Baseball in Seoul

Matt and I went to Seoul, South Korea a couple of weekends ago.

We went to a baseball game between the LG Twins and the Nexen Heroes:

Here's the crazy crowd outside before the game started. There were empty Jagermeister bottles and empty beer cans EVERYWHERE. It was right beside the Olympic stadium (The 1988 Summer Olympics were held in Seoul).

NOTE: do not have Burger King there.....

Inside the stadium, it was great. We sat 10 rows from the field between the 3rd base and yellow post. The field is a little smaller than the ones in US or Canada, so we were able to see everything. It was so cheap. The seats were about $12 each, and draft beers were about $3 each. And we were able to bring in food and drinks.

Here are our seats. It was an open stadium and we had great weather. The game started at 6:30pm:

 

Japanese and Korean baseball games are FUN. It is loud, the crowd chants (Koreans also sing) and everyone gets really into it. It is also PACKED. Here are pics across the field, toward the 1st base.

Note: 1st base is where the home fans sit while the visitor fans sit at the 3rd base. Who knew?!

 

The Nexen cheerleaders:

 

The game:

 

They actually stretch on the field during the 6th inning intermission:

 

Crowd got super rowdy after the game tied:

 

We took several videos of people chanting and singer. It's a spectacle.



 

Here's us enjoying the game with our beer of choice for the night CASS:

Here's the best beer pourer I have ever met. See no foam, just pure golden beer.

 

 

The home team LG Twins won the game. Woohoo.

 

 

 Note to anyone visiting Seoul - you have to go see a baseball game. It's nothing like back home.