The Korea Herald

Red Sox hold on to stay tied for wild-card lead

Sept 28, 2011

BALTIMORE (AP) ― The Boston Red Sox celebrated a rare September victory for about 20 minutes before turning their attention toward their next game ― the last and most important of the 162-game schedu...
Samsung Lions run away with league title

Sept 28, 2011

The Samsung Lions have won the pennant race title in the country’s top professional league for the first time in five years. After winning the game against the Doosan Bears 5-3 on Tuesday, the Daegu...
Samsung Lions wins KBO pennant race

Sept 28, 2011

The Samsung Lions has won the pennant race title in the country’s top professional league for the first time in five years. After winning the game against Doosan Bears 5-3 on Tuesday, the Daegu-base...
Korean baseball enjoys golden days

Sept 23, 2011

It’s 6 p.m. on Sept. 16, and the Jamsil baseball stadium is already nearly filled. “LG! LG!” a large squad in the first base stands starts chanting their club’s name as the match between the home te...
Playoff-hopeful Rays rough up watered-down Yankees

Sept 23, 2011

Tampa Bay pulls within 2 games of Boston in wild-card race NEW YORK (AP) ― Rays manager Joe Maddon heard a few cheers coming from the clubhouse and reached for the computer mouse. He knew what had j...
Rivera breaks MLB saves mark

Sept 20, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― Mariano Rivera stood by himself, in the center of the diamond at Yankee Stadium. For once, the great closer wasn’t sure what to do next. So he smiled, blew a kiss to the crowd, and ...
SK, Lotte feel late-season pressure

Sept 19, 2011

The temperature has dropped as the cool breeze of fall has swept in. But the tension and excitement are growing in the country’s top professional baseball league as the race for a playoff berth is we...
Former MVP pitcher Choi dies

Sept 14, 2011

Considered one of history’s premier power pitchers It was another sad day for the Korean baseball league as Choi Dong-won, an all-time favorite pitcher, died of cancer Wednesday. He was 53. His dea...
Rivera gets 600th career save as Yankees top M’s

Sept 14, 2011

SEATTLE (AP) ― Mariano Rivera earned his 600th save, moving within one of Trevor Hoffman’s major league record, by closing out the New York Yankees’ 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night...
Former MVP pitcher Choi dies of cancer

Sept 14, 2011

Choi Dong-won (Yonhap News) Choi Dong-won, one of the premier power pitchers in South Korean baseball in the 1980s, died Wednesday of cancer. He was 53 years old. The National Health Insurance Corp...
Korea gears up for Asia hoops championships

Sept 13, 2011

The South Korean basketball team traveled Tuesday to China to participate in the 2011 FIBA Asia Championships, which will be held in Wuhan, Hubei, Sept. 15-25. Sixteen teams ― including Korea, host ...
Nationals end Dodgers series with loss, rainout

Sept 9, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Too bad the Washington Nationals couldn’t hop on the plane and follow the Los Angeles Dodgers to sunny California. The Nationals lost a series to the Dodgers this week, and what a ...
Former All-Star Jang dies of cancer

Sept 7, 2011

BUSAN (Yonhap News) ― Jang Hyo-jo, the career batting average leader in South Korea’s top baseball league, died Wednesday of liver cancer. He was 55 years old. Dong-A University Medical Center in Bu...
Strasburg tosses 5 solid innings in loss

Sept 7, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Stephen Strasburg allowed two hits over five shutout innings Tuesday night in his first major league start since undergoing Tommy John surgery, but the bullpen blew the lead as the ...
Tigers extend division cushion over Indians

Sept 6, 2011

CLEVELAND (AP) ― Doug Fister’s breaking ball put the brakes on Cleveland’s challenge to first-place Detroit. Fister struck out a career-high 13, Victor Martinez hit a three-run homer and the Tigers ...