Intro:

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu speaks about Spring Training and his upcoming rookie season in Major League Baseball.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (Korean): Hyun-Jin Ryu, LA Dodgers: (on initial impressions of Dodgers Spring training)
"I've been very fortunate to have team mates that have accepted me well. They've made me feel very comfortable."

SOUNDBITE (Korean): Hyun-Jin Ryu, LA Dodgers (on spring training not what he expected)
"It's more than I expected in terms of organised scheduling. But on a personal basis, the team has been lenient enough to allow me to adjust according to my own schedule."

SOUNDBITE (Korean): Hyun-Jin Ryu, LA Dodgers (on his relationship with the Dodgers coaching staff)
"In Korea the relationship between the coaching staff and the players is very distant. It's more of an authoritarian type relationship. But here, the coaches are like your buddies. They are really concerned about your welfare. I even played ping pong with Don Mattingly. So it's different, but I expect I'll adjust quickly."

SOUNDBITE (Korean): Hyun-Jin Ryu, LA Dodgers (on the language barrier)
"When it comes to everything on the field, the language isn't really a barrier, but off the field, in the clubhouse or when my team mates are talking and want to ask me things - or even the coaching staff - that can be tough, but not on the field."