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Posted By: warshawlaw

You want baseball (and baseball card collecting) to expand and prosper? Bringing in untapped fan bases is critical. LA has a huge Korean population. I was in Dodger Stadium when the first waves of Korean players came into the league and Koreatown turned out in force for every Chan Ho Park start. Routine games were selling out. Guys who could barely speak English and who obviously did not understand the game were riveted to their seats, cameras in hand, for every move Park made. Choi has done wonders for marketing the game among the Korean community too this year. OK, Dodgers are a bad example this year but you know what I mean. These folks come for their countrymen but more and more stay for the fun as they get into the game. It's always been that way for immigrant communities and baseball: first comes the ethnic pride then the true fan base develops.