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South Korea: Baseball Players Can't Wear Cabbage Leaves Anymore

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posted Wednesday, 22 June 2005

I'm not sure what's funnier -- the ban on the wearing of cabbage leaves or the fact that people were wearing cabbage leaves in the first place.

Here's the tale, out of Seoul:

South Korean baseball authorities have banned players from using frozen cabbage leaves under their caps to cool down in the summer heat. The Korean Baseball Association (KBO) said cabbage leaves could not be considered part of the normal baseball uniform.

Um . . . yeah.  File this under "Asian Oddities That Make Asia So Much Fun to Watch."

No word yet on whether the wearing of kimchi will be allowed.  Just kidding.

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