With Kim Byung-hyun and Nippert... MLB Launches Global Culture Talk Show Major League Talk (Meritalk)

Apr 07, 2025

With Kim Byung-hyun and Nippert... MLB Launches Global Culture Talk Show Major League Talk (Meritalk)



The Major League Baseball (MLB) has officially launched a talk show 'Major League Talk (Meritok)' series.

The Meritalk series, in which CNBLUE's Kang Min-hyuk will be the MC and Kim Byung-hyun and Dustin Nippert will be on the panel, is meeting viewers on MLB Korea's YouTube channel and Naver TV.

This channel, designed by MLB to communicate with fans, is a talk show where guests of various nationalities and backgrounds share their experiences of adapting to global culture. Beyond baseball and sports, it will introduce a variety of contents such as culture, life, and life stories.




MLB is not just a sports league, but it contains various cultural elements.

MLB is a culture in itself, ranging from a unique team culture where players from all over the world blend together, fan culture formed on and off the field, and food derived from baseball, fashion, and lifestyle.

Through this Meritok series, MLB hopes that more people can easily access the various cultural elements that are embedded in baseball beyond simple games.




Kim Byung-hyun and Nippert have experienced the process of adapting to a new culture that is completely different from the environment in which they have grown up while playing professionally in Korea and the United States, respectively. Meritok will be a space to invite people who have challenged and grown across borders to talk about their vivid adaptation and cultural differences.
With Kim Byung-hyun and Nippert... MLB Launches Global Culture Talk Show Major League Talk (Meritalk)
With Kim Byung-hyun and Nippert... MLB Launches Global Culture Talk Show Major League Talk (Meritalk)
Kim Byung-hyun said, `At a young age, during my major league career in the United States, I experienced both failures and successes by experiencing cultural differences in person, and I learned a lot from this. I want to share my global experience through baseball while listening to various people's stories through Meritalk." Nippert also said, `I received a lot of help through baseball during my career in Korea, and now I want to be helpful to others. I hope this channel will be a place to learn and communicate with each other."

Meritok's guests consist of MLB Legend players, celebrities, influencer, and other people who have adapted from different cultures. People from various countries around the world, including the United States, Korea, Japan, and Europe, will appear to share their thoughts, tastes, values, and professional activities, show their different sides and charms through various games, and tell vivid stories of baseball and baseball culture experienced by guests.

Through this, Meritok plans to expand beyond conversations about baseball and MLB to a place of communication where even those who have not been exposed to baseball can easily understand and empathize.




Sana of girl group TWICE unit Misamo, who threw the first pitch at the Tokyo Series 2025 of the MLB World Tour as the first guest of Meritok, appeared, and a talk show was released to share the process of adapting to Korean culture as a trainee and the process of adapting to American culture when Kim Byung-hyun entered MLB for the first time.

'Meritok' plans to regularly tell interesting stories with new guests. In addition to YouTube and Naver TV, MLB Korea will also release content on Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, and Facebook.

Photo courtesy = MLB



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.