This May 18, 2025, file photo shows Doosan Bears manager Lee Seung-yuop during a Korea Baseball Organization regular-season game against the Kia Tigers at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, 270 kilometers south of Seoul. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean baseball legend Lee Seung-yuop resigned as manager of the Doosan Bears on Monday, taking the fall for the team’s disappointing season.
The Bears announced Monday that Lee offered to step down and the club accepted it, effective immediately.
Lee, second on the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) home run list with 467, was in the final year of his three-year contract.
Through Sunday’s action, the Bears were in ninth place among 10 teams with a record of 23-32-2 (wins-losses-ties). They had made the postseason, reserved for the top five teams, in each of the past two years.
The Bears said Cho Sung-hwan, their quality control coach, will serve as interim manager beginning with Tuesday’s game against the Kia Tigers.
(Yonhap)
