Ex-KBO MVP Eric Thames says happy to be back in 'my second home'

One can take Eric Thames out of Korea. But they can't take Korea out of the former slugger. Thames, once an MVP-winning superstar for the NC Dinos in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), is back in a country that he calls "my second home" this week. On Monday, he helped launch "MLB Breakfast Club," a new big league initiative targeting Major League Baseball fans here watching big league action in the morning. Thames was one of three former players with MLB and KBO ties, joined by ex-Korean pitcher Kim Byung-hyun and former American pitcher Dustin Nippert. Then on Tuesday, Thames plans to attend a KBO game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul. "I'm happy to be back in Korea. I try to make a trip once or twice a year. This is like my second home," said Thames, who played for the Dinos from 2014 to 2016 after appearing in 267 games in MLB. "It means a lot. I can't express that enough about how you guys welcome me back here. It means a lot to me from the bottom of my heart." Asked what keeps him coming back to Korea a decade after he last playe

Original source: Korea Times