SEOUL, August 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Conventional wisdom in baseball has it that one-run games, wins or losses, are mostly a matter of luck. Doosan Bears interim manager Cho Sung-hwan, though, isn’t buying it. His team has the lowest winning percentage in one-run games in this Korea Baseball Organization season at 10-17-0 (wins-losses-ties), and it’s [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Throughout his professional career that has spanned over a decade, Jake Cave has played for coaches who had once been great players. Now in his first season with the Doosan Bears in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), the American outfielder will be playing for a manager who still owns the Korean [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — With about 300 games spread over six partial Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) seasons under his belt, Doosan Bears shortstop Park Jun-young is trying to lock down an everyday job at age 27. Park was the Bears’ Opening Day shortstop last year but never established himself the rest of the [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Four games into the preseason in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), Doosan Bears manager Lee Seung-yuop isn’t happy with what he has seen from his young pitchers, the team’s 3-1-0 (wins-losses-ties) record notwithstanding. “They’re improving bit by bit, but they have to be better,” Lee told reporters at Jamsil [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — At the tender age of 19, Doosan Bears closer Kim Taek-yeon mowed down hitters and helpless hitters with shocking ease in 2024, establishing himself as the front-runner for the Rookie of the Year award in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). But the right-hander isn’t one to gloat over his [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The postseason picture in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) is becoming clearer with each passing day, with just one spot up for grabs now. The Doosan Bears clinched fourth place with a 4-3 win over the Lotte Giants on Thursday night in the southeastern city of Busan. The Bears [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — With two home runs and three RBIs on Tuesday for the Doosan Bears, hard-hitting second baseman Kang Seung-ho kept adding to his career-high numbers across the board. After helping the Bears beat the NC Dinos 10-5 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, Kang is now batting .282/.330/.480 with 18 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — When Canadian outfielder Jared Young signed with the Doosan Bears in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) on July 23, he became part of a small piece of history in the top South Korean league. With his US$300,000 contract, Young joined fellow Canadian Jordan Balazovic, a right-handed pitcher who had [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The LG Twins and the Doosan Bears will temporarily relocate to the main Olympic stadium in southern Seoul while their current baseball stadium undergoes reconstruction, Seoul officials said Tuesday. As part of Seoul’s broader construction plan to transform the Jamsil area into a major sports and entertainment district, the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in threw the ceremonial first pitch at the opening game of the Korean Series in the southern city of Gwangju on Wednesday. Moon, a well-known baseball fan, made a surprise appearance at the game between the Seoul-based Doosan Bears and the Kia Tigers, which marked the start [...]