stadium which was next door was even more impressive.

The Entrance to the Olympic Stadium area which houses both the baseball stadium and the stadium used for other athletic events. The one pictured just below is just the baseball stadium.

The French always seem to sneak in there, haha.


Main Olympic Stadium


View of Olympic Stadium from baseball stadium

So joining Sandy from my work and his friend we watched the Seoul LG Twins vs. the Busan Lotte Giants. You are probably wondering the strange names, well all the teams here actually have a sponsor within their team name. LG, is the worldwide electronics company while Lotte is one of the countries largest department stores. The visiting team from Busan come from one of the 2nd largest city in Korea which is located on the Southwestern coast. I won't go into too much detail of the game but I will talk about a few of the differences between watching a game in Korea and one in the USA. For instance the first thing is that our tickets, which cost about $4.50 were general admission seats so it allowed you to sit anywhere you wanted. And since Korea is about the size of Illinois the fans at the stadium were about half for the hometown LG Twins and about half for the Lotte Giants. Now this was really cool because the stadium was always loud no matter what team was up to bat. Another cool thing was that the fans were constantly breaking out into song and also constantly using their thunder sticks instead of clapping. Here are some pictures and several videos that will help explain my experience at the baseball game. Also you could get a 16oz beer in a can for about $2.25, now that's a great price at a game!

We got there in the 2nd inning so we could not get great seats, but we moved down later as the game progressed.

I don't know how I feel about cheerleaders at baseball games but the had a guy who I guess you could call an MC was there to get the crowd excited.

A player down after being hit with a ball. No fights, both teams were pretty civil.

Here is a look at the cheerleaders on the jumbo-tron

If you didn't already know what thunder-sticks are, basically you can smack these together instead of clapping. Naturally I bought two supporting the Giants!

So after 6 innings there is a break and the players go on to the field and stretch



These fans are 100x more passionate, just watch the 3 videos below





So does this song sound like Nacho Nacho Man by the Village People or is that just me.

The game is close to ending but there is still a ton of fans there

I have nothing bad to say about Korean baseball, sure the pitching is shitty and many home runs are hit but who cares! I think the final score was 16-14 with the Giants winning. Each team used like 6 pitchers and the game took about 4.5 hours... Everyone there was having a great time and it was a great site to see.

I am hoping to return to Jamsil Stadium one more time before I leave.

Please stay tuned as this blog post was only about the baseball game. Expect another post in a few hours or maybe tomorrow about my 2 day adventure into Seoul last weekend, there is too much to tell so I must separate it into another blog post. Stay posted!