All posts tagged "baseball"

  • Houston Astros' Hank Conger is congratulated after hitting a solo home run in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Christine Cotter)
    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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  • Pittsburgh Pirates' Kang Jung-ho, center right, runs to the dugout with Gregory Polanco, left, Aramis Ramirez, center left, and Andrew McCutchen, right, after hitting a grand slam off Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Keyvius Sampson during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
    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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  • A player from South Korea's Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency's baseball team high fives another policeman at the LAPD's Wild Wild West Invitational Tuesday. (Park Sang-hyuk/Korea Times)
    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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  • Hwang Jae-gyun, a third baseman for the Lotte Giants in South Korea’s top baseball league, watches a home run leave the park. (YouTube)
    [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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