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Wed, August 21, 2019 | 05:26

Rangers' Choo Shin-soo reaches 20-homer plateau for 7th time

Texas Rangers' veteran outfielder Choo Shin-soo has reached the 20 home run plateau for the seventh time in his major league career.

2019-08-19 16:54

With velocity dip in signature fastball, how will Oh Seung-hwan handle KBO hitters?

With the passage of time, coupled with an elbow injury, veteran South Korean reliever Oh Seung-hwan is clearly not the pitcher he once was.Gone are the days when he could mow down hitter after helpless hitter just with his fastball, whose backspin left an impression that the ball was rising on its way to the plate. Now 37 years old with an elbow surgery on the way and his fas...

2019-08-13 16:47

Kang Jung-ho's MLB career hangs in balance after release

Two South Korean players were released by their Major League Baseball (MLB) clubs in recent weeks. One has come home, while the other is biding his time for a fresh opportunity in the bigs.Right-hander Oh Seung-hwan rejoined the Samsung Lions in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) on Tuesday, less than two weeks after the Colorado Rockies released him. Oh made his professio...

2019-08-09 16:55

47th Bonghwang baseball tourney kicks off Saturday

The 47th Bonghwang High School Baseball Tournament, the largest event in Korean high school baseball, will start its 14-day journey on Saturday. The tournament, founded in 1971 by the Hankook Ilbo - the sister newspaper of The Korea Times - is the only high school baseball tournament in Korea that does not have preliminary rounds, which produces unexpected drama.

2019-08-07 16:23

Ex-MLB reliever Oh Seung-hwan rejoins Samsung Lions

After nearly six seasons spent in three countries, South Korean right-hander Oh Seung-hwan has come home again.Oh rejoined his original Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club, the Samsung Lions, on Tuesday, agreeing to a deal worth 600 million won (US$494,500) for the rest of the season. The Lions said the two sides will negotiate a new deal after this season for 2020 and bey...

2019-08-06 17:57

Ryu strong again as Dodgers get past Marlins 2-1

Ryu Hyun-jin pitched seven strong innings and combined with Kenta Maeda and Kenley Jansen to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Miami Marlins 2-1 Friday night. Playing at Dodger Stadium for the first time since the All-Star break, the NL West leaders turned a Miami error into the go-ahead run in the sixth.

2019-07-20 15:16

Rockies' Oh Seung-hwan to undergo season-ending elbow surgery

Colorado Rockies' South Korean reliever Oh Seung-hwan has been ruled out for the rest of the season due to a right elbow injury.Colorado manager Bud Black said in Denver on Tuesday (local time) that the 37-year-old right-hander will have a cleanup procedure on his pitching elbow in South Korea and is done for the year.

2019-07-17 17:14

Ryu Hyun-jin tosses 1 scoreless inning in All-Star Game start

The Los Angeles Dodgers' Ryu Hyun-jin threw one scoreless inning in his historic All-Star Game start on Tuesday.As the first South Korean pitcher to start the Midsummer Classic, Ryu, representing the National League (NL), gave up a hit but held the American League (AL) off the board in his lone inning of work at Progressive Field in Cleveland.

2019-07-10 17:42

Dodgers' Ryu Hyun-jin 'honored' to start MLB All-Star Game

For Los Angeles Dodgers' left-hander Ryu Hyun-jin, getting to start this week's All-Star Game in Cleveland isn't just a big deal for himself."Starting the All-Star Game is an honor for my family, and I think it's going to be a special day back home in South Korea," Ryu said at a press conference at Huntington Convention Center on Monday, the eve of the Midsummer Classic. "It'...

2019-07-09 17:53

All-Star Game starter Ryu Hyun-jin leads way for S. Korean MLB contingent in 1st half

In what has been a mixed bag of performance for South Korean players in the first half of the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) season, Los Angeles Dodgers' starter Ryu Hyun-jin stands alone at the top.Ryu hasn't just been the best South Korean player so far in 2019. He has been among the top pitchers in all of baseball, with a 10-2 record and the MLB-best 1.73 ERA.

2019-07-08 17:46

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