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Ex-A's pitcher, now playing in Korea, details how league is nearing return

Real professional baseball games could be played as early as the end of the month in the Korean Baseball Organization.

They’ve been making strides in order to have the regular-season begin with exhibition games being scheduled for around April 21.

Former A’s pitcher Dan Straily is currently in Busan, South Korea playing for the Lotte Giants in the KBO which is currently holding baseball activities at stadiums.

“You go to your mouth, you go to your forehead, you touch your face constantly as a pitcher, I don’t know why we do, but we do,” Straily said in an interview with ESPN’s Jeff Passan.