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KBO-leading Landers ride shutdown pitching, opportunistic offense to 8 straight wins

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- By claiming their first eight games of the new season, the SSG Landers have shown they have the winning formula down pat.They have scored more runs than anyone and allowed fewer runs than anyone in the Korea B
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Blue Jays' Ryu Hyun-jin roughed up in season debut

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- From giving up a half-dozen runs to getting hit by a batted ball, Toronto Blue Jays' starter Ryu Hyun-jin couldn't have scripted a worse outing for his 2022 season debut.The South Korean left-hander wa
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Utility player Park Hoy-jun makes MLB Opening Day roster for 1st time

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- For the first time since starting his professional career in America seven years ago, South Korean utility player Park Hoy-jun has made the major league Opening Day roster.The Pittsburgh Pirates put the versati
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NC Dinos set KBO futility record to start season as pitching rules early

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- It is one thing to lose three games in a row in baseball and quite another to look as utterly helpless as the NC Dinos did to start the 2022 season in South Korean baseball season.The Dinos have scored a grand
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Divisional battle, roster competition ahead for S. Koreans in MLB

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 6 (Yonhap) -- Four South Korean players in Major League Baseball (MLB) will go into the 2022 season with varying degrees of job security. Two veterans will renew their divisional rivalry in the American League, and a couple
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Kiwoom Heroes cry foul over ban on eating from seats at domed stadium

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- When the new South Korean baseball season began Saturday, not only were stadiums back operating at full capacity, but fans in the stands were allowed to consume food and drinks from their seats -- something the
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Padres' Kim Ha-seong hits 1st spring homer; Pirates' Park Hoy-jun extends hitting streak

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- San Diego Padres' South Korean infielder Kim Ha-seong has gone deep for the first time in spring training, while his countryman for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Park Hoy-jun, has extended his hitting streak to s
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Once unwanted, veterans make early impact on new clubs in KBO

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- Three players who have found new homes after getting released last winter made an immediate impact in fresh uniforms during the opening weekend of the 2022 South Korean baseball season.The forgotten ace Noh Kyu
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(LEAD) Baseball back in S. Korea as stadiums return to full capacity

(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 9-11, 17)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Baseball is back in South Korea, and so are fans in the stands.The 2022 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season opened on Saturday with all 10 clubs in action at five stad
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Baseball back in S. Korea as stadiums return to full capacity

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Baseball is back in South Korea, and so are fans in the stands.The 2022 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season opened on Saturday with all 10 clubs in action at five stadiums across the country. And all ballp
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Career backup capitalizes on rare opportunity in KBO Opening Day win

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- To some, an Opening Day game may just be one of 144 in a South Korean baseball season. Don't tell that to Park Seung-wook, though.Park, a longtime backup infielder now on his third team, the Lotte Giants, m
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Giants' Charlie Barnes outduels Heroes' flamethrower in KBO Opening Day victory

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Lotte Giants' new American starter Charlie Barnes won his South Korean baseball debut on Saturday, after outdueling a hard-throwing right-hander over five solid innings in Seoul.The Giants rallied past the
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Wilmer Font throws 9 perfect innings in Landers' extra-inning win on KBO Opening Day

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- SSG Landers' starter Wilmer Font tossed nine perfect innings to open the new South Korean baseball season on Saturday, just not quite enough to be credited with a historic perfect game.Font sat down all 27
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Lotte Giants' manager trying to buck KBO trend in 1st full season

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- The Lotte Giants have spent recent years in South Korean baseball wilderness, having missed out on the postseason every year since 2018. They've only been in the playoffs once since 2014.Expectations coming
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Kiwoom Heroes' manager shrugs off pessimistic outlook by pundits

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- When South Korean baseball pundits and commentators were asked to pick playoff contenders for the 2022 season, the Kiwoom Heroes did not make most lists.To the Heroes' manager Hong Won-ki, this is hardly ne
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Key players left off KBO opening-weekend rosters due to COVID-19

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Several key veterans will miss the season-opening weekend in South Korean baseball after testing positive for COVID-19.All 10 clubs in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) released their 28-man rosters for the
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Blue Jays' Ryu Hyun-jin first appears against Texas as No. 3 starter in April 11

SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Ryu Hyun-jin (35), who has been the Opening Day starter of the Toronto Blue Jays in the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) for the past two years, will be the No. 3 starter th
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2nd-generation KBO star thanks rookie phenom for bringing back father's memories

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Whenever Kiwoom Heroes outfielder Lee Jung-hoo sees Kia Tigers rookie sensation Kim Do-yeong play, he sees a bit of his father, the retired South Korean baseball legend Lee Jong-beom.Perhaps comparisons aren
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Ex-MLB star Yasiel Puig downplays poor showing in 1st KBO preseason

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- After arriving in South Korea amid much fanfare, former National League All-Star Yasiel Puig hasn't lived up to hype as a potential game changer for the Kiwoom Heroes.Instead of setting the Korea Baseball
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Retiring slugger Lee Dae-ho hoping to play for KBO championship for 1st time in final season

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- Everything Lee Dae-ho does during the 2022 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season will have a "final" ring to it, even a largely meaningless preseason game.Before the 39-year-old slugger for the