Never thought of the Korean angle Rick and you're probably right, I'm not sure about the first all-star appearance , but he is a huge hero in his own country etc, but I just keep going back to the pitch itself, looked like a melon and right in the wheelhouse too, Park seems to keep the ball down all night when he's lumping up my Giants.

And speaking of Branca ( Steve, Branca's the guy who gave up the famous homer to Bobby Thompson back in '51, with a young Willie Mays waiting on deck, that clinched the pennant for the Giants in the biggest comeback ever in baseball), there's a big todo on now about the Giants stealing signs and how Thompson knew what pitch was coming. Really? Something new here? He still had to hit the ball under the pressure of going home for the winter or going to the World Series. And as long as people have been competing in anything, there has been cheating, only they call it, "looking for an edge".

Clifton