When Jahmai Jones, the half-Korean outfielder for the Detroit Tigers, first joined the Korean national team for the World Baseball Classic (WBC) last week in Japan, he wasn't so sure how he'd be accepted. After all, Jones had never been around this group of Korean players before, as he was about to represent the country of his mother's birth. But then his new teammates fully embraced him as one of their own, something the U.S.-born player appreciated right away. "Everybody in this locker room is just so welcoming and inviting," Jones told reporters at Tokyo Dome on Wednesday, the eve of Korea's first Pool C game against Czechia. "It makes it easy to jell in the locker room, and it's honestly a lot of fun. It means a lot to me to be a part of it, and the fact that they've opened their arms and allowed me to just kind of be myself here, it means a lot to me." Manager Ryu Ji-hyun has sung the praises of Jones for his outgoing, gregarious nature, which Ryu believes helped the player himself find his footing in the new surroundings right away. Ryu himself has done his part to make Jones feel c