The Korea Herald

Samsung Lions to let closer Oh Seung-hwan test foreign waters

Nov 6, 2013

The Samsung Lions, the reigning South Korean baseball champions, have announced that they will let their free-agent-to-be closer Oh Seung-hwan test foreign waters this offseason. The Lions made the announcement late Tuesday, four days after they claimed their third straight Korean Series championship in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). Their decision will allow the right-hander to be post...
KBO general managers agree in principle to increase foreign player quota

Nov 6, 2013

General managers in the top domestic baseball league have agreed in principle to increase the current foreign player quota starting next season, officials said Wednesday. According to the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), the executives from 10 clubs, nine current teams plus the expansion KT Wiz that will join the league in 2015, met on Tuesday to discuss the foreign player issue. Currently, t...
Reds make qualifying offer to Choo

Nov 5, 2013

If the Korean accepts the offer, he stays for another season at $14.1 million
Nexen slugger Park Byung-ho earns 2nd straight MVP in KBO

Nov 4, 2013

Park Byung-ho of the Nexen Heroes was voted the most valuable player in the top South Korean baseball league for the second straight year on Monday. Park earned 84 out of 98 possible votes to pick up his second MVP trophy in a row in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). The slugging first baseman led the league in five offensive categories, including home runs and RBIs. Park became just the f...
Red Sox celebrate with ‘rolling rally’

Nov 3, 2013

BOSTON (AP) ― From the Green Monster to the Charles River, the bearded champions celebrated their improbable journey with another familiar sight in Boston. The World Series trophy. For the third time in 10 years, the Red Sox carried the prize through their city in a “rolling rally” of amphibious “duck boats” as thousands of fans lined the streets and the banks of the waterway that separates Bos...
Samsung Lions capture third straight Korean Series title

Nov 1, 2013

The Samsung Lions are the champions of South Korean baseball for the third straight year. The Lions defeated the Doosan Bears 7-3 on Friday to capture the Korean Series in seven games, earning their third consecutive Korea Baseball Organization championship. At their home Daegu Stadium, about 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, the Lions blew the game wide open with a five-run sixth inning, as t...
Boston rejoices in victory

Nov 1, 2013

AMHERST, Massachusetts (AP) ― The Red Sox have now won three World Series in the past decade ― but not since the days of Babe Ruth had Boston won a fall classic in its beloved Fenway Park. The victory sent Boston fans spilling into the streets to celebrate the team’s 6-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6. Amid the cheers and high-fives, the white lights of Boston’s Prudential Tower...
Doosan Bears on brink of collapse after blowing scoring opportunities

Nov 1, 2013

Having once been in the driver's seat to take the Korean Series, the Doosan Bears suddenly find themselves on the brink of a historic collapse against the surging Samsung Lions. And the Bears don't have anyone but themselves to blame, for it's their own inability to drive in runners in scoring position that has hurt them. The Bears have lost a 3-1 series lead in the championship final for the K...
Samsung rallies to beat Doosan, forces Game 7 in Korean Series

Oct 31, 2013

The Samsung Lions came from behind to defeat the Doosan Bears 6-2 in Game 6 of the Korean Series on Thursday, forcing a decisive seventh game in the championship final for the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). Playing host at Daegu Stadium, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, Chae Tae-in blasted a go-ahead two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth, and Park Han-yi put the game out of reach wit...
Red Sox win World Series title at Fenway Park

Oct 31, 2013

Just like the long whiskers on the players' faces, starting with Jonny Gomes' scruffy spring training beard. “As soon as we went to Fort Myers, the movie's already been written,” Gomes said. “All we had to do was press play, and this is what happened.” Across the Northeast, from Connecticut's Housatonic River up to the Aroostook in Maine, Boston's eighth championship will be remembered for all ...
New lineup does wonders

Oct 30, 2013

It might have been a desperate move on the part of the Samsung Lions’ manager Ryu Joong-il, but reshuffling the struggling lineup kept the two-time defending champions alive in the Korean Series. After scoring seven runs in four previous games against the Doosan Bears in their battle for the Korea Baseball Organization championship, the new-look Lions on Tuesday enjoyed a 7-5 victory in Game 5 t...
Samsung stays alive in Korean Series with win over Doosan

Oct 29, 2013

The Samsung Lions defeated the Doosan Bears 7-5 in Game 5 of the Korean Series on Tuesday, staying alive in the best-of-seven championship final for the Korea Baseball Organization. On the road at Seoul's Jamsil Stadium, the Lions' Park Han-yi hit a tie-breaking two-run single in the top eighth after they blew an early 3-0 lead, as the two-time defending champion staved off elimination. The Bear...
Dodgers' Ryu returns home after strong rookie year

Oct 29, 2013

Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers made a triumphant return home on Tuesday following a successful rookie season in Major League Baseball. Greeted by hundreds of fans at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, the left-hander said he had the fondest memories of his first regular season win, his first complete game shutout and also his first playoff victory this year. "I'd like to giv...
Lester puts Sox on brink of title

Oct 29, 2013

ST. LOUIS (AP) ― Jon Lester pitched the Boston Red Sox within a whisker of yet another World Series championship. Lester bested Adam Wainwright once again, journeyman David Ross hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning and the Red Sox downed the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 Monday night to take a 3-2 Series edge. David Ortiz delivered his latest big hit, too, sending this bearded band of Red S...
Doosan squeezes past Samsung to take 3-1 Korean Series lead

Oct 28, 2013

The Doosan Bears got past the Samsung Lions 2-1 in Game 4 of the Korean Series on Monday, moving within one win of claiming the South Korean baseball championship. At their home of Jamsil Stadium in the nation's capital, the Bears scored in the first inning and rode their pitching the rest of the way to take the commanding 3-1 lead in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) final series. The Bear...