By Yoon Chul
The long regular season ended just a week ago, but the third-placed Doosan Bears and fourth-ranked Lotte Giants will engage in the first game of the best-of-five Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) playoff first round at Jamsil Stadium, Wednesday.
The intrigue in the first round is how each of the starters will stand up to the league best offensive teams’ firepower.
The Giants’ team batting average, number of home runs, and slugging average are No. 1 in the league with .288, 185 and .461 and the Seoul-based team is second with .281, 149 and .441. The Bears are better than