While the world has grown to discover and love Korean dramas in multitudes in the last few years, it’s mostly mystery thrillers and rom-coms that have got the widest popularity. Sports genre dramas from South Korea seem to still be only known to true kdrama fans. If you’re looking to explore something in the genre, we’ll give you a critically acclaimed Korean sports drama you can dive right into.
‘Hot Stove League‘ is a wholesome drama that revolves around a baseball team named Dreams, which has been the worst in the league for four consecutive years. A perfect mix of all factors that make a series engaging, the series had a very successful run on Korean TV and is now finally available in Indian audios for fans on the inbred OTT behemoth MX Player. The series is available in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, and Bengali!
The synopsis of the series is “Se Young is the youngest head of the management team of Dreams, a cellar-dwelling baseball team. She’s highly recognized for her perseverance and intense passion for the team. One day, Seung Su is appointed as a general manager. Although he’s been working in the sports field, the teams he led to the championship were unpopular, and some of them were even disbanded after winning the league due to the financial difficulties of their parent companies.”
The cast of the drama is pitch-perfect and is ably supported by a well-written script. ‘Hot Stove League’ stars Namkoong Min(One Dollar Lawyer), Park Eun-bin(The Witch: part 2, Extraordinary Attorney Woo), Oh Jung-Se(It’s Okay To Not Be Okay), and Jo Byeong-kyu(SKY Castle).
If you are someone who prefers to watch Korean series, there’s happy news for you as well! The drama also streams on the OTT platform Viki for free- with ads of course. If you need any more reason to watch, ‘Hot Stove League’ was the winner of the Best Drama Award at the prestigious 56th Baeksang Arts Awards!
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