The LG Twins will try to do something this year that hasn’t been done since 2016 in South Korean baseball — repeat as Korean Series champions. And as one of the country’s most popular teams chases a second consecutive title beginning Saturday afternoon, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) will look to establish yet another attendance record. The 45th KBO season will open with five games across the nation starting at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Twins will begin their title defense against the KT Wiz at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul. The Hanwha Eagles, last year’s runners-up, will face the Kiwoom Heroes at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in the central city of Daejeon. Elsewhere, it will be the SSG Landers hosting the Kia Tigers at Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, just west of Seoul; the Samsung Lions bringing the Lotte Giants to the southeastern city of Daegu; and the NC Dinos hosting the Doosan Bears in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province. Baseball has truly become the national pastime in South Korea. Last year, the KBO drew a record 12,312,519 fans, easily surpassing the previous mark
