The Korea Herald

White Sox down Tribe

Apr 10, 2012

CLEVELAND (AP) ― Chris Sale won his first career start, limiting Cleveland to one run in 6 2/3 innings and leading the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 win over the Indians on Monday night. Sale pitched o...
KBO postpones decision on league’s expansion

Apr 10, 2012

Lotte Giants say adding the Dinos will make the league less competitive A plan to expand the country’s top baseball league from the current eight teams to nine next year has been halted with the spo...
Santana, Indians edge Jays

Apr 9, 2012

CLEVELAND (AP) ― The Cleveland Indians’ first win of the season wasn’t exactly a piece of cake. Still, it was worth celebrating. Carlos Santana hit two home runs on his 26th birthday, Derek Lowe pit...
Fielder, Cabrera hit 2 HRs each in rout of Boston

Apr 8, 2012

DETROIT (AP) ― Prince Fielder stood in front of his locker discussing his first two home runs as a Detroit Tiger. Then Miguel Cabrera ― who had just finished reviewing his own two-homer game ― walke...
Anyang KGC claims KBL title

Apr 8, 2012

The Anyang KGC won the 2011-2012 Korean Basketball League title Friday with a hard-fought victory over the Dongbu Promy in Wonju, Gangwon Province. The Anyang KGC beat the home team 66-64 in Game 6 ...
Votto agrees to $251.5m contract

Apr 5, 2012

CINCINNATI (AP) ― Joey Votto got a big payday by staying in a small market, agreeing to a $251.5 million, 12-year deal with the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday that is the longest guaranteed contract in...
Marlins to open new park vs. Cards

Apr 4, 2012

MIAMI (AP) ― Perched atop the Miami Marlins’ multicolored, provocative home-run sculpture is a blue marlin, poised for splashdown whenever the home team hits one out. Call the artwork what you will ...
KBO season kicks off this weekend

Apr 3, 2012

After a busy offseason that saw a match-fixing investigation, departure of longtime franchise stars and arrival of new players, Korean fans are finally ready for the beginning of a new baseball seaso...
Play ball

Apr 3, 2012

Baseball season kicks off this weekend After a busy off-season that saw a match-fixing investigation, departure of longtime franchise stars and arrival of new players, Korean fans are finally ready ...
Lee retires unexpectedly

Apr 2, 2012

For professional athletes, the most difficult thing is knowing when it’s time to call it a career. Lee Jong-beom of the Kia Tigers reached that point this spring. The 41-year-old announced on Saturd...
Professional baseball aims to draw record 7.1m fans this year

Apr 1, 2012

South Korea’s top professional baseball league expects to attract a record 7.1 million fans this season, up 4 percent from last year, the Korea Baseball Organization said Sunday. Buoyed by an unprec...
Chipper says this will be his final season

Mar 23, 2012

ATLANTA (AP) ― Flanked by his family, his former manager and a group of teammates he hates to leave behind, Chipper Jones choked up a bit and delivered the news that’s been looming for years: It’s t...
Mets’ future brightens

Mar 20, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― The New York Mets’ owners scored an early-season victory Monday, stabilizing the club’s financial future in a deal with a trustee for Bernard Madoff’s fraud victims that requires them...
Korea’s baseball governing body bans Baltimore scouts

Mar 20, 2012

The South Korean governing body of amateur baseball said it has taken steps to ban scouts from the Baltimore Orioles in Major League Baseball from attending local games. The Korea Baseball Associati...
Choo goes deep but Indians fall

Mar 11, 2012

Cleveland Indians outfielder Choo Shin-soo watches his home run in the fourth inning. ( AP-Yonhap News) GOODYEAR, Arizona (AP) ― Dustin Moseley was told to lighten up for a change. He did, and it wo...