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All posts tagged "baseball"

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  Better fit means better season for Astros’ Hank Conger

  By Brian Han ANAHEIM, Calif. — In the stands at Angels Stadium, 54-year-old lifelong fan Anna Federoff and her husband Paul cheer on the opposing team’s catcher as he steps up to bat during a sweltering Friday...

  • Posted September 14, 2015
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  S. Koreans enjoy big days at plate in majors

  ARLINGTON, Texas (Yonhap) — Choo Shin-soo of the Texas Rangers and Kang Jung-ho of the Pittsburgh Pirates both enjoyed big days at the plate in Major League Baseball (MLB) Sunday. Choo belted his 18th home run of...

  • Posted September 14, 2015
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  Conger comes back to Anaheim red-hot

  By Brian Han Houston Astros catcher Hank Conger is coming back to Anaheim red-hot. The 27-year-old former Los Angeles Angel led his team with four RBIs on Thursday in an 11-4 road win against the Oakland Athletics....

  • Posted September 11, 2015
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  King Kang hits first MLB grand slam, continues hot streak

  By Brian Han Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Kang Jung-ho hit a towering shot over the left field wall against Cincinnati Reds starter Keyvius Sampson for his first career major league grand slam on Wednesday. It was his 15th home...

  • Posted September 9, 2015
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  South Korean police join LAPD baseball invitational

  It’s the Wild, Wild West for a group of police and fire department baseball teams from around the world — including the Athletes, a team from the Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency in South Korea — gathered in...

  • Posted September 9, 2015
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  Pirates’ Kang Jung-ho gets no love for ROTY in ESPN’s mock vote

  By Brian Han ESPN recently held a mock vote among a panel of 14 journalists for end of season awards including the Cy Young, Most Valuable Player (MVP), Manager of the Year and the Rookie of the...

  • Posted September 4, 2015
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  [NY Times] Bat flipping draws shrugs in S. Korea, scorn in America

  DAEGU, South Korea — Hwang Jae-gyun, a third baseman for the Lotte Giants in South Korea’s top baseball league, received some curious text messages from his American teammates one morning in July. His name,...

  • Posted September 2, 2015
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