haha thank you!

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good point! I'm Korean, btw. :D

Honestly if prices are too expensive the average person won't go, but again I think there will be a lot of people from Japan making the trip over. A lot of people come to Korea to watch Kpop concerts. I can see a lot of people making the trip from Japan if they know they can secure tickets. If anything I could see travel agencies putting together packages and stuff like that. But yeah I could see how it might not be a priority for Koreans if prices are even more than the failed exhibition games.

@@baseballnow1 My comment wasn't related to the pricing, but rather the fact that many Korean people absolutely hate Japanese people.

That's a good question. I've gotta think Ohtani since Kim already played in Korea for 7 years. This will be Korea's first look at Ohtani. While Ohtani is amazing to see, he has killed Korea in International competition. There will definitely be people who hate him while respecting him. Kim will be loved but obviously not as highly regarded.

@@baseballnow1 Yeah I was thinking the same thing I'm sure there's lots of people in Korea who both love and hate Ohtani. I'm a Giants fan so I hope the Padres win and Kim can enjoy that in front of his "hometown" crowd. I'm also excited to see what Jung Hoo Lee can do with us!

I never seen a Japanese player as popular in Korea as ohtani. Sentiments in Korea has been changing especially last 10 years. I recall the first WBC in 2006, there was no love lost among Koreans towards Japanese baseball. Ichiro had some nasty words about Korea (he claimed Korea would not be able to compete with Japan for 30 years then was triggered losing the game to Korea. And said the country smelled like fish). Korean hatred and distrust for their former colonial masters ran deep for generations, Korean players planted their flags on the pitchers mound after the game. Japanese pressed called it shameful act. But it seems there is no many in Korea that haven’t heard of ohtani. And there is much more respect for each others baseball now. And soccer for that matter, both countries has been dominating both sports in Asia for years which are the two most viewed sports in the countries. Might be hard to believe but South Korea had a ban on Japanese media until the early 2000s. The dodgers is perhaps the most famous MLB team in Korea. Chan ho park, was the first Korean to play in the MLB and in the mid 90s he was perhaps the biggest superstar from Korea. Not just athlete but the biggest celebrity of that era. So the dodgers coming to Korea is a great move.

precisely why Ohtani saved this event. If Ohtani didn't sign with the Dodgers, Japanese people wouldn't have been interested either. The whole thing would've flopped!

korean ohtani fans will definitely pay that much. It is much cheaper to get that ticket than to fly to LA

I love baseball and am thrilled the games will be played in Korea. I am also realistic in Korea's ability to host the games properly. If Ohtani weren't on the Dodgers this would've been a disaster. They already cancelled a previous series that included Ha Seong Kim because of a lack of ticket sales. If tickets are cheap enough people would go, but if tickets are too cheap the event would lose money compared to what the games would've earned in LA and SD respectively. The once in a lifetime chance to see Ohtani is the only reason people will pay what they can't afford to watch this series. Again, I am not speaking for myself, but the Korean baseball public in general.