While American fans get ready for the 111th season of pro baseball, fans in South Korea eagerly await the start of No. 1, their very first season. In the Land of the Morning Calm, baseball is called yagoo, and since missionaries brought the game, nearly 70 years ago, it has become an avidly followed amateur sport. Playoffs among the country's 52 high school teams are so popular that they are televised during hours of low electrical demand so that the games will not cause brownouts. But somehow no one ever put together a pro league until this year. It will begin...
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