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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

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Posted on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 by Colleen

This past weekend I went to my first Korean baseball game. Although I'm not found of watching baseball on TV, I do enjoy seeing it in person. About 9 of us pre-ordered tickets to see the Doosan Bears (Seoul home team) play the Neksan Heroes. Some of us went to Korean Class so we got to the game late, but it was still really fun. It's the same rules as American baseball, but some of my friend are Scottish, so we had to explain the whole game to them. Let me tell you, Koreans love themselves some baseball. The place was completely packed, people even sitting in the walk ways because there were no seats left. And there was a huge scoreboard that announced who was up to bat, and the crowd went crazy for the batters. Everyone also had those inflatable tubes that you whack together to make noise. And the best part? The beer. You can buy beer from the shop outside and bring it in, or you can buy it in the stadium for, get this, the same price! Normally back in the states, the second you enter a stadium you are forced to pay double the cost of normal priced items. So it was great to be able to get cheap beer while watching the game. There is even a guy that goes around with some sort of tap system on his back and sells beer.



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