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Royals superfan SungWoo Lee receives glove from broadcaster, is incredibly overjoyed

Royals superfan SungWoo Lee is so happy to get glove

You may have heard of Royals superfan SungWoo Lee. Lee, while living in Seoul, South Korea, has been following the team since the 1990s -- waking up in the middle of the night to watch games. Word of his devotion spread to Kansas City, and this week, he finally saw the Royals in person. His visit has garnered its own Twitter Hashtag and even been covered by the local news:

And during Sunday's Giants-Royals game, Lee received a glove from broadcaster Jeff Montgomery. He was just a little bit happy.

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A pretty cool story and awesome job by Kansas City. Lee is scheduled to throw out the first pitch on Monday.

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