I finished watching the "Full Count" TV series on Hulu this past week. "Full Count" was a 10-part Korean produced documentary on the 2022 KBO season. It was an interesting show and I learned a lot about the teams and players in KBO.
One thing that was both good and bad about the series is they didn't take any time to provide any context about anything. For example, they showed a scene early in the series where someone says something to Lee Jung-hoo about his father but they never explained who his father was or why Lee's nickname was "Grandson Of The Wind". So sometimes you're watching and you're like, "wait, should I know who this guy is?" or "what did that mean?" It didn't interfere with me enjoying the show though.
I was amused about how the show ended. The last couple minutes dealt with some of the post-season changes that happened within a week or so of SSG winning the 2022 Korean Series. The final image was of introduction of the new manager of the Doosan Bears:
I'm pretty sure that Lee's name was never mentioned during the series so if you didn't know anything about Korean baseball, you might be scratching your head at why the show ended with him taking over Doosan. Lee, of course, is probably the biggest name in KBO history. He was a superstar with the Samsung Lions as well as an NBP start in his eight seasons with the Marines, Giants and Buffaloes. Hit hit a combined 646 home runs between the two leagues and holds the single season KBO record for home runs with 56 in 2003. It would be a little like having a TV series on the 1937 MLB season and finishing it up by announcing that Babe Ruth was going to coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1938. Even though you might have never heard Ruth's name during the TV series, the assumption would be that you still knew who he was.
Here's a card of Lee from his time with the Chiba Lotte Marines. It was given away with Sports Card Magazine #45 in May of 2004:
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| 2004 SCM #37 |
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