Korean player wants to leave on jet plane for Miami

Baseball players have a particular affinity for group celebrations. They like to come up with some type of gesture to make toward their dugout after getting a hit or, better yet, hitting a home run. When Korea captain Lee Jung-hoo put out a call for a celebration for the team at the World Baseball Classic (WBC), infielder Roh Si-hwan had a couple of ideas. Korea is trying to make it out of Pool C in the first round and reach the quarterfinals in Miami. So Roh suggested making the alphabet "M" with fingers. His other idea was to do an airplane celebration, with both arms stretched out to mimic flying, since Korea is hoping to board the plane bound for Miami. The second one stuck, though the process was far from smooth. "At first, the guys all felt embarrassed," Roh said Wednesday, the eve of Korea's first WBC game against Czechia at Tokyo Dome. "But I kept pushing for it. I told them it would look cool to future baseball players watching us on TV. Now everyone is doing it." Roh said Kim Do-yeong, who homered twice in exhibition games after the airplane move became a thing for the team, has