SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Eric Thames’ triumphant return to MLB has shed new light on the KBO (Korea Baseball Organization) League and players from overseas. Now a first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers, Thames has batted 11 home runs with a .370 BA, .904 SLG, and an OPS of 1.393 in the Major [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — American slugger Eric Thames became the first player in South Korean baseball on Friday with a 40-40 season. Thames, the hard-hitting first baseman for the NC Dinos in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), swiped his 40th bag of the season in the third inning against the SK Wyverns on [...]
Eric Thames of the NC Dinos celebrates a victory with his teammates in Seoul on July 10, 2015. (Image: Yonhap) SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — As the first half of the 2015 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season drew to a close Thursday night, two of the league’s premier sluggers, Park Byung-ho of the Nexen Heroes and [...]