by Mark Kozlevcar 

On June 4,2026, I was at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, watching The NC Dinos play the Lions on a Thursday evening. I was in the midst of a Korean Baseball trip, seeing all ten KBO teams play in all nine KBO stadiums. I was sitting in very good seats. These seats included tables in front of them for food, drinks, and keeping score. As always when I am in Korea, I was wearing one of my Los Angeles Dodgers Korean Heritage jerseys, and I was keeping score of the game

T. I. Won, one of KBO’s premier pitchers, and soon to be free agent, was toeing the rubber for the Samsung Lions. Dinos fans thought that I might have been there to scout shortstop J. W. Kim. Like most games nowadays, the game was being televised. Between pitches, I was incorrectly identified as a possible “Dodger Scout.” 

The text reads “Won Tae -in observing LA Dodgers scout?”

Here is a link into the Instagram post and the youtube post from the TV coverage showing me keeping score: 

https://tinyurl.com/FakeScout1

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Pfsrr9JWsc4

While not very many people keep score during games anywhere anymore, it seemed to me, that there were even fewer people than usual, especially Koreans, that keep score. My keeping score apparently attracted the attention of the KBO Broadcast (SBS Sports) TV directors, and thus the speculation began. 

The blogosphere latched on to the story and speculation abounded on the internet about who I was, and whether I was there to “kidnap” the Lions’ Won or the Dinos’ Kim for the Dodgers.

As it is for most things, the truth did come out, and a nation of KBO fans can now sleep more soundly in the knowledge that I was exhibiting, as the article cited below states, “the passion of a fan who loves baseball too much”; and that I was not there to kidnap anyone on behalf of the Dodgers.

A few days later, I attended a Korean High School vs. College All Star Game that did have Dodger Scouts in attendance. After the game I sneaked down to the Dodgers table for the picture shown below.

When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.