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Thu, May 25, 2017 | 10:11

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Firing veteran manager, Eagles seek new take-off

The Hanwha Eagles officially announced Tuesday that the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) League club accepted its manager Kim Sung-keun’s offer to resign. The 74-year-old manager took the helm of the Daejeon-based team at the beginning of the 2015 season as the team had been at the bottom of the league standings for years.

Baseball | 2017-05-24 17:02

Eagles manager dismissed

Hanwha Eagles manager Kim Sung-keun was dismissed Tuesday, hours before the game against the Kia Tigers at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon. The baseball club said Kim offered to resign May 21 after the game against the Samsung Lions; but those familiar with the decision said Kim was sacked by the club.

Baseball | 2017-05-23 17:21

Lions break winning streak drought

The Samsung Lions have awakened from a deep sleep and finally broke their winning streak drought. Earlier last week, the Lions edged out the SK Wyverns twice in a row and won back-to-back games for the first time in 232 days. The club, which was the four-time Korean Series champion between 2011 and 2014 and five-time winner of the regular season from 2011 to 2015, became unst...

Baseball | 2017-05-23 13:27

Pirates seeks replacement for Kang Jung-ho

The Pittsburgh Pirates will use the team’s payroll savings from absent players to augment their roster, according to its general manager Sunday. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Monday that Pirates’ general manager Neal Huntington will put the team’s savings, an estimated $5.3 million from the absences of Kang Jung-ho and Starling Marte, into the team. “As soon as that op...

Baseball | 2017-05-22 19:26

Pirates' Kang's DUI case appeal turned down

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ Korean infielder Kang Jung-ho lost an appeal of his drunk driving conviction on Thursday. The Seoul Central District Court dismissed his appeal and upheld an eight-month sentence he received on March 3, which was suspended for two years, for leaving the the scene of an accident while he was drunk in Seoul last December. Prosecutors initially sought a c...

Baseball | 2017-05-18 18:56

Appeals court upholds jail term for MLB player Kang Jung-ho

An appeals court Thursday confirmed Korean Major League Baseball player Kang Jung-ho’s jail term on a charge of driving under the influence. The Seoul Central District Court dismissed Kang’s appeal and reaffirmed the first hearing result in March, when he was sentenced to eight months’ jail, suspended for two years.

Baseball | 2017-05-18 15:38

Cost effective players make KBO more fun

There have been a slew of arguments about whether more money can buy more wins in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) League. No exact correlation was found between team payroll and winning, but many teams believe buying more top players can ensure more wins. That belief can be seen in the Lotte Giants as its returning slugger Lee Dae-ho who is earning the highest KBO salar...

Baseball | 2017-05-16 19:37

Tigers' Choi truly cleanup hitter

When baseball fans here think of a cleanup hitter, they think of a slugger who can make home runs or extra base hits whenever such hits are needed for their team to win. Kia Tigers outfielder Choi Hyoung-woo, 34, fit the mold exactly on Saturday when his team played against the rising SK Wyverns at the SK Happy Dream Park in the port city of Incheon. The Tigers-Wyverns showdo...

Baseball | 2017-05-16 14:40

Cardinals' Oh picks up 10th save

St. Louis Cardinals’ closer Oh Seung-hwan notched his 10th save of the season after tossing a scoreless ninth inning in his team’s 5-3 win over the Chicago Cubs, Saturday. At Busch Stadium in St. Louis, the 34-year-old worked the final inning for his 10th save in 11 opportunities. Oh now has double-digit saves for the second consecutive season following 19 he earned in his ma...

Baseball | 2017-05-14 22:39

Slugger wrestles with dismal final season

A big blue banner hung near the spectator seating of the Samsung Lions Ballpark in the southeastern landlocked city of Daegu, was captured by a TV camera during the game between the Lions and the LG Twins on Thursday. It read, “Lee Seung-yuop, you are the one who should save the Samsung Lions.” The banner was there to cheer on Lee, who has been going through one of the most d...

Baseball | 2017-05-12 16:28

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