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One of my favorite things about baseball is the atmosphere outside the stadium before the first pitch.

So I brought along a little rover (I called it Irra) to see if it could add to the fun.

I filled it with candy and cheering lights, and drove it outside LG Twins baseball game in Seoul. I honestly didn't expect so many people to notice. Seeing complete strangers smile, laugh, and interact with it before the game made the whole project worth it.

Here's a short video of it. If your college baseball stadium had one of these driving around before the game, would you say hi?

First up, what is r/fakebaseball a.k.a MLR?

It’s essentially a number guessing game - the pitcher submits a number between 1 & 1000 in secret and the hitter tries to guess a number as close as possible to the pitcher. The result of each At Bat is entirely dependent on the difference between the pitcher’s number and the hitter’s number and we add in a little extra flavour by allowing players to choose ‘builds’ that can change the outcome slightly. The numbers ‘wraparound’ - a pitch of 1 and a swing of 1000 will lead to a difference of 1. Games are played out over a 10 day period and our season runs for 16 regular games and 4 rounds of playoffs before the Paper Cup
Champion is named. Each season lasts approx. 9 months.

But it isn’t just guesswork…

Our community of 700+ people is headed into its 13th season and we’ve got people from all over the world and from all walks of life.

So what’s next?

Firstly, the subreddit r/fakebaseball is where our games are played, feel free to browse through the threads and get a handle on the format. We’ve got a pretty nifty bot that handles most of the legwork. We're currently in the last session of Season 12 before the playoffs, which also includes a Summer Sadness tournament for those teams that didn't make the playoffs.

Most of the community can be found in our discord servers: we have one for Fake College Baseball which is where you’ll be headed for now, and we have one for Major League Redditball which you’ll gain access to a little further down the line. Each team also has their own 'Clubhouse' server so you can vibe with your teammates in private.

If you're ready to get going, go ahead and click on the link below and get your college ball career started!

https://discord.gg/Xz4gtHNaf

(Fake Brewers just clinched their playoff birth and are getting ready for playoffs!)

(This was posted with r/Brewers mods permission)

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Hitters

• KIA Tigers Kim Do-yeong (김도영)
• LG Twins Austin Dean (오스틴)
• NC Dinos Park Min-woo (박민우)

Pitchers

• Doosan Bears Choi Min-seok (최민석)
• Hanwha Eagles Ryu Hyun-jin (류현진)
• LG Twins Son Ju-young (손주영)
• KIA Tigers Adam Oller (올러)

Hey guys, I was wondering if someone here could help me with this.

I live in Germany and recently found this older new Era lotte giants Cap on a flea market. I didn't know the team, but it looked cool.

After finding out about the team it belongs to, I'm wondering how this got to Germany. Because I can't find any listing online that's outside of Korea.

Does someone know of the caps' origin? Chatgpt dates it to around 2008 to 2013 because of the design and the patent inside. Maybe someone here knows anything else

Found this at a local thrift shop in texas any idea on this player and worth thank you 🫡

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Dream Team

Position	Player	Team
SP	Kim Keon-woo (김건우)	SSG Landers
SP	Jang Chan-hee (장찬희)	Samsung Lions
RP	Son Dong-hyun (손동현)	KT Wiz
RP	Jeon Yong-ju (전용주)	KT Wiz
SP	Kim Jin-uk (김진욱)	Lotte Giants
SP	Park Jeong-min (박정민)	Lotte Giants
RP	Hyeon Do-hoon (현도훈)	Lotte Giants
C	Cho Hyeong-woo (조형우)	SSG Landers
C	Kim Do-hwan (김도환)	Samsung Lions
IF	Jeong Jun-jae (정준재)	SSG Landers
IF	Heo Kyoung-min (허경민)	KT Wiz
OF	Oh Tae-gon (오태곤)	SSG Landers
OF	Hwang Seong-bin (황성빈)	Lotte Giants

