The Korea Herald

KBL to play out season despite scandal

Mar 8, 2013

The nation’s top men’s professional basketball league will play out the season despite the cloud of a match-fixing scandal involving an active coach, the league’s commissioner said Friday. Han Sun-kyo, head of the Korean Basketball League, convened an emergency board meeting Friday to discuss fallouts from the match-fixing allegations surrounding Kang Dong-hee, head coach of the Dongbu Promy. H...
MLB examining expanded replay for 2014 season

Mar 6, 2013

GLENDALE, Arizona (AP) ― Major League Baseball intends to expand the use of instant replay for the 2014 season and will be studying over the course of this year which calls to review and how to do it. Joe Torre, an MLB executive vice president, said Tuesday that league officials plan to visit Miami during the World Baseball Classic and various spring training sites to examine camera angles and o...
Korea crashes out with stagnant offense and sloppy fielding

Mar 6, 2013

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (Yonhap News) ― Leading up to the World Baseball Classic, South Korean players and coaches talked the talk. The country was third at the inaugural WBC in 2006 and then was second in 2009. Brimming with confidence, they said they were bound to win it all in their third try. In Taiwan, though, they couldn’t walk the walk. Despite making seven roster changes before the tournament ...
S. Korea eliminated from WBC despite win over Taiwan

Mar 6, 2013

South Korea was knocked out of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) on Tuesday, despite a 3-2 win over Taiwan. South Korean baseball team's manager Ryu Joong-il hangs his head during the 7th innning of the first-round WBC match against Taiwan on Tuesday. (Yonhap News) In the first-round Pool B meeting on Tuesday at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, Kang Jung-ho hit a go-ahead two-run home...
S. Korea beats Australia to stay alive at WBC

Mar 4, 2013

South Korean players celebrate after defeating Australia in the first round of the World Baseball Classic in Taiwan, Monday. (Yonhap News) South Korea defeated Australia 6-0 in the first round of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) on Monday, staying alive in the tournament after the devastating loss to the Netherlands last week. In the Pool B contest at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium,...
S. Korea stunned by Netherlands at WBC

Mar 3, 2013

(Yonhap News) South Korea was stunned by the Netherlands 5-0 on Saturday in its first game at the 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) here in Taiwan. In the first-round action at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, the Netherlands got timely hits from the heart of their lineup and took advantage of South Korean errors for the upset over the runner-up from the 2009 WBC. Andruw Jones, with...
‘Taiwan appears vulnerable’

Feb 28, 2013

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (Yonhap News) ― Taiwan, one of South Korea’s opponents in the first round at the upcoming World Baseball Classic, appears quite vulnerable just days before the start of the tournament, a former South Korean national team manager said Thursday. Kim Kyung-moon, currently the manager of the Korea Baseball Organization club NC Dinos, said South Korea should have little trouble getti...
Big bats down

Feb 28, 2013

Team Korea struggles with tepid offense
Four Korean clubs start AFC Champions League

Feb 25, 2013

Four South Korean teams will start their campaigns at Asia’s premier club competition this week, looking to sustain the country’s recent dominance at the annual tournament. FC Seoul, the defending champion of the first-division K League Classic, will headline the Korean contingent at the Asian Football Confederation Champions League. The AFC awards Champions League spots to the top three K Leag...
Korea set to begin quest for WBC crown

Feb 25, 2013

South Korea will begin its quest for its first World Baseball Classic championship this week in Taiwan, trying to shake off its underdog label with yet another surprising march through the tournament. Manager Ryu Joong-il will lead the team of 28 players, including 13 pitchers, into Taichung Intercontinental Stadium in Taiwan for first round action. South Korea has been paired with Taiwan, Austr...
Practice game between NC, Cuba canceled over ball

Feb 21, 2013

DOU LIOU CITY, Taiwan (Yonhap News) ― A practice game between the Cuban national baseball team and a South Korean professional club was canceled Thursday over a dispute of the game ball, officials said. Cuba was to face the NC Dinos of the Korea Baseball Organization at Dou Liou Baseball Stadium here in Taiwan, as part of preparations for the March 2-19 World Baseball Classic. According to NC of...
Ryu looks to step into rotation

Feb 21, 2013

Koufax gives Korean tips on how to throw a curve ball
‘Taiwan, Cuba not to be feared’

Feb 20, 2013

DOU LIOU CITY, Taiwan (Yonhap News) ― Cuba and Taiwan, seen as South Korea’s two rivals at the upcoming World Baseball Classic, don’t appear to be as strong as scouts had earlier feared, a former South Korean national team manager said Wednesday. Kim In-sik, who managed South Korea at the first two WBCs in 2006 and 2009, said he has watched Taiwan and Cuba once each in practice games. Kim, curr...
Center of attention

Feb 18, 2013

Reds look at Choo in CF to start spring training
Choo not about to change style on new club

Feb 17, 2013

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Choo Shin-soo takes batting practice in Goodyear, Arizona, Saturday. (Yonhap News) GOODYEAR, Arizona (Yonhap News) ― Having joined a new team in Major League Baseball during the offseason, South Korean outfielder Choo Shin-soo said he will not change his style of play regardless of his position on the field or in the batting order. Choo was traded from the Cleveland I...