10/29 Going to Baseball Games

Talk about when you went to a baseball game.

I am a pretty big fan of baseball. I go to baseball games whenever I have the chance. The last time I went was a few weeks ago. It was a big game between two big rival teams: the Doosan Bears and the LG Twins. Both teams represent Seoul and have a long rivalry going on. As always, the game got heated up. There were cheerleaders on each team who led the cheering. The fans of both teams used stick balloons to root for their teams. The Bears led the game up until the 8th inning, but the Twins turned the game around in the last inning and won 7 to 5. It was one of the most exciting games I’ve watched in my life.

* root for one’s team ~의 팀을 응원하다

* turn the game around 경기를 역전시키다

ex> We scored a goal in the second half, but it was not enough to turn the game around.

  

@ Speaking Tips: turn the game around

경기를 역전시키다

경기에서 지던 팀이 전세를 역전시킨다는 의미로 turn the game around라는 표현을 쓴다.

ex> We turned the game around several times during the match.

@ It ain’t over till it’s over.  끝날 때까지는 완전히 끝난 게 아니야.

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.