SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean baseball legend Lee Seung-yuop resigned as manager of the Doosan Bears on Monday, taking the fall for the team’s disappointing season. The Bears announced Monday that Lee offered to step down and the club accepted it, effective immediately. Lee, second on the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) home [...]
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 [...]
POHANG, South Korea, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean slugger Lee Seung-yuop hit his 400th career home run on Wednesday to become the first Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) player to reach the milestone. Lee, the 38-year-old star for the Samsung Lions, took Koo Seung-min of the Lotte Giants over the right field for the historic solo homer [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Baseball fans usually prefer seats by the infield as they offer closer views of the action, and the bleachers are often the last seats to be filled. However, the 1,500 bleacher seats at the Pohang Ballpark, an alternate home for the Samsung Lions, sold out before the infield seats [...]