New O's signing of 17 year old Korean pitcher

excel_B · Jan 31, 2012

A couple of hours ago, the O's / Duquette signed a 17 year old Korean to a $550,000 (after taxes) contract...

http://www.masnsports.com/masn_news_inf ... tract.html

Then this... ::facepalm::

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culture ... 0315F.HTML

Bring it on, Koreans (KBO - Korean Baseball Organization)!!!

cmnkb8 · Jan 31, 2012

I remember Jung Bong...being on the same card as Brandon Puffer!

ballerskrip · Jan 31, 2012

17 and a sophmore in high school?

I was 17 and Freshman in COLLEGE!

TBTwinsFan · Jan 31, 2012

It's weird... I just watched a few clips of MTV's "When I Was 17."

I am 17 and have no athletic talent at all.

daveyou · Jan 31, 2012

ballerskrip said:
17 and a sophmore in high school?

I was 17 and Freshman in COLLEGE!

:lol:

skrip, two things

in korea, sophomore is 11th grade

age 17 in korea = age 16 in usa. still have no clue how or why it's that way. i tend to age a year whenever i go back to korea to visit :?:

dave

Titans74 · Jan 31, 2012

If it's reported he's 17, he's really 21. If he were from the Domican Republic he'd be 23. Venezuela, he'd be 26.

dano7 · Jan 31, 2012

Titans74 said:
If it's reported he's 17, he's really 21. If he were from the Domican Republic he'd be 23. Venezuela, he'd be 26.

Little League World Series he'd be 12

DANNY

TBTwinsFan · Jan 31, 2012

daveyou said:
ballerskrip said:

17 and a sophmore in high school?

I was 17 and Freshman in COLLEGE!

Click to expand...

:lol:

skrip, two things

in korea, sophomore is 11th grade

age 17 in korea = age 16 in usa. still have no clue how or why it's that way. i tend to age a year whenever i go back to korea to visit :?:

dave

If I am correct, many Asian countries consider the time spent in the mom as life.

Or to put it another way, when you are born, you are already 9 months old.

George_Calfas · Jan 31, 2012

TBTwinsFan said:
daveyou said:

ballerskrip said:

17 and a sophmore in high school?

I was 17 and Freshman in COLLEGE!

Click to expand...

:lol:

skrip, two things

in korea, sophomore is 11th grade

age 17 in korea = age 16 in usa. still have no clue how or why it's that way. i tend to age a year whenever i go back to korea to visit :?:

dave

Click to expand...

If I am correct, many Asian countries consider the time spent in the mom as life.

Or to put it another way, when you are born, you are already 9 months old.

You are born on your 1st Birthday and thus 2 years old when an American would celebrate their 1st B-Day.

DaveH · Jan 31, 2012

George_Calfas said:
TBTwinsFan said:

daveyou said:

ballerskrip said:

17 and a sophmore in high school?

I was 17 and Freshman in COLLEGE!

Click to expand...

:lol:

skrip, two things

in korea, sophomore is 11th grade

age 17 in korea = age 16 in usa. still have no clue how or why it's that way. i tend to age a year whenever i go back to korea to visit :?:

dave

Click to expand...

whoa, thats interesting. is that only in korea?

If I am correct, many Asian countries consider the time spent in the mom as life.

Or to put it another way, when you are born, you are already 9 months old.

Click to expand...

You are born on your 1st Birthday and thus 2 years old when an American would celebrate their 1st B-Day.

TBTwinsFan · Jan 31, 2012

George_Calfas said:
TBTwinsFan said:

daveyou said:

ballerskrip said:

17 and a sophmore in high school?

I was 17 and Freshman in COLLEGE!

Click to expand...

:lol:

skrip, two things

in korea, sophomore is 11th grade

age 17 in korea = age 16 in usa. still have no clue how or why it's that way. i tend to age a year whenever i go back to korea to visit :?:

dave

Click to expand...

If I am correct, many Asian countries consider the time spent in the mom as life.

Or to put it another way, when you are born, you are already 9 months old.

Click to expand...

You are born on your 1st Birthday and thus 2 years old when an American would celebrate their 1st B-Day.

That's what I meant to say...

I don't remember when I learned that but I thought it was crazy.

Hallsgator · Jan 31, 2012

Is this the kid that throws 80-83 with no feel for a breaking ball? Nice signing.

miguelcabrera · Jan 31, 2012

another dice k?

justinmandawg · Jan 31, 2012

ballerskrip said:
17 and a sophmore in high school?

I was 17 and Freshman in COLLEGE!

I was a senior in HS. We had a few that were 17 when they went to college. I can't imagine. Remember in Korea they go to high school for 15 years.

matfanofold · Jan 31, 2012

miguelcabrera said:
another dice k?

If only!

Imagine a 17 year old dice k nurtured and brought up through our system?

ballerskrip · Jan 31, 2012

justinmandawg said:
ballerskrip said:

17 and a sophmore in high school?

I was 17 and Freshman in COLLEGE!

Click to expand...

I was a senior in HS. We had a few that were 17 when they went to college. I can't imagine. Remember in Korea they go to high school for 15 years.

Part of me really wished I would have been held back, could have easily been 19 as a freshman in college. I gained 40 pounds in my freshman and sophmore years in college (muscle). Boy, I wish I would have had those years in high school dominating kids my age, or actually younger. Instead of always competing against older dudes....well anyways

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