All posts tagged "baseball"

  • Pittsburgh Pirates' Kang Jung-ho, of South Korea, watches his three-run double off Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Jason Motte in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
    KBO says teams can’t post multiple players simultaneously

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Responding to a team’s query on the rule book, the top South Korean baseball league said Tuesday clubs won’t be allowed to put more than one player up for posting at a time in...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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    Samsung Lions to keep suspected gamblers off KBO playoff roster

    DAEGU (Yonhap) — The reigning South Korean baseball champion Samsung Lions announced Tuesday they will keep suspected gamblers off their postseason roster, six days before the start of their title defense. The Lions, which have won the...

    • Posted October 20, 2015
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  • joey bats
    [KCS] From Bautista to Korea, the art of bat flipping is reaching a touchstone moment

      Everett Teaford had been in South Korea for barely three weeks before he finally asked the question. Maybe his curiosity got the best of him. Maybe he just wanted to know about this...

    • Posted October 16, 2015
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  • Kansas City Royals fan Lee Sung-woo, from South Korea, shows off a World Series towel before Game 1 of baseball's World Series between the Kansas City Royals and the San Francisco Giants Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
    Sung-woo karma lives! Royals return to ALCS

    By Brian Han South Korean Kansas City Royals super fan Lee Sung-woo may not be in Missouri, but his team put together a memorable performance Wednesday against the Houston Astros to advance to the American League Championship...

    • Posted October 15, 2015
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  • Hwang Jae-gyun
    S. Korean infielder Hwang Jae-gyun to test MLB market

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean infielder Hwang Jae-gyun on Thursday declared his intention to test the market in Major League Baseball (MLB), saying he’d been preparing for the move for a long time. Hwang, a third baseman...

    • Posted October 15, 2015
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  • Texas Rangers' Choo Shin-soo, right, crosses home plate in front of Toronto Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin following a solo home run during the third inning in Game 5 of baseball's American League Division Series, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 in Toronto. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press via AP)
    Choo’s bat not enough as Rangers season comes to end

    By Brian Han It may be the furthest Choo Shin-soo has ever gotten in the playoffs, but it all ended on a bittersweet note as the Texas Rangers ended their season in Wednesday in an elimination game...

    • Posted October 14, 2015
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  • Stroman
    Choo blasts early home run in biggest game of his life

    By Brian Han Game 5 of the American League Divisional Series is the furthest Texas Rangers outfielder Choo Shin-soo has ever been in the playoffs. The South Korean showed that he’s capable of rising to the occasion...

    • Posted October 14, 2015
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