Korean professional baseball Archives

American Slugger Eric Thames Rewrites Korean Professional Baseball History

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 [...]

Baseball Salary Cap Abolition Under Scrutiny

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean baseball club Samsung Lions on Tuesday denied a U.S. report that contained larger salary figures for a foreign player than what they announced last weekend, as the effects of abolishing the salary cap on imports came under scrutiny barely a year after the change. The Lions, the [...]