Poor numbers aside, new Japanese pitcher Iimura enjoying life in KBO

His numbers at the start of his South Korean baseball journey may not be all that pretty, but Shota Iimura, the new Japanese pitcher for the Lotte Giants, is still having a ton of fun.

If you just looked at the way Iimura kept a smile on his face, both on the mound and in the dugout last weekend, it would have been difficult to tell the pitcher was in the process of allowing five runs on six hits in 2 2/3 innings in his first two games in the Korea Baseball Organization.

Before joining the Giant ...