Category Archives: South Korea

Scoring in K-League Baseball

The 2-3 count with RISP is one of the highest leverage situations in baseball.
The 2-3 count with RISP is one of the highest leverage situations in baseball.

Today I figured out how to use my television, and spent some of this afternoon watching K-League baseball. Turns out they keep score differently than we do in the States: strikes come before balls.

I’d like to know (a) how this came to be and (b) if the position players are also numbered differently.

Weekend Visit to Nami Island (남이섬), Korea

This weekend my work took an overnight trip to Nami Island (남이섬, or Nami-sum), an island in the Han River about 1.5 hours northeast of Seoul.

Nami Island is at point "G", Seoul is point "B", and god only knows what's at "B".
Nami Island is at point “G”, Seoul is point “B”, and “E” shows that I don’t use Google Maps with much facility.

The drive from Seoul to Nami-sum was beautful. Our van’s GPS took us on the scenic route (or: we got lost) though a bunch of small towns and villages.Continue reading “Weekend Visit to Nami Island (남이섬), Korea”