INCHEON, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Former major league player Park Byung-ho came home on Tuesday to rejoin his old South Korean club. Park arrived home from the United States a little over a month after re-signing with the Nexen Heroes in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). After a brief and largely unsuccessful two-year stay [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Former Minnesota Twins slugger Park Byung-ho will return home next Tuesday, more than a month after re-signing with his former South Korean club and ending his brief big league stint. The Nexen Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said Wednesday Park is scheduled to arrive at Incheon International Airport next Tuesday afternoon. After arriving he’ll hold a press conference at an adjacent hotel, starting at 6 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — After a brief and largely unsuccessful stint in the majors, slugger Park Byung-ho rejoined his former South Korean club on Monday. The Nexen Heroes in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced their signing of Park for a one-year deal worth 1.5 billion won (US$1.4 million). The former Minnesota Twins [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) – Given the time difference between the United States and South Korea, Major League Baseball (MLB) games are televised or streamed in the morning hours for fans here. And Park Byung-ho, who recently signed with the Minnesota Twins, said he wants to give his supporters at home something to cheer about [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean baseball team Nexen Heroes said Saturday they’ve accepted a winning bid of US$12.85 million by a big league club for their posted infielder Park Byung-ho. The Heroes reached the decision soon after the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) notify them of the result of the silent auction among [...]
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 [...]
“Playing in the majors has been my dream since childhood. I’ve watched Jung-ho prepare to reach the big leagues for the past year. It’s an experience money can’t buy and I’d like to go through the same thing.” “We (as Nexen players) have come up empty in the past two postseasons, and I’d love to [...]