Lotte Giants

It was the Lotte Giants vs. the Samsung Lions. The game started at 5pm. Jayson and I didn’t have tickets, but we decided to buy some there. Actually, there were some nice young chaps selling on the street on the way there. How nice of them, not. We were suckers and bought tickets for $13. Wow, these tickets were in the front section. So, we found our seats, which is mighty difficulty because there are 10 B sections, you just have to find the correct number. So, we did and about 10 minutes later here comes a guy with the same ticket as mine, huh that’s weird. So, we move to another empty seat. I was scared to be kicked out. Jayson thinks it’s funny has no problem moving from seat to seat as people arrive late to the game. I am so embarrassed. I needed a beer, but I couldn’t because we just got Lasek and couldn’t drink for a month.

Finally we landed in some seats that were open and it was half way into the game and we figured nobody would come to the game this late. Once I could finally relax, I had a great time. We sat next to a guy who spoke English and he walked us through the game. He taught us that one of the Lotte Giants players holds the most homerun record. There was also an American and a Mexican on the team. The Mexican’s name was Garcia and the Korean fans loved him and they would chant songs to his name Korean style “Gar a see ya!”

Lotte Giants fans are compared to Red Sox fans because of their loyalty and team spirit. Boy did these fans have spirit. There was a song/cheer for everything. They even had a stage with 5 cheerleaders, a mascot and an announcer. It was a performance. We did the wave, there were people roaming the aisles selling hot dogs, ice cream and kimbab. No popcorn, peanuts or red vines though. We did find a “New York” hot dog stand and enjoyed 2 hot dogs for 5 bucks. You could also stop buy the market around the corner and bring in as much snacks and beer as you wanted.

Near the end of the game they pass out orange trash bags so everyone can help clean up. Well, the fans use these bags to show their spirit. Everybody blows air into the bag and ties the bag on top of their head. I heard about this and couldn’t wait to join the fun. It was fun, but I couldn’t see around the people. Oh well.

The game went into extra innings, but the Lotte Giants won. I am happy we found some seats. Even though Jayson still thinks to this day we read the ticket wrong, I will never buy a ticket off the street again.