Kia’s Kim Do-young has emerged as a superstar in name and reality this season. Fans call him “Our Doyoung.” KIA pre-sold the uniforms commemorating Kim Do-young’s true record of 10 homers-10 steals and the second natural cycling hit this year, and the number of daily access reached nearly 2 million. On the first day alone, 50,000 copies of the uniform costing 139,000 won (179 million U.S. dollars) were sold. The sales of other Kim Do-young’s uniforms are also record-high. They account for 45 percent of Kia’s total uniform sales. The baseball community said that if there are two to three more players like Kim Do-young, the popularity of professional baseball teams will burn down. It is also a new culture to send “coffee tea” to baseball clubs often for players that baseball fans like. The trend among idols and famous actors has become a common sight in baseball stadiums now. To Samsung’s young stars such as Kim Ji-chan, Kim Hyun-joon and Lee Jae-hyun who were born in the 2000s, fans sent 21 coffee cars through September.안전놀이터
Moon Dong-joo (21), the “Prince of Daejeon” who became the Rookie of the Year in 17 years since Ryu Hyun-jin last year, made a package of uniforms, commemorative balls, medals, rings, and photo cards as a commemorative product for last year’s Rookie of the Year, and made more than 200 million won in sales on the first day of pre-order. It is rumored that more female fans have taken pictures from a long distance with a large “captain” camera to take pictures of their favorite players, and more companies are asking professional baseball players if they can make related products.