10/28 Korean Baseball

Talk about the popularity of baseball in Korea.

It seems that many more people are into baseball in Korean these days. Especially with the post-season going on, the popularity of baseball is at its peak. Ticket sales for pro-baseball hit a record high at 7.1 million in 2012. In the following years, attendance hit 6.4 million and 6.5 million in 2013 and in 2014 respectively. There are currently ten professional baseball teams in Korea. A new team called KT Wiz joined the league recently. With the addition of a new team, attendance is expected to go even higher than that of previous years. In facts, many games were completely sold-out throughout the season.

* attendance 관중 수

* respectively 각각

* sold-out 매진된

@ Speaking Tips: be into ~에 빠져 있다

전치사 into는 무엇인가에 몰두하거나 빠져 있다는 의미를 나타내는 말을 할 때 흔히 사용된다.

ex> I am into hip-hop music these days. (나는 요즘 힙합 음악에 빠져 있어.)

@ The playoffs are best of five.  플레이오프는 5전 3선승제야.