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Pittsburgh Pirates planning for a future without Kang Jung-ho

Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said in an interview Sunday that the team is preparing for a possible future without troubled infielder Kang Jung-ho, who has spent the entirety of ...

Aug 7, 2017
Baseball
Ryu Hyun-jin near-perfect in 7 scoreless, Dodgers win 4th straight

Ryu Hyun-jin continued stating his case for a rotation spot, spinning seven shutout innings in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 8-0 win over the New York Mets on Sunday. Ryu was nearly perfect in his seven ...

Aug 7, 2017
Baseball
NC Dinos turn game-ending triple play, fifth in KBO history

The NC Dinos won 4-1 against the Samsung Lions on Sunday in a game that was unremarkable except for one aspect – it ended with a triple play. The occurrence of a single triple play is rare enough; on...

Aug 7, 2017
Baseball
Nexen’s Choice hits first KBO homer, but Lotte wins 5-4 in 10

Nexen Heroes right fielder Michael Choice hit a game-tying two-run home run in the eighth inning of Nexen’s Saturday game against the Lotte Giants, but Nexen ultimately fell in extra innings, 5-4. Th...

Aug 7, 2017
Baseball
The Kia Tigers‘ bizarre weekend struggles

The Kia Tigers are doing a lot of things right. At 65-35-1, they are in first place in the Korean Baseball Organization, with a comfortable five-and-a-half game lead over second-place NC Dinos. As a ...

Aug 7, 2017
Baseball
Ex-MLB pitcher out for season in Korea with hand injury

Ex-big league pitcher Anthony Ranaudo has been ruled out for the rest of the South Korean season with a hand injury, his team said Saturday. The Samsung Lions in the Korea Baseball Organization said...

Aug 7, 2017
Baseball
Young hurler shrugs off workload concerns

Perhaps the only person not concerned about the workload for Lotte Giants starter Park Se-woong may be Park himself. There has been much handwringing around the Korea Baseball Organization about the...

Aug 4, 2017
Baseball
Bernadina becomes 3rd foreign player to hit for cycle in KBO

In the Kia Tigers’ 9-3 victory over the KT Wiz on Thursday night, Kia center fielder Roger Bernadina became just the third foreign player in Korean Baseball Organization history to hit for the cycle....

Aug 4, 2017
Baseball
Giants' Hwang Jae-gyun goes back to minors

It's back to the minor leagues again for San Francisco Giants third baseman Hwang Jae-gyun. The Giants demoted the slumping South Korean to Triple-A Sacramento for the second time this season on Wed...

Aug 4, 2017
Baseball
Baseball manager with brain tumor discharged from hospital

South Korean baseball club NC Dinos said Thursday their manager Kim Kyung-moon, recently diagnosed with a benign brain tumor, has been discharged from hospital. The Korea Baseball Organization club ...

Aug 3, 2017
Baseball
From scrub to standout: Understanding the new Roger Bernadina

A lot of things have clicked for the Kia Tigers this season, chief among them being their offense’s record production. Kia’s fearsome lineup features three of the Korean Baseball Organization’s top 1...

Aug 3, 2017
Baseball
Outfielder stays hot in August, nears 20-20 season

In the dog days of summer, NC Dinos outfielder Na Sung-bum has been the hottest hitter in South Korean baseball. Na leads the Korea Baseball Organization with a .378 batting average. He was batting ...

Aug 3, 2017
Baseball
Choo’s 3 hits, Gallo’s 2 homers can’t save Rangers from dropping fourth straight

Choo Shin-soo collected 3 hits and Joey Gallo homered twice, but the Texas Rangers still fell to the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night. The loss was the Rangers’ fourth straight. Texas Rangers leado...

Aug 3, 2017
Baseball
Lester hits first homer, throws 2,000th K in Cubs’ blowout win

The Chicago Cubs 16-4 blowout victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks was a full team effort, as every Cubs batter contributed at least one hit to the team’s victory. But of all of the 17 hits collect...

Aug 3, 2017
Baseball
Kim Hyun-soo collects first hit in Phillies uniform

Philadelphia Phillies designated hitter Kim Hyun-soo hits a double in a game on August 1, 2017. (Yonhap) Kim Hyun-soo collected his first hit as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, a double, agai...

Aug 2, 2017
Baseball

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