SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With each passing day, the South Korean baseball league is growing hopeful that it can still play a full, 144-game season, despite the wrench thrown by the coronavirus outbreak earlier in the year. The 2020 regular season for the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) would have begun on March 28 [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hey look, there’s baseball going on in South Korea. And even if you don’t live here, you can stream these games live and watch on demand. The global outbreak of the novel coronavirus has deprived baseball fans around the world of a chance to enjoy their annual ritual — [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — With the nation struggling to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, playing baseball may seem like a trivial pursuit. But Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) clubs still have a job to do, and they’re trying to approach it in a cool, calm and collected manner, despite so much uncertainty [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean professional baseball league decided to push back the start of the regular season indefinitely on Tuesday, amid concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus. Following a meeting with club presidents, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said the 2020 season will begin sometime in April, instead [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — As the coronavirus continues to spread, teams from the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) are returning to South Korea following a series of overseas training programs. Members of the LG Twins baseball team gathered at LG Champion’s Park in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province on Monday for this winter’s third training camp [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean baseball league canceled all of its preseason games on Thursday in response to the recent surge in novel coronavirus infections across the country. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced that all 50 preseason games, scheduled to run from March 14 to 24, will be wiped out, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An automated ball-strike system will be introduced at in the Futures League, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO)’s equivalent of the minor league. The KBO decided to develop and test the system over the next 20 games in the Futures League, and is currently looking for a subcontractor to oversee [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) plans to set up miniature fine dust monitoring devices at baseball stadiums in 10 locations to monitor fine dust in real time. A company selected to carry out the project will be responsible for installing fine dust monitoring devices, certified as grade 1 devices [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean left-hander Kim Kwang-hyun has signed with the St. Louis Cardinals, fulfilling his dream of pitching in the majors in his second crack. The Cardinals announced on Tuesday (local time) their signing of the 31-year-old pitcher and introduced him right away at a press conference at Busch Stadium [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2001 World Series trophy, won by the Arizona Diamondbacks team featuring a South Korean closer, will visit Seoul for the first time next week. Local organizers of the MLB Experience in Korea said Friday that the trophy, formally called the Commissioner’s Trophy, will be unveiled to the media [...]