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Originally Posted by darthma
Ohhh... it's his sweater in the HHoF, not him! Oh man, I'm sorry, I was so confused about that.
What you're saying is he's before your time so he's not relevant.
I remember the fervor when he came into the league. It was a big deal that he was the first Asian.
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I believe this was sarcastic, but there is a huge difference between contributing memorabilia and actually being inducted, your post said "He's also in the HHOF".
Paek played in an era before interent sensationalism and mass/ social media. The interantional interest just couldn't be hyped up the way things can be done today. And he was no poster boy for NHL Asia or anything, back in 92/93 the focus was on expanding in the Southern US states, not exposure to Asia.