Doug Mathis heads to Korea.

by DemianBlue on Jul 14, 2011 11:37 AM CDT

Hello, I'm baseball fan in Seoul, South Korea.

I wrote the post http://www.lonestarball.com/2011/1/12/1930386/dustin-nippert-will-play-korean-league

last Jan.

Nippert won 8, lost 4. 96 IP 72 Hits, 4 HR. ERA 2.44 , WHIP 1.13

Righty Doug Mathis is headed for Korea to play with the Samsung Lions.

Nippert is a member of Doosan Bears, Seoul

Mathis will join Samsung Lions in Daegu.

He'll receive 0.22M.

Ryan Garko released from the Lions to make room.

Ryan Garko

2011 stats.

58 games, 189AB 21 R, 46 Hits, 1 HR , 34 K, 22 BB, 12 GIDP

.243/.332/.302 OPS .633

He sent minor league and bruised left middle finger on June 17th.

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Thanks for the update!

I’d say it’s about time for Ryan Garko to hang it up.

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by jam0152 on Jul 14, 2011 11:47 AM CDT reply actions

Garko sucks

by TheHuntforRedOctober on Jul 14, 2011 11:52 AM CDT reply actions

Though it wasn’t that long ago a lot of people on this site wanted to trade for him (including me). Then we got him without having to give up anything, and he sucked. Be careful what you wish for. Or something.

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by egriffey on Jul 14, 2011 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions

This is hilarious.

Living up to the nickname, I guess.

by naropean on Jul 14, 2011 11:53 AM CDT reply actions

$220,000 is better than $40,000

by RobGordon on Jul 14, 2011 2:53 PM CDT reply actions

glad to see him getting paid

always seemed like a good guy

also, glad to see we have commenters from all over the globe here haha

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Jul 14, 2011 3:11 PM CDT reply actions

So that's why Mathis was the most looked up player on Fangraphs the other day.

Don't poke the alien.

by LSJ on Jul 14, 2011 6:48 PM CDT reply actions

Ole Asian Kid finally made it to the motherland.

Or something like that…

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by TxStCa on Jul 14, 2011 7:47 PM CDT reply actions

We might want to explain the Asian kid thing

Because that probably doesn’t make sense to a Korean person….

See, there’s a popular naming convention in American sports, where the first syllable of the first name and last name are combined. This is how we got A-Rod from Alex Rodriguez, J-Ho from Josh Howard, and so on.

Doug Mathis’ break down to Do-Math, or ‘do math’.

There’s a stereotype in America that Asian kids are good at math (normally stereotypes aren’t the greatest thing, but if the stereotype is that you’re good at something, then how bad could it be?)

Therefore, Doug Mathis became Do-Math became Asian Kid.

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by Keynes on Jul 15, 2011 8:01 AM CDT up reply actions