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¡°The whole Asian baseball community and young kids are watching me and playing that position and thinking about coming over here,¡± Kim said through interpreter Leo Bae. ¡°Obviously, it¡¯s a great personal achievement, but also I¡¯ll be happier just to show kids in Asia that they can play infield and they can dream about coming over here. Because there¡¯s a lot of doubts, like that Asian infielders have a low success rate in the big leagues. Just being that person to have them keep their dream, that¡¯s the most important thing for me.¡±