SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Hanwha Eagles staged a late comeback to win their first regular-season game at their new stadium Friday. The Eagles defeated the defending champions Kia Tigers 7-2 at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon, some 140 kilometers south of Seoul, with a sellout crowd of 17,000 on hand for [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Hanwha Eagles announced Monday their brand new stadium will be called “Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark.” The venue will replace Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, some 140 kilometers south of Seoul. The previous park had been the oldest stadium in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), having been built [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — For Hanwha Eagles starting pitcher Ryan Weiss, uncertainty has been a running theme throughout his career. The 27-year-old American pitcher has spent his professional career in the U.S. minor leagues, in Taiwan and in independent ball in his native country. Weiss added South Korea to the list of his [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Hanwha Eagles announced a coaching staff reshuffle Friday, bringing in a new bench coach and pitching coach ahead of the second half of the season. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club said Yang Seung-gwan will serve as the new bench coach for manager Kim Kyung-moon, while Yang Sang-moon [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Hanwha Eagles announced Monday they’ve signed U.S. minor leaguer Ryan Weiss as a temporary injury replacement. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club said Weiss will take a spot in the starting rotation vacated by Ricardo Sanchez, who was placed on the injured list Saturday with elbow pains. The [...]
SUWON, South Korea, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Carried by an opportunistic offense, the Hanwha Eagles defeated the KT Wiz 8-2 on Tuesday to mark the highly anticipated return of manager Kim Kyung-moon. The bottom third of the Eagles’ lineup produced six RBIs, and the bullpen threw six solid innings at KT Wiz Park in [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Choi Won-ho, manager for the struggling South Korean baseball club Hanwha Eagles, has resigned. The Eagles announced Monday that Choi had first expressed his intention to quit following an 8-4 loss to the LG Twins on Thursday, and the club accepted it Sunday. Along with Choi, Park Chan-hyuk, CEO [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — For the first time this season in South Korean baseball, the Hanwha Eagles now find themselves in a place eerily familiar to them — at the bottom of the standings. The combination of the Eagles’ 8-4 loss to the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants’ 10-6 victory over the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — With the intervention of Mother Nature, Hanwha Eagles starter Ryu Hyun-jin will take his third crack at his first win of the 2024 season on Friday, and do so in his very first South Korean game inside a dome. Ryu, former National League All-Star back in the Korea Baseball [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Ryu Hyun-jin is coming home. The Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced Thursday that they have signed Ryu, a former major league All-Star, to an eight-year contract worth 17 billion won (US$12.8 million). The deal makes him the highest-paid player in South Korea and immediately sent [...]