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    Photothread: a trip to the NY Yankees...

    ...nearly, well not at all.

    But, my first baseball match experience, so O took lots of photos and a video.

    I was out on a long walk around town and found myself close to the baseball stadium, saw some people walking to the stadium, so bought a shirt ($45) and a ticket ($12) and headed into the stadium...

    Hanwa Eagles are famous for: 1) being shite; 2) having the best crowd in Korea. Today they were playing the second placed team in the leauge while Hanwa Eagles are second from bottom.

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    Not linked to the baseball, but this hotel was on the way, looked like an interesting place...

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    The stadium is nice, maybe a 25,000 seater? Not too big, but modern, comfortable, well designed, great views and lots of toilets, food, beer, etc. I'd say it compares well with a small Premier League football stadium. I'm an Ipswich Town supporter, and this stadium is much nicer than Portman Road.

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    Cycling should be banned!!!

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    makes me all misty eyed for a Simpsons episode - nice one Betts

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    Into the seating area:

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    &, found my seat.

    Actually, it wasn't my seat, so a fella moved me on, very politely; I was in 118 B5, but should have been in 119 B5.

    I noticed lots of people wearing/carrying macs, but the sky was clear and my weather app said no rain this evening, so I was not worried. BTW, the match started at 6pm, and I got in just after kickoff. The match ended after 9pm - of course I stayed to the end!

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    Being in Korea, I thought I'd get meself some fried chicken, and it tasted great.

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    Hanwa are famous for their dancing girls that get the crowd going. They were a bit off to the side, but I got a few shots as I thought you lot may be interested:

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    Every player has his own song, so the crowd do a lot of chanting - especially when Hanwa are batting.

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    It was a family crowd, mixed crowd, everyone was having fun, lots of food and beer, lots of couples, lots of children, lots of old fellas into their baseball and lots of old fellas into their dancing ladies...

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    A couple of innings in, it became clear that Hanwa were terrible, being badly out-played, but the crowd were having fun, and it was more fun looking at the entertainment than the shameful effort by Hanwa Eagles on the pitch. The other team looked decent.

    Hang on, what's this fella doing with the hose and why do folks in the crowd have big water guns???



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    Several things: where is your beer, is that your gay finger and can't you afford KFC like Ray.

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    Now, it went like this:

    When Hanwa batted, the dancing girls came out and the crowd started singing and dancing.

    When the other team batted, there was no encouragement from the stadium, only some singing from the away fans section - they were a small but vocal group, winning by a large margin and happy...

    The good news was, the dancing girl shots were still on the big screen a lot of the time when Hanwa were not batting:



    A nice big scoreboard and screen in front of me:






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    Quote Originally Posted by NamPikToot View Post
    Several things: where is your beer, is that your gay finger and can't you afford KFC like Ray.
    Korean chicken is much better than KFC.

    I did have 3 beer, next time I'll go with a couple of friends and drink more... This was an unexpected trip, I was just around that area by luck and decided to go in and watch a game.

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    At this point, the party started...

    Even the Hanwa Eagles themselves came out to play. &, I realized why many folks had raincoats...












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    Here's a one-minute video of the crowd/atmosphere:


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    So the fire brigade came in to put out a bbq or they forgot its not summer and fuk'd up the wet t-shirt thing

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    Summer twilight fun!

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    & the evening went on for three hours...

    Here are the opposition fans:



    & the scoreboard after 4 innings each - Hanwa are the second row down...



    But, the crowd kept singing which is what the Hanwa crowd is famous for. It wasn't a big crowd tonight, maybe two thirds or a bit more full.











    I was enjoying myself, what with all the watery fun:


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    One guy must've really wanted a free season ticket:



    I went for a little walk around the stadium and took a couple more photos:



    The score wasn't getting any better...


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    Cheeseburger and beer time... Tasted good.

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    The score kept going in the same direction...

    ...but, the dancing girls kept dancing:

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    ...until the very end:

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    The home team were dire and got slaughtered.

    But, it was good fun, so I've planned to go back with a couple of mates next weekend - 6pm to 9pm twilight summer games seem about perfect.

    &, maybe next week I'll get a ticket closer to the dancing girls.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo View Post
    Cheeseburger and beer time... Tasted good.

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    There was a hotdog stand, I'll get one of those next week...

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    Betts - great little thread - txn for posting

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    Is this how baseball is in the US?

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    No, it's more like this. Pretty boring.

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    No dancing girls but when the Cubs play there are lots of hosers.




    Nice review btw. Looks like a blast.

    I'm not surprised it caught on in S.E. Asia, they have been having their balls grabbed and spat upon for as long as I can remember.

    Hey, what the hell happened last night? Sorry, Yank humor, I know, back to the pill box... I mean dugout.

    We are not all sports nutz, trust me. I couldn't get a green to save the gold in me. Just ask Vince.
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    Mate, great stuff ... was wondering why we didn't see you in the Ashes thread

    I can't see the pics in posts 07, 09, 13 and 14

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    Looks like a fun night out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    Mate, great stuff ... was wondering why we didn't see you in the Ashes thread

    I can't see the pics in posts 07, 09, 13 and 14

    ??? They are ok for me on my desktop and Android mobile phone...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo View Post
    I noticed lots of people wearing/carrying macs, but the sky was clear and my weather app said no rain this evening
    And later in the evening you realised why .....

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    Hang on, what's this fella doing with the hose and why do folks in the crowd have big water guns???


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