Dear Mr. Cohen:

As a billionaire who is pouring some of your wealth into my beloved team, I thank you for at least trying to save our hapless franchise.

I write to you with the best intentions of trying to save our hapless sport.

For decades baseball's demise has been forecast due to a slow, plodding game that can no longer hold the interest of the coming generations of new, young fans.

Well, Mr. Cohen, inspiring the youth to enjoy baseball can be achieved and has been achieved. I saw it with my own eyes and ears today in Busan, South Korea.

It was only an exhibition game. Only about a quarter of the 24,500 seats were available. However, most of those seats were occupied by loud, involved young fans.

I was the only Caucasian guy there. I was the oldest guy there by far. (I wasn't the only Mets fan there: well-dressed Doung Kim Seong was wearing a black Lindor jersey.)

I'm guessing that 90 percent of the crowd was ages 14-22. Of those, 60 percent were male. A large percentage wore many versions of the home team Lotte Giants jerseys. They ate and drank lots of cool stuff during the game. They made some noise with the plastic clappers and mini-bats that I was told can only be purchased online. But they brought them and used them.

They made much more noise with their voices. On the first base side, where myself and the rest of the fans were seated, was a small area for three cheerleaders and a keyboard player. They led the crowd, who already knew all the songs and dance steps, in a constant session of cheering and singing during all of every Lotte Giants at-bats.

There are traditional team songs. There are songs for each player. Many songs have familiar American melodies. No scoreboard gimmicks are needed.

The bottom line is these kids are having real fun. Anyone older than a kid is having as much fun. It's inclusive; it's energetic; it's bonding; it's not boring.

So I know there's K-Pop culture that's involved and the U.S. is not a K-Pop nation. But I found it addictive, like all sorts of dopamine was oozing from me.

So it's worth a shot. Here's what I suggest: take one section anywhere in the stadium, make it a student-only section (junior and seniors high schools) and put Mr. and Mrs. Met's son and daughter to work there as the cheerleaders. Make it affordable for them, even during the playoffs. Watch it grow this year and the next and the next and for decades.

That's the idea. That's how you build your fan base. That's how the game becomes interactive, attended and retakes its place as the national pastime.

That's what I saw and that's what I think.

But what do I know? I'm a Mets fan.

Let's Go Mets!

Rob