SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — On many levels, the 2020 South Korean professional baseball season will be unlike any of the 38 that came before it. Because of the coronavirus outbreak earlier in the spring, the start of the new Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season was pushed back from March 28 to May 5, [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean baseball league, preparing for a new ‘crowdless’ season this year, is also coming up with plans for a phase-by-phase entry of fans aligned with the evolution of the coronavirus outbreak. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) secretariat and heads of the 10 teams held a board meeting [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. sports media giant ESPN was seeking free rights to broadcast South Korean professional baseball games, leading to a stalemate in its negotiations with its counterpart in Seoul, informed sources told Yonhap News Agency on Thursday. According to sources with knowledge of the talks, ESPN wanted to acquire rights [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Forget the crack of the bat — even the sound of the bat dropping to the ground has hardly seemed louder in a baseball game. The LG Twins and the Doosan Bears opened their Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) preseason in Seoul on Tuesday, without the presence of their typically [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — There’s no crying in baseball. And once the South Korean baseball league begins its regular season, there’ll be no spitting either. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) unveiled a manual for its 10 clubs on the coronavirus pandemic, including do’s and don’ts at the ballpark during the upcoming preseason and [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. sports broadcasting giant ESPN has approached the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) about possibly airing South Korean baseball games to the American audience, informed sources told Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday. The sources added that ESPN, for the time being, is showing only some passing interest, and nothing [...]
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 [...]