I’m delighted to be rejoined by someone I’m pleased to call a friend, Jee-ho Yoo.
Jee-ho’s an English-language sports writer for South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency who, fresh off three weeks in Milan covering the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, now finds himself stationed in Tokyo for Pool C play of the World Baseball Classic where he’ll be writing about the Korean team’s bid to qualify for the knockout round for the first time in 17 years.
I first became familiar with Jee-ho thanks to another former Conversations’ guest, Andrew Chong (Season 2, Episode 14) from Sports-Reference LLC. Andrew pointed me in the direction of Jee-ho for more knowledge about the Korean Baseball Organization as I prepped for my upcoming trip to Korea and Japan as part of the Around the World in 80 Sporting Events project.
Jee-ho joined me for the first time a little over a year ago in Season 4, Episode 7. Following that Conversation, we had a brief meet-up while I was in Seoul watching the Doosan Bears and LG Twins play (Event No. 16). We connected again (as the photo above indicates) in the Milano Ice Skating Arena during the recently completed Winter Olympics.
Separately, I might have even more excited than Jee-ho was when I spotted him in this MLB video about baseball in South Korea. It’s a 10-minute view well worth your time:-)