All posts tagged "KBO"

  • Son Ah-seop for the Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization (Yonhap file photo)
    KBO officially asks MLB to post outfielder Son Ah-seop

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The top South Korean baseball league said Monday it requested Major League Baseball (MLB) to make the Lotte Giants’ outfielder Son Ah-seop available in posting for big league clubs. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO)...

    • Posted November 16, 2015
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    Free agent S. Korean reliever Oh Seung-hwan to pursue MLB career

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — After a successful stint in Asia, a free agent South Korean pitcher Oh Seung-hwan will pursue a big league career this winter, a source close to the right-hander said Tuesday. The source said Oh,...

    • Posted November 10, 2015
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  • Park Byung-ho, Lee Daeho
    Park Byung-ho or Lee Dae-ho: Which import should MLB teams choose?

    By Brian Han Two exceptional South Korean baseball players are hoping to play for a Major League Baseball team next season. They are both first basemen. They both have extensive professional experience under their belt. They are...

    • Posted November 5, 2015
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  • Cuba defeated South Korea 3-1 in a second round of an exhibition baseball game held on Nov. 5, 2015 at Gocheok Sky Dome in western Seoul.(Yonhap)
    Cuba gets past S. Korea 3-1 in exhibition baseball game

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Cuba defeated South Korea 3-1 to take the second game of their exhibition series at a brand new dome in Seoul on Thursday. Cuba scored twice in the bottom of the first and held...

    • Posted November 5, 2015
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  • Kim Hyun-soo of South Korea (L) scores on a wild pitch by Cuba's Danny Betancourt (R) in the bottom of the fifth inning at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Nov. 4, 2015. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea blanks Cuba 6-0 in baseball game before int’l tourney

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea blanked Cuba 6-0 in the first official baseball game at a brand new dome in the nation’s capital on Wednesday. The host tagged on three runs in the bottom first and never...

    • Posted November 4, 2015
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  • Park Byung-ho (Yonhap)
    KBO officially asks MLB to post slugger Park Byung-ho

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The top South Korean baseball league said Monday it requested Major League Baseball (MLB) to make slugger Park Byung-ho available in posting for big league clubs. Earlier in the day, the Korea Baseball Organization...

    • Posted November 2, 2015
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  • Min Byung-hun of the Doosan Bears celebrates his go-ahead double in the fifth inning of Game 4 of the Korean Series against the Samsung Lions in Seoul on Oct. 30, 2015. (Yonhap)
    Doosan on verge of dethroning Samsung dynasty in KBO championship

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The Doosan Bears squeezed past the Samsung Lions 4-3 at home on Friday to reach the verge of their first South Korean professional baseball championship in 14 years. Right-hander Non Kyung-eun pitched 5 2/3...

    • Posted October 30, 2015
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