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, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean baseball club Lotte Giants announced Sunday they will post All-Star outfielder Son Ah-seop for Major League Baseball (MLB) teams this offseason. In a statement, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club said it will formally ask the league office to make Son available after the conclusion of the [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — In professional athletic events such as baseball, basketball and soccer games, there are always cheerleaders appearing between innings, breaks between quarters or during the half-time break. Spectators usually assume they are low-paid college coed part-timers. But some of them are as high-priced as the athletes themselves. Park Ki-ryang, a [...]