All posts tagged "baseball"

  • Texas Rangers Adrian Beltre (29) celebrates his two run home run with teammate Shin-Soo Choo, of South Korea, during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. Choo also scored on the play. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
    Choo Shin-soo and the Rangers win AL West, meet Blue Jays in ALDS

    ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) — Choo Shin-soo of the Texas Rangers enjoyed his first division crown Sunday, as the Rangers defeated the Los Angeles Angels 9-2 at home on the final day of the Major League...

    • Posted October 5, 2015
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  • Texas Rangers outfielder Choo Shin-soo, left, and Houston Astros Catcher Hank Conger may have to duke it out in a single-game elimination game to decide to comes out on top in the American League West Division. (AP Photos)
    Korean MLB fans’ dilemma: Root for Angels or Conger or Choo?

    By Brian Han With the 2015 major league regular season coming to a close, it’s time decide whose wagon to hitch — especially if your favorite team is already out of the playoff race. For fans of...

    • Posted October 2, 2015
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  • Eric Thames of the NC Dinos lifts the second base bag after stealing his 40th base of the Korea Baseball Organization season for the unprecedented 40-40 season in Incheon on Oct. 2, 2015. Thames has 47 home runs. (Yonhap)
    Eric Thames becomes first with 40-40 in S. Korean baseball

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — American slugger Eric Thames became the first player in South Korean baseball on Friday with a 40-40 season. Thames, the hard-hitting first baseman/designated hitter for the NC Dinos in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO),...

    • Posted October 2, 2015
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  • Park Byung-ho
    Park Byung-ho sets RBI record in KBO

    SEOUL (Yonhap) – MVP candidate Park Byung-ho set an RBI record on Friday the same night Eric Thames became the first player to swipe 40 bags and hit 40 home runs in a single KBO season. In the...

    • Posted October 2, 2015
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  • Park Byung-ho of the Nexen Heroes hits his 50th home run of the Korea Baseball Organization season against the NC Dinos in Changwon, South Korea, on Sept. 21, 2015. (Yonhap)
    Nexen slugger Park Byung-ho takes swing at another KBO record

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — In the midst of another monumental season, Nexen Heroes’ slugger Park Byung-ho is taking aim at another offensive record in the top South Korean baseball league. Park is leading the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO)...

    • Posted September 23, 2015
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  • Son Ah-seop for the Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization (Yonhap file photo)
    Amid MLB talks, KBO outfielder focused on race for playoff spot

    BUSAN (Yonhap) — Hours after a U.S. media report claimed Wednesday he has set his sights on Major League Baseball (MLB), Lotte Giants outfielder Son Ah-seop apologized to his teammates for causing a distraction at a key...

    • Posted September 23, 2015
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  • Park Byung-ho of the Nexen Heroes (Yonhap)
    Back-to-back 50 HR seasons? Don’t buy into the hype of Park Byung-ho just yet

    By Brian Han Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Kang Jung-ho is the first piece of evidence that position players from the Korean Baseball Organization’s (KBO) elite can hang in the major leagues. Believe it or not, he’s the first to...

    • Posted September 22, 2015
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