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S. Korean pitcher Lim Chang-yong signs with Chicago Cubs: source

Dec 17, 2012

South Korean pitcher Lim Chang-yong has signed with the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB), an informed source told Yonhap News Agency Monday. "Lim Chang-yong signed the contract over the weekend in the U.S.," the source said, requesting anonymity. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately known, according to the source. Lim is scheduled to return to South Korea later Monday to ...
Fan interest propels expansion

Dec 16, 2012

It is an iconic image of Busan and South Korean baseball: A packed Sajik Stadium singing and dancing as they watch the city’s favorite sports team, the Lotte Giants. Starting in the 2013 season, however, the Giants are going to have a local rival as professional top-tier baseball comes to the nearby city of Changwon. For more than 20 years, there have been eight teams in the league, but that is ...
Hamilton agrees to $125m deal with Angels

Dec 14, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Josh Hamilton is heading to the Los Angeles Angels, lured with a $125 million, five-year contract that steps up the migration of high-profile stars to Southern California. The Angels persuaded the free-agent outfielder to leave the Texas Rangers with their third big-money offseason signing in as many years. Hamilton heads to Anaheim after first baseman Albert Pujols came West ...
[Newsmaker] Admissions scandal snares baseball managers

Dec 13, 2012

Former and current managers of two university baseball teams have been arrested in an admission scandal. Prosecutors said Wednesday that they have arrested former Lotte Giants manager Yang Seung-ho and current manager of the Yonsei University baseball team Jung Jin-ho to investigate charges of taking cash in return for admission. Less than two months ago, Yang was a high-profile manager of the ...
Choo shipped to Cincinnati

Dec 12, 2012

South Korean outfielder Choo Shin-soo of the Cleveland Indians in Major League Baseball has been traded to the Cincinnati Reds, the teams said Wednesday, Korean time. The Indians dealt Choo and infielder Jason Donald to the Reds as part of a three-team, nine-player trade that also involved the Arizona Diamondbacks. In exchange, the Reds sent center fielder Drew Stubbs and shortstop Didi Gregoriu...
Choo shipped to Cincinnati

Dec 12, 2012

Korean to play center, bat leadoff for the Reds
Clubs approve expansion under boycott threat

Dec 11, 2012

Representatives of South Korean professional baseball teams on Tuesday unanimously approved the expansion plan in the country’s top league, bucking under pressure of players and fans and narrowly avoiding a possible cancellation of an annual offseason awards ceremony. The presidents of nine clubs in the Korea Baseball Organization gave the green light to add a 10th team to their league at a boar...
Armed and dangerous

Dec 11, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Flush with cash after the team’s sale this year, the Los Angeles Dodgers are busy spending it on starting pitching. The team introduced left-hander Ryu Hyun-jin of South Korea on Monday, making him the first player ever to go directly from the Korean league to the major leagues. And he was just the setup man. The Dodgers finalized a $147 million, six-year deal with free agen...
Ryu, Dodgers reach 6-year, $36m deal

Dec 10, 2012

South Korean All-Star pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin has signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in Major League Baseball in a dramatic transaction just before the league-mandated deadline, MLB’s official website said Monday, Korean time. MLB.com said Ryu has signed a six-year deal worth $36 million. Earlier in the day, the Los Angeles Times said the Dodgers “expect him to be part of the rotation next season....
Ryu, Dodgers reach 6-year, $36m deal

Dec 10, 2012

South Korean All-Star pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin has signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in Major League Baseball (MLB), the Los Angeles Times reported Monday, Korean time. The Times said the Dodgers "expect him to be part of the rotation next season" but added terms of the deal weren't immediately known. Ryu and the Dodgers had a 30-day window to sign a deal after the LA-based club earned the exclus...
S. Korea's global baseball ranking falls one notch to 4th place

Dec 8, 2012

South Korea's global baseball ranking fell one notch to fourth place in 2012 compared to the year before, according to the rating list released Saturday by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF). The IBAF said the country earned 56.50 ranking points for the whole of this year for a total of 518.20 points. The points are tallied by checking performance of national baseball teams in internat...
Golden Glove baseball awards may be canceled

Dec 6, 2012

The country’s top professional league will cancel an upcoming annual baseball awards ceremony if players carry out their threat to boycott the ceremony, a league official said. The Korea Professional Baseball Players Association, which represents players of the Korea Baseball Organization, has threatened to withhold its member players from the Golden Glove Awards set for next Tuesday, unless the...
Clock is ticking

Dec 6, 2012

The deadline for South Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin to sign a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers in Major League Baseball will fall on this weekend, a few days earlier than initially thought, according to officials Thursday. The Dodgers in November won the exclusive negotiating rights for the 25-year-old left-hander, submitting a bid of about $25.7 million in a league-wide silent auction as pa...
Pitch count limits set for World Baseball Classic

Dec 5, 2012

Pitch count limits have been set for the World Baseball Classic in March of next year, a baseball official here said Wednesday. “The number of pitches per game by a pitcher will be 65 in the first round, 80 in the second round, and 95 in the semifinals and the final,” the official with the Korea Baseball Organization said, adding that officials from participating countries recently held a meetin...
Korea to open vs. Netherlands

Dec 4, 2012

South Korea will open the 2013 World Baseball Classic against the Netherlands in March next year. According to the schedules released by the tournament organizers Tuesday, South Korea, the runner-up at the previous WBC in 2009, will start the campaign against the Dutch on March 2 in Taichung, Taiwan. In the opening round of the March 2-19 tournament, South Korea has been paired with the Netherl...