Why PyeongChang?

Why? Because JangHwan Bae and his brother SungHwan Bae say so, that’s why. The two brothers (in blue) were in Arlington recently as part of the 2014 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games Bid Committee. As you can tell by the photo, the Bae brothers are pretty shy and afraid of cameras. I don’t know much about PyeongChang but according to their pamphlet it is located in the Gangwon Province, the only divided region in the world, and its citizens aspire to remove the barbed wire separating the two Koreas. 

The Bae brothers spent this afternoon interviewing Tampa Bay pitchers Jae Kuk Ryu and Jae Seo (from Korea), and laughing the entire time. I have no idea what they were saying, but it looked like they were having a blast. 2014? Wow. Good to see some people plan/look ahead. Me? Who knows where I’ll be in 2014. Maybe Korea. My Korean friends tell me there was a time when Texas sports writers were a pretty big deal over there because the Rangers were a popular team once upon a time. Thanks Chan Ho.