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 Busan said Jang succumbed to cancer early Wednesday, about a month after he was hospitalized. Jang played 10 seasons in the Korea Baseball Organization, the first six with the Samsung Lions in Daegu. H...

BOSTON (AP) ― Cleveland manager Manny Acta’s pregame lesson about Fenway Park’s quirky angles and dimensions certainly couldn’t cover what Asdrubal Cabrera’s homer did. Cabrera’s second two-run homer of the game, originally ruled a single off the short wall in right field and overturned by replay review, broke an eighth-inning tie and lifted the Indians to a 9-6 win over the Boston Red Sox on Mo...

The Korea Baseball Organization has appointed Koo Bon-neung, chairman of Heesung Group, as its new president, Korean baseball’s governing body announced Tuesday. The KBO board members unanimously appointed Koo as the new head of the KBO. Koo Bon-neung The KBO is to hold its committee meeting next week and to elect Koo as its new chairman. Koo will succeed outgoing president Yoo Young-koo, who ...

CLEVELAND (AP) ― Not even word that pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez had passed his physical could put a smile on Manny Acta’s face Sunday afternoon. Cleveland’s manager had just watched his team lose 5-3 to Kansas City, which completed a 2-6 homestand and dropped the Indians 2 1/2 games behind Detroit in the AL Central. “To lose three series in a row in front of our own fans is very disappointing,” Acta...

It was the game that proved why many say baseball is more than a game. The Korea Baseball Organization’s All-Star game ended Saturday in dramatic fashion, with West beating East 5-4 in the 10th inning, delighting the crowd of more than 27,000 at the Jamsil Stadium. Playing in front of a packed stadium, the West All-Stars, comprised of players from the Kia Tigers, LG Twins, Hanwha Eagles and Nex...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― The night was hot and the air was thick, and Fausto Carmona didn’t care. He needed to take his time, between every pitch, and carefully focus on each throw. The Indians were more than happy to let the big right-hander work whatever way he wanted to. Lou Marson hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh inning and Cleveland completed a doubleheader sweep with a 6-3 win over t...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Choo Shin-soo was walking around the Cleveland Indians clubhouse Saturday with a soft cast on his left hand that covered three stitches on his bloodied, broken thumb. The only thing that might hurt worse is the hole in Cleveland’s shattered lineup. The Indians’ prize right fielder will see a hand specialist at the Cleveland Clinic on Monday and expects to have surgery on hi...

DETROIT (AP) ― Trailing by three runs and in danger of falling another game off the pace in the AL Central, Orlando Cabrera and the Cleveland Indians broke through with a big rally. Cabrera had three hits and the Indians came back to beat the Detroit Tigers 6-4 on Wednesday night. After scoring two runs in its previous four games, Cleveland scored four in the fourth inning. Cabrera then added an...

Kim Kyung-moon, manager of the Doosan Bears in South Korea’s top baseball league, resigned from his post, taking responsibility for the team’s poor season so far. The Korea Baseball Organization club said bench coach Kim Kwang-soo will serve as the interim manager for the remainder of the season. Kim Kyung-moon, the first among eight KBO managers to step down this season, said through a stateme...

CLEVELAND (AP) ― Choo Shin-soo says his arrest on a drunken-driving charge has affected his play. “I know what the problem is: I try too hard, I think too much. I need to slow down my mind,” Choo said Sunday as he returned to the Cleveland Indians’ lineup against Texas after getting a game off. Choo said he is no longer worried about the legal problems stemming from his arrest, but is concerned...