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All posts tagged "baseball"

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  KBO introduces new rule on ambidextrous ‘switch’ pitchers

  SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) — The nation’s top pro baseball league on Thursday created a new rule guiding pitchers able to throw with both arms, prompted by the emergence of an ambidextrous hurler during spring training. At...

  • Posted March 5, 2015
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  Pittsburgh’s Kang Jung-ho hits home run in first preseason game

  By Brian Han (UPDATED) — The Pittsburgh Pirates’ decision to sign Kang Jung-ho is already paying off in the teams’ first preseason game. The 27-year-old shortstop from South Korea hit a solo homer in the third inning against...

  • Posted March 3, 2015
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  Dodgers’ Ryu Hyun-jin sidelined with tight back

  Dodgers’ starting pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin skipped a team workout Wednesday due to a mid-back tightness. Ryu had thrown the day before during a bullpen session and the current prognosis is that it’s only a minor strain. “I...

  • Posted February 25, 2015
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  Yankees have high hopes for top prospect Robert Refsnyder, from S. Korea

  By Kang Seung-woo Robert Refsnyder, a Korean-born adoptee, has been thrust into the limelight in the U.S., where he has been identified as a top prospect for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). According...

  • Posted February 12, 2015
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  S. Korean slugger Park Byung-ho signs with US agency in hopes of landing MLB contract

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean slugger Park Byung-ho, hoping to reach Major League Baseball (MLB) next year, has signed on with the same U.S. agency that represents his ex-teammate and current Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Kang Jung-ho, an...

  • Posted January 28, 2015
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  Holding out for another hero? Park Byung-ho says he’d like to follow in Kang Jung-ho’s footsteps

  The most feared slugger in South Korean baseball will be eligible to be posted after the 2015 season  SURPRISE, Arizona (Yonhap) – Park Byung-ho, the most feared slugger in South Korean baseball, said Monday he would like to...

  • Posted January 22, 2015
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  New Pirate Kang Jung-ho feeling responsibility as trailblazer for S. Korean baseball

  SURPRISE, Arizona (Yonhap) — Having recently reached a history-making agreement with the Pittsburgh Pirates, South Korean shortstop Kang Jung-ho said Saturday he feels added responsibility as a trailblazer for baseball in his native country. Kang’s four-year deal...

  • Posted January 21, 2015
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