Almost Back to School

Flying back to the 'Herst in a couple of days so I'm pretty excited. I've pretty much decided to start saving up for a Hanshin Tigers cap for once I go back to Japan in the spring. I'm also hoping that post graduation will bring a move to San Francisco or somewhere else in The Bay, which in turn will mean I'll just have to pick up a Giants cap (what can you do eh?).

Spent a large part of the day lazing around and looking through various uniforms from the Korean and Taiwanese baseball leagues and came across the fact that New Era is now producing fitteds for the Korean Baseball Organization. Very Cool. Sadly, none of the hats are particularly...how should I say this...endearing?

*Note: Korean teams, as their counterparts in Japan and Taiwan, tend to be named for their sponsor company rather than the city they represent.

LG Twins

(This is probably my favorite out of all of the KBO caps and it's starting to grow on me a little. I'm actually thinking about seeing if I can find one somewhere... [They're based in Seoul]).

KIA Tigers

Doosan Bears

Lotte Giants

Samsung Lions

Hanwha Eagles
SK Wyverns

Woori Heroes

(I remember the last time I was in Korea, someone was nice enough to take me to a baseball game (If I remember correctly it was a match between the LG Twins and the Hyundai Unicorns [Now the Woori Heroes] and I just remember being tickled to death that anyone would name their team the "Unicorns". I was consequently dissapointed at the lack of utterly hilarious merchandise and now I guess the opportunity has since passed as they've changed their name.)

Goodbye Unicorns :[

Also found this picture of an old Samsung Lions uniform floating around the internet...I have to say that I'm quite fond of it.

All in all, the summer's been quite kind to me. Home, DC, Tokyo, San Francisco...I'd say I had a pretty satisfying run.