L.A. Dodgers Beat South Korean National Team in Exhibition Before First Ever Major League Baseball Game in South Korea
This is actually a really good idea by MLB to create fan interest in South Korea for their league:
Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts after flying out to left field against South Korea during an exhibition game at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on March 18, 2024. (Yonhap)
The Los Angeles Dodgers rallied past South Korea 5-2 to win their second straight exhibition game in Seoul on Monday, with the regular season opener against the San Diego Padres on the horizon.
The Dodgers scored three times in the bottom of the third to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, before adding an insurance run in the seventh.
he Dodgers and the Padres will then open the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season at Gocheok on Wednesday, with another game scheduled for Thursday. These two will be the first MLB games played in South Korea.
Earlier Monday, the Padres defeated the 2023 Korean Series champions LG Twins 5-4.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link, but the Dodgers have a heck of a team this year if they can keep everyone healthy all year.
An anti-Korean Japanese lawyer sends death threat bomb attacks against Shohei Otani for being too friendly towards his South Korean fans.
https://theprovince.com/sports/baseball/shohei-ohtain-bomb-threat-vancouver
Shohei Ohtani might be a degenerate gambler. That is unless you believe this cover story.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39768770/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-interpreter-fired-theft