 And because of his baseball accomplishments, he was allowed to swap out the two years of military service demanded of all able-bodied South Korean men for essentially four weeks of basic training and nearly 600 hours of baseball instruction. There's a called strike. Seems like a pretty good swap out for Kim. No kidding. He had previously completed the basic training, but his baseball endeavors had prevented him from completing his community service hours. That'll be fouled back.