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(LEAD) KBO club manager confident things will be different vs. rivals in postseason

(ATTN: ADDS comments at bottom, photo)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- Since the turn of the century, the LG Twins haven't beaten their Seoul rivals Doosan Bears in three meetings in a South Korean baseball postseason series.As the two Jams
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KBO's on-base machine sets modest goal in 2nd postseason

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- Despite being one of the best leadoff hitters in South Korean baseball, LG Twins' outfielder Hong Chang-ki has set a modest goal for himself for the postseason.As he enters his second career postseason, Hong
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KBO club manager confident things will be different vs. rivals in postseason

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- Since the turn of the century, the LG Twins haven't beaten their Seoul rivals Doosan Bears in three meetings in a South Korean baseball postseason series.As the two Jamsil Baseball Stadium co-tenants prepare
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In danger of relegation, Gangwon FC fire head coach

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- Gangwon FC announced Thursday they've fired head coach Kim Byung-soo, with the K League 1 club in danger of being relegated to the lower division for next year.Gangwon FC currently sit in 11th place among 12
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S. Korea to host New Zealand twice in Nov. in women's football friendlies

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will host New Zealand twice this month in women's football friendly matches in preparation for an upcoming continental tournament, the sport's national governing body announced Thursday.The K
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Injured pitcher to teammates: 'Trust your stuff'

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- LG Twins' veteran reliever Song Eun-beom won't be with the club when their South Korean baseball playoff series starts Thursday night, as he's recovering from a knee injury he'd suffered in August.But he will
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Retiring Canadian slugger Romak grateful for 'life changing' time in S. Korea

By Yoo Jee-hoINCHEON, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- Jamie Romak spent the final five years of his baseball career in South Korea, thousands of kilometers away from his home in Canada.And as he wraps up his time with the SSG Landers in the Korea Baseball Organiz
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St. Louis has no intentions to keep Kim Kwang-hyun...MLB.com, "biggest need is adding a starting pitcher"

SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- MLB St. Louis Cardinals seems to have no intentions to keep hold of South Korean left-hander Kim Kwang-hyun (33) who has become an FA (Free Agent). “The Cardinals’ biggest ne
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Tottenham Hotspur Son Heung-min's new boss is Antonio Conte

SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- EPL Tottenham Hotspur, South Korean football star Son Heung-min (29) including team, has confirmed Italian Antonio Conte (52), former coach of Inter Milan, as their new Head
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So we meet again: Twins vs. Bears in KBO postseason for 2nd straight year

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- On Nov. 4, 2020, the LG Twins and the Doosan Bears, two clubs sharing a Seoul home in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), started their first round, best-of-three postseason series.The co-tenants of Jamsil Ba
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In another up-and-down year, Heroes gone early from KBO postseason again

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- From the topsy-turvy regular season to the bitter, early ending to the postseason, things have been all too familiar for the Kiwoom Heroes this year.The Heroes lost to the Doosan Bears 16-8 in the second wild ca
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'크로스컨트리 전설' 이채원, 베이징 동계올림픽 향해 달린다

(서울=연합뉴스) 김동찬 기자 = 우리나라 크로스컨트리의 '전설' 이채원(40·평창군청)이 2022년 베이징 동계올림픽 출전에 도전장을 던졌다. 이채원은 2002년 솔트레이크 동계올림픽부터 2018년 평창까지 지금까지 동계 올림픽에 5차례 출전한 한국 크로스컨트리의 간판이다. 그는 전국 동계체육대회에서는 1996년부터 지난해까지 금메달만 78
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(LEAD) Bears get hits from left and right in breezy KBO postseason victory

(ATTN: ADDS comments at bottom)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Bears' designated hitter Jose Miguel Fernandez celebrates every hit with what he has said is a "sugarcane chop," a nod to his former teammates from the Domin
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(LEAD) Bears rout Heroes to claim KBO wild card

(ATTN: ADDS details, comments throughout)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- The Doosan Bears pounded the Kiwoom Heroes 16-8 to capture the South Korean baseball wild card on Tuesday, keeping their dynastic postseason run alive.Jose Miguel Fernand
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Bears get hits from left and right in breezy KBO postseason victory

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Bears' designated hitter Jose Miguel Fernandez celebrates every hit with what he has said is a "sugarcane chop," a nod to his former teammates from the Dominican Winter League.The Cuban ve
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Bears rout Heroes to claim KBO wild card

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- The Doosan Bears pounded the Kiwoom Heroes 16-8 to capture the South Korean baseball wild card on Tuesday, keeping their dynastic postseason run alive.Jose Miguel Fernandez drove in five runs, and No. 5 hitter Y
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(LEAD) Citing COVID-19 risks, gov't urges baseball fans to refrain from chanting

(ATTN: ADDS KBO's move in paras 8-11)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- National health authorities on Tuesday called on baseball fans to refrain from chanting at stadiums, pointing to risks of spreading COVID-19 even among masked individuals
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Back in KBO postseason, veteran outfielder trying to keep calm, win games

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- It had been three years since Lee Yong-kyu had last played in the South Korean baseball postseason, and the 36-year-old outfielder felt like a kid in a candy store Monday night.It didn't hurt that his Kiwoom
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Postseason pressure aside, veteran outfielder wants teammates to enjoy themselves

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- After annihilating a fastball for a two-run homer to tie a postseason baseball game Monday night, Doosan Bears' cleanup hitter Kim Jae-hwan dropped his bat and admired his towering shot, channeling his inner
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Citing COVID-19 risks, gov't urges baseball fans to refrain from chanting

SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- National health authorities on Tuesday called on baseball fans to refrain from chanting at stadiums, pointing to risks of spreading COVID-19 even among masked individuals.In a press briefing, Son Young-rae, a senior health m