SUGA is one of the most sports-loving members of BTS and he also seems to be a very popular person in the sports world. In particular, in addition to basketball, it seems that baseball players and fans of this sport also love SUGA.
There's even a baseball team and their fans honor SUGA as their "young master". It's strange and curious what SUGA did to make them love him enough to give him this nickname.
Discover the identity of the team and the reason behind this interesting nickname of SUGA below:
Recently, SUGA has been known as the global amba̾s̾sador of the NBA and he has been very pa̾s̾sionately involved in promoting basketball to global fans. SUGA also appeared in many different NBA matches.
In it, the basketball superstars constantly reveal that they are big fans of BTS and SUGA. With that, basketball fans also give him great love and excitement as the global superstar becomes the promotional amba̾s̾sador for the biggest basketball tournament on the planet.
However, basketball doesn't seem to be the only sport that SUGA pays attention to even though it is his top hobby. Baseball is also SUGA's favorite sport and he even gave a lot of love and support to the sport and his favorite team - the kσrєαn baseball team Samsung Lions.
A few years ago, SUGA met kσrєαn MLB pitcher Ryu Hyun Jin at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and immediately revealed that he was a fan of the team. The official Twitter tweet @dodgers capturing the moment was soon retweeted by the official Samsung team @twittlions, with the caption excitedly praising SUGA's support.
They wrote with joy: "What was that, Suga-nim?! Did we hear ‘Samsung Fan’ at the end there?! PLEASE CONFIRM, SUGA-NIM!!! We would love to have you out here at the Lions Stadium for a guest pitch. Give us a holler!"
In fact, SUGA has never hidden his love for baseball and the Samsung Lions from his hometown of Daegu. His tweets, from early 2014, show that he has always been a ∂ιє-hard Lions fan. He posted a photo celebrating when the Samsung Lions won the kσrєαn tournament.
Even in photos taken by his Genius Lab studio, SUGA shows an intense love for this great baseball team by hanging his Samsung Lions uniform with his name and number on the chair. He's actually a raving Lions fan.
Therefore, in response to SUGA's pa̾s̾sionate love for the Daegu team, the Samsung Lions also give their special love to him. With these efforts to "bring SUGA home in Daegu", an adorable nickname was born just for him: Samsung Lions fans immediately started calling SUGA "doryunnim (도련님)" or "young master" to show that he is the most beloved of the team.
Note that the kσrєαn title of doryunnim dates back to the Joseon period, as a term for aristocratic, unmarried men. However, over time, the term became a̾s̾sociated with young masters of high status and wealth, belonging to prestigious families. Perfect for SUGA, the superstar of Daegu!
Not only that, the Samsung Lions mascot Lenny even posted a video on the team's official YouTube channel @ Lions TV inviting SUGA to his home stadium, boasting a set of uniforms and merchandise dedicated to the visit. his. Since then, Lions fans have not stopped waiting for the return of the Master.
Not only that, in the most recent one, the official Instagram account @lapark_official, run by Daegu Samsung Lions Park (the team's home ground in Daegu), shared some photos of a pop-up booth selling accessories. of BTS x STONEHENgE. Before the rather υиєχρє¢тє∂ announcement, Lions fans couldn't help but wonder if the pop-up booth was implying that their young master was about to return home… maybe even open the match:
- What the-?!
- Wait, is doryunnim coming to pitch?
- Is he actually pitching?
- Pitching for postseason, maybe?!
- Yeah! Come pitch for us BTS!
And of course, ARMYs can't help but be amazed at the love baseball fans have for their "Young Master". Looks like SUGA is gathering fans from the left and right:
- Doryunnim, LOL! Samsung baseball fans are so cute.
- I had no idea they call him the young master, LMAO. I heard Samsung’s winning the season though, Suga must be super happy! Haha.
- HAHA! Excuse me?! Someone please explain since when and why my baby became a doryunnim of the Samsung house?!
- Young master!
- What the heck, ROFL. Our lil’ meow meow is a whole doryunnim now?! Haha.
Now, not only the basketball courts are waiting for the arrival of their amba̾s̾sador, but also the baseball fields are also waiting for their "young master" to come to the mound to throw the ball. Both Samsung Lions and BTS fans waited patiently.
BTS has been invited to a first pitch event before, but it was a match in ̾j̾a̾p̾a̾n's Nippon Professional Baseball League between the Hanshin Tigers and the Nippon Ham Fighters. So it's entirely possible in the future that SUGA will!
