But sleep-deprived fans can still catch an afternoon re-airing of those games on most days.įor instance, on Tuesday, May 26, ESPN will air the game between the KBO's Samsung Lions and the Lotte Giants at 5:30 a.m. However, American baseball fans who want to catch live baseball action might have to alter their sleeping schedules to do so, as the live games typically air between 1 a.m. Mike Wright, another former MLB pitcher who now plays with Rucinski on the NC Dinos, agreed: 'My family loves having the ability to watch me from thousands of miles away! If the family is happy, I'm happy!' he says.ĮSPN is currently airing six live KBO games per week, with one game airing on either ESPN or ESPN2 each day from Tuesday through Sunday. 'It's a great opportunity to showcase the talent and level of gameplay that we have here in KBO on a global scale.' 'I think it's awesome that KBO games are being broadcast on ESPN,' Drew Rucinski, a pitcher for the KBO's NC Dinos, who previously pitched in the MLB, including for the Miami Marlins in 2017, tells CNBC Make It. Los Angeles Dodgers star outfielder Mookie Betts wrote on Twitter after ESPN's KBO announcement: 'Welcome back, KBO.

While ESPN has not yet released any ratings or viewership numbers for those broadcasts, its airing of KBO games has been met with enthusiasm on social media by fans and MLB stars alike. (That came after the success of ESPN's live airing of the NFL Draft in April, which drew more than 15 million viewers.) And to cater to the millions of fans who are hungry for baseball's stateside return, ESPN even began airing live KBO games on cable earlier this month.

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