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Baseball was taken to Korea by Phillip Loring Gillett, who was general secretary of the YMCA's International Committee for Korea. He is credited with organizing the first baseball team at the Hansong YMCA in Seoul in 1905. | Baseball was taken to Korea by Phillip Loring Gillett, who was general secretary of the YMCA's International Committee for Korea. He is credited with organizing the first baseball team at the Hansong YMCA in Seoul in 1905. | ||
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Japan had begun 40 years of military occupation in 1905, and Japanese affection for baseball played a large role in the growth of the game in Korea. [It would be interesting to know if the game persisted in the North after partition.] | Japan had begun 40 years of military occupation in 1905, and Japanese affection for baseball played a large role in the growth of the game in Korea. [It would be interesting to know if the game persisted in the North after partition.] | ||
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