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KBO-leading Landers remain on course for history after productive week

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 16 (Yonhap) -- They just keep on winning.The SSG Landers, fresh off yet another productive week, are in the midst of a potentially historic season in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO).On Saturday, they became the first te
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Dominant starters unveiled as latest members of KBO's 40th anniversary team

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 15 (Yonhap) -- The celebration of the 40th anniversary of the South Korean professional baseball league continued Monday with the unveiling of four All-Star starting pitchers who dominated the late 1980s and 1990s.The Korea B
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KBO home run king, career hits leader to join ex-MLB stars in home run derby

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean baseball's all-time home run king and career hits leader will be among homegrown stars joining retired major league sluggers in an international home run derby here next month, the event's
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KBO pushing for holding season openers in U.S. in 2024: commissioner

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean baseball league is trying to schedule regular season games in the United States at the start of the 2024 season, its commissioner said Thursday, disclosing the specific target dates for those g
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Dinos sign new pitcher Matt Dermody amid late-season push

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- In the midst of their second-half surge, the NC Dinos announced Thursday they've acquired new American pitcher Matt Dermody.Dermody will make US$220,000 for the rest of the ongoing Korea Baseball Organizati
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(Yonhap Interview) Reunited with old team, pitcher Dan Straily hoping for taste of KBO postseason

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- Back in the United States this year after two seasons in South Korea but unable to get out of the minor leagues, veteran pitcher Dan Straily figured he'd try to come back to the Korea Baseball Organization
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Late-blooming outfielder nabs 1st top monthly award in KBO

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 8 (Yonhap) -- Kia Tigers outfielder Lee Chang-jin, enjoying the best season of his nine-year career at age 31, was named South Korean baseball's best player for July on Monday.This is Lee's first Player of the Month a
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Key members of 1982 world championship squad added to KBO's 40th anniversary team

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 8 (Yonhap) -- The year 1982 was a watershed one for baseball in South Korea. The country's professional league, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), was launched that spring. In the fall, South Korea won the Amateur Wor
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Defending KBO champions Wiz making noise as season enters late stretch

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 8 (Yonhap) -- The SSG Landers remain so far ahead of the pack in South Korean baseball this year that other contenders are essentially playing for second place.The defending Korean Series champions KT Wiz have entered the cha
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NC Dinos to release injured pitcher Wes Parsons

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- The NC Dinos said Thursday they will release injured American pitcher Wes Parsons, while nearing a deal with the right-hander's replacement.Earlier in the day, Dinos general manager Lim Sun-nam told Parsons,
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Ex-Dodger Puig pays tribute to late broadcaster Vin Scully

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- Former Los Angeles Dodgers star Yasiel Puig, currently plying his trade in South Korea, paid tribute to the late voice of his former team, Vin Scully, on Wednesday, thanking the iconic broadcaster for giving him the famous n
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(LEAD) Padres' Kim Ha-seong falls homer short of cycle in 4-hit game

(ATTN: UPDATES with performance in 2nd game of doubleheader in paras 5-8)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- Few players in baseball are as hot as Kim Ha-seong right now.The South Korean infielder for the San Diego Padres enjoyed his first career
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Rays' Choi Ji-man goes hitless in 1st game after trade deadline

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- Choi Ji-man of the Tampa Bay Rays survived the major league trade deadline, but not pitching from the Toronto Blue Jays.Choi, once subject to trade speculation, stayed put with the Rays when the deadline passed
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Padres' Kim Ha-seong falls homer short of cycle in 4-hit game

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- Few players in baseball are as hot as Kim Ha-seong right now.The South Korean infielder for the San Diego Padres enjoyed his first career four-hit game against the Colorado Rockies at Petco Park in San Diego on
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Ex-KBO strikeout king Dan Straily rejoins Lotte Giants

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- Two years after leading the South Korean league in strikeouts, American right-hander Dan Straily is coming back.The Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced Tuesday that Straily has rejoin
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After whirlwind day, Rays' Choi Ji-man stays put, for now

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- With the annual trade deadline in the majors fast approaching, the Tampa Bay Rays' South Korean first baseman Choi Ji-man remained with the club at least for another day.Choi had found himself in trade specu
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Manager of struggling KBO club resigns

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- Huh Sam-young, manager of the South Korean baseball club Samsung Lions, resigned on Monday to take the fall for the club's dismal performance this season.The Lions said that Huh had offered to quit following
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Landers looking to take stranglehold on KBO pennant race

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- At this rate, the SSG Landers will soon be battling South Korean baseball history, not any of their overmatched opponents.Through Sunday's action in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), the Landers hold a
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Resilient stars added to KBO's 40th anniversary team

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- A quartet of stars who overcame serious injuries to put together impressive careers were added to the South Korean baseball league's 40th anniversary team on Monday.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) has
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Subject to trade speculation, Rays' Choi Ji-man tops 2021 RBI total

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- Amid rumors that he could be dealt ahead of the annual trade deadline this week, Tampa Bay Rays infielder Choi Ji-man has surpassed his RBI total from last season.Choi collected two RBIs despite going hitless in