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Brother Buzz

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24. Jung Hoo Lee's father was playing baseball in Japan when Jung Hoo Lee was born.

Reply to chowder66 (Reply #21)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 12:53 PM

9 hrs ago

Jong-Beom Lee, Jung Hoo Lee's father, was a legendary baseball player in Korea, famous for his incredible speed. He earned the nickname "Son of Wind" because he ran as swiftly as the wind. Jung Hoo Lee was nicknamed "Grandson of Wind," since he's the son of the "Son of Wind.

Jung Hoo Lee is fun to watch; he’s got a good stick, but his fielding is sterling.

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immigration issues maliaSmith 13 hrs ago #9

According to this report he was born in both Korea and Japan. Scruffy1 12 hrs ago #10

He's Korean (descent) but was born in Japan. chowder66 11 hrs ago #21

Jung Hoo Lee's father was playing baseball in Japan when Jung Hoo Lee was born. Brother Buzz 9 hrs ago #24

Kind of a non-story? robbob 12 hrs ago #11

He's a multimillionaire BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #18

Yes, I think there were some attention-grabbing headlines (not by the OP) LisaM 7 hrs ago #26

I hope ICE goes all in on harassing foreign born pro athletes. BradBo 12 hrs ago #12

It's too bad that the ordinary citizen doesn't have those same people pulling for them oldmanlynn 12 hrs ago #13

+1 dalton99a 12 hrs ago #15

LA airport can be tough and I prefer not to go through it. Zackzzzz 11 hrs ago #16

Goons are going to have a field day wth FIFA teams Wild blueberry 11 hrs ago #19

Wait until soccer players are detained. usonian 11 hrs ago #20

YES. Initech 10 hrs ago #23

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Wait until the Venezuelans start coming for spring training in about a month. n/t aggiesal 5 hrs ago #28