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All posts tagged "baseball"

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  Park Chan-ho, Hideo Nomo receive Pioneers of Baseball award

  South Korean baseball legend Park Chan-ho received a Pioneer Award Saturday from Major Baseball League Commissioner Bud Selig. The award, given by the annual Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation and held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel,...

  • Posted January 21, 2015
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  It’s official: Kang Jung-ho is a Pirate!

  The contract includes a $5.5 million club option for 2019 with a $1 million buyout, meaning it could turn out to be a $12 million over four years or $16.5 million over five years deal.  PITTSBURGH (AP)...

  • Posted January 16, 2015
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  Kang Jung-ho confident he can win starting job with Pirates

  INCHEON (Yonhap) — On the verge of joining the Pittsburgh Pirates with his first Major League Baseball (MLB) contract, South Korean shortstop Kang Jung-ho said Wednesday he is confident he can outplay the Bucs’ incumbent shortstop if...

  • Posted January 14, 2015
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  With deal in sight, shortstop Kang Jung-ho set to visit Pittsburgh

  SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) – Reportedly close to getting a deal done with the Pittsburgh Pirates, South Korean shortstop Kang Jung-ho will depart for Pittsburgh this week, his current South Korean club announced Monday. The Nexen Heroes of...

  • Posted January 12, 2015
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  S. Korea’s highest paid pitcher seeks ‘turning point’ on new team

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — Jang Won-jun, South Korea’s most expensive pitcher who signed a record-setting free agent contract with the Doosan Bears, said Wednesday he wants to have a “turning point” in his Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) career...

  • Posted January 7, 2015
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  Little room on Pirates’ roster for shortstop Kang Jung-ho without trades

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — Of the 30 Major League Baseball (MLB) clubs, the Pittsburgh Pirates seemed one of the least likely teams to put in a bid when the South Korean shortstop Kang Jung-ho was posted earlier this...

  • Posted December 24, 2014
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  ‘It will take at least $5 million per season to sign Korean SS Kang Jung-ho’

  By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL (Yonhap) — The posted South Korean shortstop Kang Jung-ho is seeking a multiyear contract from a big league club worth at least US$5 million per season, an informed industry source told Yonhap News...

  • Posted December 18, 2014
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