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Sizemore homers as Tribe sweep

Apr 18, 2011

CLEVELAND (AP) ― Grady Sizemore never heard the crowd’s roar. Striding to the plate for his first at-bat in 11 months on a surgically repaired left knee, Sizemore’s mind raced. His thoughts drowned ...
Choo homers as Tribe win 8-3

Apr 17, 2011

CLEVELAND (AP) ― Orlando Cabrera senses something special happening to the Cleveland Indians. In 13 major league seasons, he’s seen this before. With each quality start, clutch hit and win, the Indi...
Yanks rally for win in 10th over Orioles

Apr 15, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― Nick Swisher hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees rallied from a five-run deficit for an 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles Thursday night to sweep the ...
Indians’ win streak snapped

Apr 13, 2011

Choo Shin-soo’s fourth-inning single only hit for Cleveland ANAHEIM, California (AP) ― Dan Haren pitched a one-hitter, allowing only Choo Shin-soo’s clean single in the fourth inning, and the Los An...
Indians win 7th straight, off to best start since 2002

Apr 11, 2011

SEATTLE (AP) ― Asdrubal Cabrera has never been considered a power hitter. His career high for a season is six home runs Barely a week into the 2011 campaign, Cabrera already has three homers and the...
Choo, Indians thump Red Sox

Apr 7, 2011

Korean right fielder rips season’s first home run in win CLEVELAND (AP) ― After popping out, David Ortiz lingered at home plate and stared into the distance as if in disbelief. Yep, Big Papi, it’s ...
KBO sets a new target of 6 million fans for 2011 season

Apr 5, 2011

The new baseball season began with good momentum over the weekend with completely full stadiums in its opening games. The Korea Baseball Organization drew a record 5.92 million spectators last seaso...
KBO creates 'fantasy' award

Mar 31, 2011

South Korea’s top professional baseball league said Wednesday it will launch a new award this season based on “fantasy baseball” points using real-life statistics for pitchers and position players. ...
Dreams of October

Mar 29, 2011

KBO champions SK Wyverns to face strong challenge in their bid to repeat The SK Wyverns, which have won three of the past four championships in South Korean baseball, are once again considered a str...
Witness: Bonds blamed injury on steroids

Mar 29, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Barry Bonds’ former mistress testified Monday that he blamed a 1999 elbow injury on steroid use, and that the body and behavior of baseball’s home run king changed during their n...
Motorola to launch its first tablet in S. Korea

Mar 29, 2011

Motorola Mobility Inc. said Tuesday that the company will roll out its first tablet computer in South Korea in April, heralding stiffer competition among tablet makers. The Xoom tablet computer, bui...
NCsoft gets final approval as owner of expansion baseball team

Mar 29, 2011

NCsoft, a local online game company, received its final stamp of approval Tuesday to launch a new professional baseball team in South Korea. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced that NCso...
S. Korea's professional baseball starts its 30th season this weekend

Mar 29, 2011

(The Herald Biz) Baseball, South Korea's most popular professional sport, will launch its 30th season this weekend, with all eight clubs in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) in action across the...
Homer-happy Royals blast past Mariners 9-8

Mar 25, 2011

PEORIA, Arizona (AP) ― Melky Cabrera, Alex Gordon and Lance Zawadzki each hit two-run homers and the Kansas City Royals broke a four-game spring training losing streak with a 9-8 win over the Seattle...
Park struggles to adapt

Mar 14, 2011

It must have been a touchy week for Park Chan-ho, who is preparing for his debut season in the top Japanese baseball league. The veteran pitcher seems out of form, struggling to adapt to his new cir...