GWANGJU, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — With his club’s postseason chances slipping away with each mounting loss, Lotte Giants manager Kim Tae-hyoung said Thursday he is really missing his injured captain Jeon Jun-woo. The 39-year-old has not played since Aug. 5 with a hamstring injury. And during his protracted absence, the Giants have posted the [...]
GWANGJU, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Chan-ho knocked in three runs from the No. 2 spot, as the Kia Tigers defeated the Samsung Lions 4-0 at home Wednesday to keep their flickering postseason hopes alive in the Korea Baseball Organization. Park put the Tigers on the board with an RBI double in the bottom [...]
GWANGJU, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — After announcing his plan to call it quits after this season on Aug. 6, Samsung Lions closer Oh Seung-hwan has been on the retirement tour across the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), with opposing clubs presenting him with parting gifts at Oh’s final visit in their home cities. The latest leg of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants homered for the first time in 20 days and finished with three hits to help his team beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-5 on Monday (local time). The 27-year-old center fielder went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored at [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Kiwoom Heroes infielder Song Sung-mun has been voted South Korean baseball’s top player for August. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) on Monday announced Song as the Player of the Month for August. This is Song’s first monthly award in his 11-year KBO career. Song is also the first Heroes [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean baseball league broke its single-season attendance record Friday, with more than three weeks still left on the campaign. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced the total attendance for the season reached 10,901,173 after three games played Friday drew 52,119 fans. The previous record of 10,887,705 was [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Hanwha Eagles ace Cody Ponce set a new single-season strikeout record in South Korean baseball Wednesday, further burnishing his MVP case in his first year here. Ponce notched his 226th strikeout of the season during a game against the NC Dinos at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon, 140 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants has set a new season high with a nine-game hitting streak. Lee batted 1-for-4 in the Giants’ 8-1 loss to the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego on Wednesday (local time). Batting sixth, Lee got his lone hit of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants maintained his hold on second place on the major league triples leaderboard. The South Korean player recorded his 10th triple of the season in a 1-11 loss to the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday (local [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — With each passing outing in one tough situation after another, NC Dinos reliever Chun Sa-min is learning more and more about himself. In his fifth Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season at age 26, the 194-centimeter right-hander is finally realizing the value of trusting his pitches. And his superb outing [...]