Celebrities are always invited to baseball first pitch ceremonies, but few are as influential as South Korean actress Jeon Jong-seo.
Certainly not among the players in the dugout anyway.
Jong-seo threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Los Angeles Dodgers' exhibition game against the Kiwoom Heroes on Sunday (March 17) in South Korea.
Jong-seo prepared to pitch at Gocheok Sky Dome wearing a Dodgers jersey and baseball attire.
The camera then turned to show the players in the dugout. They laughed and looked completely in awe of Jong-seo.
The South Korean star threw the ball, posed with players on the pitch and waved to the crowd. People certainly think the 29-year-old has made a huge impression on this Dodgers team.
Jong-seo first rose to fame after appearing in the critically acclaimed drama in 2018 combustion.She also appears in the Netflix series Financial heist: South Korea – Joint Economic Areanot just movies The Call and the Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon.
The Dodgers won the game 14-3, but Johnson, not the scoreline, seemed to dominate the postgame discussion.
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