Pick Your KBO Team

[LWFS]

While waiting out the Dinos-Lions Opening Day rain delay, I'm watching KBO highlights right now, trying to pick a yagu squadron to root for-- I'm currently ping-ponging between the NC Dinos (two dancing dinosaurs), SK Wyverns (it's a DRAGON!)-- and let me tell you: bat-flip fans, you are in for a treat. (Old-Timey-Minded Folk /Fun Police... you may want to go back to Mets Classic and/or binging "Ozark.")



*Yes, Chris Flexen is a Doosan Bear, but, personally, I can't be front-running.



Some help with picking your rooting interest:



https://www.pitcherlist.com/so-you-want-to-get-into-the-kbo/PitcherList guide to the league



https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/05/kbo-espn-baseball-finally-thank-godUSA Today quickie guide (including some fun mascot video)

Get to know the KBO: a useful Twitter thread from the proprietor of MyKBO.net, with some fun facts



At a glance:

https://twitter.com/BaseballBrit/status/1252568831823876096Team locations

https://twitter.com/BaseballBrit/status/1252568833547735040Team colors guide

https://twitter.com/BaseballBrit/status/1252568840183205888/photo/1Foreign players on each roster

[LWFS]

The Kiwoom (erstwhile Nexen) Heroes, based in Seoul, seem to be another prime contender for my affections. They're the only team not owned by a large multinational corporation... but https://twitter.com/MyKBO/status/1255992517654274048/photo/3their primary stockholder is in jail for fraud.



(Also, they play in a dome that looks like an ashtray you bought at the MoMA Store, and have a wicked-good 3-4-5 in Junghoo Lee, Byungho Park, and Haseong Kim.)

[LWFS]

Worst case? You could just go with

this pick-your-team randomizer GIF.

[Guest 41Forever]

I am all in on the Kiwoom Heroes!



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[MFS62]

Worst case? You could just go with https://twitter.com/AlexFast8/status/1255592510036103171this pick-your-team randomizer GIF.

I got the LG Twins. (Affectionately knows as the appliances.)

Later

[Edgy MD]

I was born to root for the KIA Tigers. Their logo seems like it hasn't been improved upon since 1975, and frankly, neither have I.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I'm a Doosan 🐻

[Ceetar]

I don't think I can handle that emotional investment, as much as I want baseball. I'll try to watch when the times work out but I think i'll just enjoy the games and competition without picking in advance. perhaps someone will woo me.

[Edgy MD]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I'm a Doosan 🐻

Doosanbags are the worst!



Seriously, though, I like the idea of picking one as a forum.

[LWFS]

Edgy MD wrote: Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I'm a Doosan 🐻 Doosanbags are the worst! Seriously, though, I like the idea of picking one as a forum.

Among the American KBO-gnoscenti, the LG Twins appear to be the consensus most Metly: second-place in their own town/stadium to the reigning champion/current league power Doosan Bears in Seoul; last championship in 1994, but oh-so-close a few times; mostly disappointing... but with a rabid fanbase that travels well. They're also loaded with arms, apparently, including Americans Casey Kelley and Trevor Wilson.



I think I like the idea of going alternate-universe with this, and picking a team that ain't nearly so neat a Korean correlate for our guys.

[MFS62]

Among the American KBO-gnoscenti, the LG Twins appear to be the consensus most Metly: second-place in their own town/stadium to the reigning champion/current league power Doosan Bears in Seoul; last championship in 1994, but oh-so-close a few times; mostly disappointing... but with a rabid fanbase that travels well.

I didn't even know that when I "chose" them.

I always seem to root for the oh-so-close teams.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

=MFS62 post_id=36395 time=1588679264 user_id=60]
I got the LG Twins. (Affectionately knows as the appliances.)

[Edgy MD]

=LWFS post_id=36412 time=1588702949 user_id=84]Among the American KBO-gnoscenti, the LG Twins appear to be the consensus most Metly: second-place in their own town/stadium to the reigning champion/current league power Doosan Bears in Seoul; last championship in 1994, but oh-so-close a few times; mostly disappointing... but with a rabid fanbase that travels well. They're also loaded with arms, apparently, including Americans Casey Kelley and Trevor Wilson.



I think I like the idea of going alternate-universe with this, and picking a team that ain't nearly so neat a Korean correlate for our guys.

[metsmarathon]

if i pick the wiz, i can root for mel rojas again.

[Willets Point]

Which team has the best bat flips?

[Fman99]

Fboy and I went with the KT Wiz. They're mascots are the most fucktarded and that was why we picked them.



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[Frayed Knot]

=LWFS post_id=36391 time=1588659327 user_id=84]Also, [the Kiwoom Heroes] play in a dome that looks like an ashtray you bought at the MoMA Store, and have a wicked-good 3-4-5 in Junghoo Lee, Byungho Park, and Haseong Kim.

[Centerfield]

Which team plays out of Pusan?

[metsmarathon]

damnit, how can i root for the Wiz if they're not in the opening round of game airings?



what are you trying to hide, espn!

[Benjamin Grimm]

There's no point in watching that team's games, because the outcome is already known. Nobody Beats the Wiz.

[G-Fafif]

I rooted for an opposite-field single that drove in two runs and a sharp double play in the same half-inning this morning, so I guess my team is well-played baseball.

[LWFS]

Which team plays out of Pusan?

Lotte Giants.



[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/s2OzDPqo-nUhttps://youtu.be/s2OzDPqo-nU[/YOUTUBE]

[LWFS]

I rooted for an opposite-field single that drove in two runs and a sharp double play in the same half-inning this morning, so I guess my team is well-played baseball.

NC DINOS 4 LYYYYYYF (c. 5/4/2020)



[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/9XEnTxlBuGohttps://youtu.be/9XEnTxlBuGo[/YOUTUBE]

[G-Fafif]

Hard to discern who's the “lousy scab” in a matchup between Doosan Bears and LG Twins.

[LWFS]

ONE OF THE TWO, OBVIOUSLY

[G-Fafif]

https://youtu.be/dsoEf8Yqe3Ihttps://youtu.be/dsoEf8Yqe3I

[Fman99]

=metsmarathon post_id=36467 time=1588781994 user_id=83]
damnit, how can i root for the Wiz if they're not in the opening round of game airings?



what are you trying to hide, espn!

[Fman99]

What's nice is my cable provider (YouTube TV) now gave me the option to record all KBO games. So they should start piling up on my DVR at least.

[kcmets]

I tried but I quickly lost interest in trying to watch KBO baseball on ESPN2.

Even on DVR so I didn't have to endure commercials, I found it tedious. It's not

KBO's fault, I'd probably feel the same trying to watch a DVR of Mariners at D'backs.