Nanum Team

Position	Player	Team
RP	Woo Kang-hoon (우강훈)	LG Twins
SP	Ryu Hyun-jin (류현진)	Hanwha Eagles
RP	Ryu Jin-wook (류진욱)	NC Dinos
CP	Chun Sa-min (전사민)	NC Dinos
SP	Park Jun-hyun (박준현)	Kiwoom Heroes
SP	An Woo-jin (안우진)	Kiwoom Heroes
CP	Kanakubo Yuto (유토)	Kiwoom Heroes
C	Han Jun-su (한준수)	KIA Tigers
C	Kim Gun-hee (김건희)	Kiwoom Heroes
IF	Gu Bon-hyeok (구본혁)	LG Twins
IF	Lee Do-yun (이도윤)	Hanwha Eagles
OF	Moon Sung-ju (문성주)	LG Twins
OF	Song Chan-eui (송찬의)	LG Twins

2026 Shinhan SOL KBO All-Star Game is on July 11, 2026.

Source: NC Dinos

Dream Team

Position	Player	Team
SP	Gwak Been (곽빈)	Doosan Bears
RP	Lee Seung-min (이승민)	Samsung Lions
CP	Lee Young-ha (이영하)	Doosan Bears
C	Yang Eui-ji (양의지)	Doosan Bears
1B	Lewin Díaz (디아즈)	Samsung Lions
2B	Park Jun-soon (박준순)	Doosan Bears
3B	Choi Jeong (최정)	SSG Landers
SS	Park Chan-ho (박찬호)	Doosan Bears
OF	Koo Ja-wook (구자욱)	Samsung Lions
OF	Jung Soo-bin (정수빈)	Doosan Bears
OF	Choi Won-jun (최원준)	KT Wiz
DH	Choi Hyoung-woo (최형우)	Samsung Lions

Nanum Team

Position	Player	Team
SP	Adam Oller (올러)	KIA Tigers
RP	Jung Hai-young (정해영)	KIA Tigers
CP	Sung Yeong-tak (성영탁)	KIA Tigers
C	Heo In-seo (허인서)	Hanwha Eagles
1B	Austin Dean (오스틴)	LG Twins
2B	Park Min-woo (박민우)	NC Dinos
3B	Kim Do-yeong (김도영)	KIA Tigers
SS	Kim Ju-won (김주원)	NC Dinos
OF	Park Hae-min (박해민)	LG Twins
OF	Park Jae-hyun (박재현)	KIA Tigers
OF	Moon Hyun-bin (문현빈)	Hanwha Eagles
DH	Kang Baek-ho (강백호)	Hanwha Eagles

Teams with no representation in the Best 12 are Kiwoom Heroes and Lotte Giants.

KBO All-Star Game is scheduled for 7/11/26 at Jamsil.

Source: KBO

Teams participating:

• 가평 웨일스 (Gapyeong Whales)
• 고양 PIC 독립야구단 (Goyang PIC)
• 성남 맥파이스 (SEONGNAM Magpies)
• 수원 파인 이그스 (Suwon Pineegs)
• 안산 웨이브스 (ANSAN WAVES)
• 연천 미라클 (YEONCHEON Miracle)
• 포천 몬스터 (POCHEON MONSTER)
• 화성 코리요 (Hwaseong Koriyo)

The tournament will be held from 6/26 to 6/29 at the Hoengseong KBO Baseball Center in Gangwon-do.

The matches will be broadcasted on SPOTV. The semifinal and final will be available to watch on the KBO YouTube Channel.

Prize money available for the tournament is 43 million KRW. The winning team will receive a trophy and 20 million KRW (12,913.32 USD) in baseball supplies. The runner up will receive a trophy and 10 million KRW (6,456.66 USD) of baseball supplies. The joint third place teams will receive 5 million KRW (3,228.33 USD) in baseball supplies each.

Individual awards will be awarded for the MVP of the tournament who will receive 1 million KRW (645.67 USD) in baseball supplies. Outstanding pitcher, batter, coach and fighting spirit award will receive 500,000 KRW (322.74 USD) in baseball supplies.