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Players to take field with nicknames for first MLB ‘Players Weekend’
Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association have announced the first ever MLB “Players Weekend,” a celebration that will take place during games held from Aug. 25 to 27. ...
Aug 10, 2017
Slugger ruled out for 3 months with gruesome foot injury
SK Wyverns' slugger Han Dong-min has been ruled out for three months with a torn ligament in his left foot, a gruesome injury that has cut short his breakthrough Korea Baseball Organization season. ...
Aug 9, 2017
Doosan Bears roaring up KBO standings in 2nd half
Don't look now. Here come the Bears. After months of mediocre play, the Doosan Bears are on the prowl for their third straight Korea Baseball Organization title, as they continue to roar up the stan...
Pittsburgh Pirates planning for a future without Kang Jung-ho
Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said in an interview Sunday that the team is preparing for a possible future without troubled infielder Kang Jung-ho, who has spent the entirety of ...
Aug 7, 2017
Ryu Hyun-jin near-perfect in 7 scoreless, Dodgers win 4th straight
Ryu Hyun-jin continued stating his case for a rotation spot, spinning seven shutout innings in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 8-0 win over the New York Mets on Sunday. Ryu was nearly perfect in his seven ...
NC Dinos turn game-ending triple play, fifth in KBO history
The NC Dinos won 4-1 against the Samsung Lions on Sunday in a game that was unremarkable except for one aspect – it ended with a triple play. The occurrence of a single triple play is rare enough; on...
Nexen’s Choice hits first KBO homer, but Lotte wins 5-4 in 10
Nexen Heroes right fielder Michael Choice hit a game-tying two-run home run in the eighth inning of Nexen’s Saturday game against the Lotte Giants, but Nexen ultimately fell in extra innings, 5-4. Th...
The Kia Tigers‘ bizarre weekend struggles
The Kia Tigers are doing a lot of things right. At 65-35-1, they are in first place in the Korean Baseball Organization, with a comfortable five-and-a-half game lead over second-place NC Dinos. As a ...
Ex-MLB pitcher out for season in Korea with hand injury
Ex-big league pitcher Anthony Ranaudo has been ruled out for the rest of the South Korean season with a hand injury, his team said Saturday. The Samsung Lions in the Korea Baseball Organization said...
Young hurler shrugs off workload concerns
Perhaps the only person not concerned about the workload for Lotte Giants starter Park Se-woong may be Park himself. There has been much handwringing around the Korea Baseball Organization about the...
Aug 4, 2017
Bernadina becomes 3rd foreign player to hit for cycle in KBO
In the Kia Tigers’ 9-3 victory over the KT Wiz on Thursday night, Kia center fielder Roger Bernadina became just the third foreign player in Korean Baseball Organization history to hit for the cycle....
Giants' Hwang Jae-gyun goes back to minors
It's back to the minor leagues again for San Francisco Giants third baseman Hwang Jae-gyun. The Giants demoted the slumping South Korean to Triple-A Sacramento for the second time this season on Wed...
Baseball manager with brain tumor discharged from hospital
South Korean baseball club NC Dinos said Thursday their manager Kim Kyung-moon, recently diagnosed with a benign brain tumor, has been discharged from hospital. The Korea Baseball Organization club ...
Aug 3, 2017
From scrub to standout: Understanding the new Roger Bernadina
A lot of things have clicked for the Kia Tigers this season, chief among them being their offense’s record production. Kia’s fearsome lineup features three of the Korean Baseball Organization’s top 1...
Outfielder stays hot in August, nears 20-20 season
In the dog days of summer, NC Dinos outfielder Na Sung-bum has been the hottest hitter in South Korean baseball. Na leads the Korea Baseball Organization with a .378 batting average. He was batting ...