Mariners Moose Tracks, 5/5/20: The Korean Baseball Organization, Baseball Cards, and Golf Courses

Happy Tuesday!

By Becca Weinberg@becca_weinberg May 5, 2020, 7:00am PDT

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In Mariners News...

Aaron Reis, Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coach, has a simple workout you can try from home.

Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coach, Aaron Reis, is back with another workout you can do from the comfort of your own home.#FindAWayToPlay | #OnBase pic.twitter.com/Wx2rUWuVxf
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) May 3, 2020

Hard to argue with that one.

. https://t.co/lLs9dwTVZa pic.twitter.com/iVI5TfFZBq
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) May 4, 2020

Mariners players are challenging fans in an MLB The Show 20 tournament called The Mariners Showdown.

Who are the better gamers? Mariners players taking on fans in video game tournament. https://t.co/A38qo8BrZR
— Greg Johns (@GregJohnsMLB) May 5, 2020

Around The League...

ESPN has reached an agreement with the Korean Baseball Organization and will start to air games from Korea six days a week.

Hey guys. ESPN is going to have live baseball six days a week. Live. Baseball. Almost. Every. Day.

First pitch of the Korean Baseball Organization season is at 1a ET, less than 14 hours from now, and we’ll be calling the game between the NC Dinos and Samsung Lions.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) May 4, 2020

Planning on watching the KBO games? Here’s everything you need to know:

It's here. The @PitcherList team has combined to bring you everything you need to know about the KBO:

- 10 team breakdowns
- Information on rules/league averages/format
- How/where to watch
- Each teams best performers and morehttps://t.co/ugA1523rAo
— Alex Fast (@AlexFast8) May 4, 2020

Emma Baccellieri at Sports Illustrated writes about how and why the baseball card business is booming.

Watching someone open packs of baseball cards for hours may not seem like entertainment, but livestreams of "breakers" have saved the industry. Amid the pandemic, interest has never been higher (by @emmabaccellieri)https://t.co/MvNYXBL8ga
— SI MLB (@si_mlb) May 4, 2020

You love to see it.

Dad’s reaction to little man’s first homer is so pure ❤️

(via corymotivationbaseball/IG) pic.twitter.com/FP4SJdYorP
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 4, 2020

Becca’s Picks...

Golf courses in Washington will open today, be sure to check out all of the restrictions put in place:

Golf returns to Washington Tuesday. Some of the guidelines that courses must follow include:

• Twosomes only, unless four players are from same household
• Flagsticks remain in (a la Bryson DeChambeau)
• No bunker rakes, ball-washers
• More ⬇ https://t.co/Vb5xE1WQaW
— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) May 4, 2020