SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean baseball club Kiwoom Heroes said Monday they will post reigning league MVP Lee Jung-hoo after the 2023 season, thereby granting Lee’s wish to take his talent to Major League Baseball (MLB). Lee first expressed his intent to play in the big leagues on Dec. 19. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — When Yasiel Puig is done playing baseball, he will likely look back on the year 2022, his first season in South Korea, as an important turning point — not only for his professional playing career but for his personal life. On Thursday, Puig, a former National League All-Star with [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Major League Baseball (MLB) has canceled four exhibition games scheduled for November in South Korea, citing “contractual issues” with a local promoter. MLB made the announcement while Game 1 of the World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros was under way in Houston on Friday (local [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Well aware of a huge fan base for baseball in South Korea, Major League Baseball (MLB) is looking for ways to help grow the game’s popularity here, a senior official with the league said Friday. MLB is bringing the “FTX MLB Home Run Derby X” to the western city [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Korean baseball fans think tossing the bat with flair after home runs can help increase the popularity of the game, a survey showed Thursday. Realmeter polled 500 South Koreans over 18 on Aug. 12 on bat flips. The survey had a 95 percent confidence [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — For the first time in 100 years, a team of major league stars will play offseason exhibition games in South Korea this fall. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced Friday it will host Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Stars for four games in November, both in celebration of the KBO’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean baseball league is trying to schedule regular season games in the United States at the start of the 2024 season, its commissioner said Thursday, disclosing the specific target dates for those games for the first time. Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) Commissioner Heo Koo-youn traveled to New [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting this weekend, fans attending South Korean professional baseball games and football games will be able to party like it’s 2019 again. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced Friday the two-year ban on vocal cheering at ballparks will be lifted, effective immediately. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s professional baseball league said Tuesday it will ask the sports ministry to lift the ban on cheering at ballparks as part of eased coronavirus restrictions, on the grounds that the activity poses few infection risks. Representatives from the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) and its 10 clubs will [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) clubs are stepping up to attract fans through various marketing strategies as the government lifts quarantine restrictions. NC Dinos will introduce an artificial intelligence (AI) system named Dynamic Pricing this year, which will be in charge of setting ticket prices for home games. Ticket [...]