Picture of the Day: US & ROK National Anthems Sang at Baseball Game
South Korean singer Yangpa performs during a baseball match between the Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, on June 15, 2015. She sang the national anthems of South Korea and the United States consecutively, winning the applause of spectators. (Yonhap)
My God, it’s full of stars.
That dress could certainly lead to “tool” use.
Surprised no one’s caught this yet, but her left n*pple is exposed.
Just curious what the significance of performing the ROK anthem in Texas at a game between the Texas Rangers and LA Dodgers…. I mean, why?
“Surprised no one’s caught this yet, but her left n*pple is exposed”
Hmmm… it could just be a marker for a Lagrange point between a heavenly body, a yellow dwarf, and a black hole.
Leon, the Dodgers are popular with Korean baseball fans and have Hyun-jin Ryu who plays for them. The Rangers are not as popular with Korean fans but have a Korean player Shin-soo Choo who plays for them. Maybe the Rangers are trying to grow their Korean fan base with Yangpa singing both anthems?
I Just read the following at Korea Times. Maybe if the deal would of went through, the Korean National Anthem might of been played at all Dodgers games, home and away.
Sovereign fund nixes plan to buy into LA Dodgers
South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund has abandoned its plan to buy a stake in the Los Angeles Dodgers, a Major League Baseball club, as part of a broader move to diversify its investment portfolio, sources familiar with the matter said Sunday.
The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), which manages assets entrusted by South Korea’s central bank, had been in talks to buy a 19-percent stake in the Dodgers from U.S.-based investment firm Guggenheim Partners since last year, a deal estimated at 400 billion won (US$361 million).
http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2015/06/602_181264.html
Ryu hasn’t played one regular season game this year and will not for the entire 2015 season. He had season ending surgery and is probably done forever in the MLB but could return to S. Korea to pitch, you know…because S. Korean hitters aren’t that good.
Meanwhile Choo doesn’t like being asked questions, criticism by his head coach, and is batting poorly compared to his career batting AVG. while getting demoted to right field because he’s such a slow runner.
http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/2015/06/choo-bristles-at-questioning-by-banister-on-key-play-in-texas-rangers-loss.html/
ORIGINAL STORY: OAKLAND, Calif. – Right fielder Shin-Soo Choo bristled at questioning from manager Jeff Banister on his throw that became a turning point in the Texas Rangers’ 5-4 loss to Oakland at the Coliseum on Wednesday night.
“I’ll get you a glove, and you play,’’ Choo said in his parting comment on the subject.
The Rangers led 4-2 with one out in the eighth inning when Oakland’s Josh Reddick reached on a single. Ben Zobrist followed with a single to right.
In that situation, the required play is a throw to second to keep the tying run at first and a double-play situation in order. Choo’s throw sailed over the cut-off man and all the way to rookie third baseman Joey Gallo.
On the bench as the Rangers batted in the ninth, Banister asked Choo what he was doing on the play. Did he miss the cut-off man, or was he trying to catch Reddick?
That apparently did not go over well with Choo. In a 2:45 post-game interview, Choo said four times that he was “not comfortable’’ with being asked about the play by Banister.”
UPDATE: Jeff Banister talked about Shin-Soo Choo today, saying “I trust everything that Choo does on the field and what he says to me. Choo is, in our clubhouse, one of the most passionate guys about team and winning.”
The most passionate?
Correction: “Choo is THE MOST emotionally disturbed guy on our team.”
There, I fixed it!
It was the Texas Rangers’ 2nd Annual Korean-American Heritage Night
Article from 14 May 15:
Recording artist Yangpa will appear before baseball fans in Texas next month to sing the national anthems of South Korea and the United States.
Lee Eun Jin, who goes by the stage name Yangpa, will perform at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas on June 15 in conjunction with the second annual Korean Heritage Night hosted by the Texas Rangers major league baseball team. The Rangers will be hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers.
http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/201474/20150514/yangpa-texas-rangers-la-dodgers.htm
“It was the Texas Rangers’ 2nd Annual Korean-American Heritage Night”
“2nd annual?”
Correction: It was the Texas Rangers’ 2nd Korean-American Heritage Night.
There, I fixed it for you or the non-professional kpopstarz!
An event doesn’t become annual until the 3rd one is held.
See, even the Koreatimes gets it…but that doesn’t make them professional. DUH!
http://www.koreatimesus.com/choo-scores-first-run-for-texas-on-korean-heritage-night/
“The Rangers organized their second Korean Heritage Night, with the South Korean recording artist Yangpa performing both the American and South Korean national anthems and Ahn Young-ho, head of the Korean Society of Dallas, throwing out the ceremonial first pitch.
The Dodgers also have a South Korean player in left-handed starter Ryu Hyun-jin, but he’s out for the season with a torn labrum in his pitching shoulder.”
“Correction: It was the Texas Rangers’ 2nd Korean-American Heritage Night.
There, I fixed it for you or the non-professional kpopstarz!
An event doesn’t become annual until the 3rd one is held.”
Is that so? Let’s check the Associated Press Stylebook and see if they have an opinion.
“An event cannot be described as annual until it has been held in at least two successive years. Do not use the term first annual. Instead, note that sponsors plan to hold an event annually.”
It appears to be an annual event if “it has been held in at least two successive years.”
Of course, a dictionary and a bit of reasoning based on consistencies of the English language would have drawn the same conclusion.
Tbone, are you ever right about anything?
Tbone calling the baseball player (or anyone else) emotionally disturbed is disturbing. And smack of jealousy.