They are (as far as I can tell) the only two men who have played for the Twins in America and in Korea. Both players spent time with the LG Twins, the Minnesota Twins’ overseas, um, twins.

The LG Twins play their games at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, South Korea. As far as I can tell, they have no affiliation with the Minnesota Twins aside from the name. LG is one of the core franchises of the Korean Professional Baseball League. Founded in 1982 as the MBC Blue Dragons, they became the Twins in 1990. In Korea, as in Japan, it is customary for teams to be sponsored by and named after companies, and the LG Twins are named after Korean electronics giant LG (short for “Lucky Goldstar“). (more…)