It was a nice surprise to see that the Korean Baseball Organization is having their spring training in Arizona this year! The Nexen Heroes and Kia Tigers are in Surprise and the rest of the teams are in Peoria and Tucson. Sammy and Ava and I checked it out and it was a lot of fun. The Korean players were very nice. They are very vocal when they practice, chanting and cheering on each other. BK Kim, a former Diamondback plays for the Heroes and Sammy got a pic with him.
Later in the day we went over to the Kia Tigers side. They say the Tigers are the Yankees of the Korean League. We hung out with a few fans and some of the Korean media. They had fun talking with the kids and we enjoyed each others company. Sammy had his picture taken with Suk-Min Yoon, later that day we found out he was the MVP of the League for 2011 and is expected to play in the MLB in the next year or so!
