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Blue Jays' Ryu Hyun-jin named to All-MLB 2nd Team for 2nd straight year

Dec 10, 2020

South Korean major league pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin has been picked for an All-MLB Team for the second straight season. The Toronto Blue Jays' left-hander was one of five starting pitchers for the All-ML...
KBO's MVP poised for another year-end trophy

Dec 2, 2020

The 2020 regular season MVP in South Korean baseball is poised to pick up another piece of hardware this month. Mel Rojas Jr. of the KT Wiz has been nominated for the Golden Glove in the outfield ca...
KBO asks MLB to post NC Dinos slugger Na Sung-bum

Nov 30, 2020

One of South Korea's premier sluggers will be knocking on the big league doors this winter. The Korea Baseball Organization announced Monday it has asked Major League Baseball to post NC Dinos outfi...
Dinos on verge of Korean Series title after shutting out Bears 5-0

Nov 23, 2020

The NC Dinos are one win away from capturing their first South Korean baseball championship. Starter Koo Chang-mo fired seven shutout innings, and cleanup Yang Eui-ji blasted a two-run home run in t...
KBO champions to be crowned before reduced crowd under tighter distancing rules

Nov 22, 2020

When the 2020 South Korean baseball championship is awarded this week, it will be done before a reduced crowd due to tighter social distancing rules in the capital region. The government decided on ...
KBO to allow clubs to cut salary in case of extraordinary events

Nov 19, 2020

Starting next year, South Korean baseball clubs will be allowed to reduce player salaries if the season is interrupted by extraordinary events. The Korea Baseball Organization announced Thursday tha...
Dinos' Altherr apologizes for refusing to wear mask during Korean Series

Nov 18, 2020

An American baseball player competing in the South Korean baseball championship series apologized on Wednesday for refusing to wear a mask during official pregame and postgame functions. Aaron Althe...
Ties, more ties, walk-off blasts: a look at history of Korean Series

Nov 17, 2020

In the 1982 Korean Series, the Bears, then called the OB Bears, and the Lions squared off. They played to a 3-3 tie after 15 innings in Game 1. Ties have been a part of the KBO for all but 2008 seaso...
Rival right-handers to face each other to open S. Korean baseball championship series

Nov 16, 2020

Two right-handers will renew their regular season rivalry to open the South Korean baseball championship series on Tuesday. The NC Dinos and the Doosan Bears, two contestants of the Korean Series, e...
Wiz beat Bears to stay alive in KBO postseason

Nov 12, 2020

The KT Wiz will live to see at least another day in the South Korean baseball postseason. The Wiz defeated the Doosan Bears 5-2 to stave off elimination in the best-of-five penultimate round in the ...
Proud second baseman has no regrets about retiring after 16 years in KBO

Nov 11, 2020

To hear Jeong Keun-woo tell it, his 16-year career in South Korean baseball has exceeded even his own expectations -- the way he performed, how much love his fans showed him and all the honors that h...
Defending KBO champions run into postseason debutants in penultimate round

Nov 6, 2020

In their march toward a second straight South Korean baseball championship, the Doosan Bears will be running into the Cinderella team of the season in the penultimate stage of the postseason. The KT...
Two starters for Bears shortlisted for KBO's top player award for Oct.

Nov 2, 2020

The top two starting pitchers for the Doosan Bears have been shortlisted for the top player award for October in South Korean baseball. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced five candidate...
Interim manager for KBO club Wyverns resigns over team's poor performance

Oct 31, 2020

The interim manager for the South Korean baseball club SK Wyverns has resigned, leaving a leadership vacuum for a team coming off its worst season in 20 years. The Wyverns of the Korea Baseball Orga...
KBO's SK Wyverns re-sign infielder, acquire 2 new pitchers

Oct 31, 2020

The SK Wyverns wasted no time filling up their foreign player quota for next season, as they retained a veteran Canadian infielder and newly acquired two pitchers less than 24 hours after finishing u...