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Wed, April 21, 2021 | 04:16

Ryu Hyun-jin rides cutter to impressive win over Yankees

When he's on top of his game, few pitchers in baseball can be as effective and beguiling as Ryu Hyun-jin. The Toronto Blue Jays' ace put on a pitching clinic in picking up his first win of the season against the New York Yankees at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida, on Tuesday (local time). Ryu gave up a run - unearned - in 6 2/3 innings against his old nemesis, keeping them of...

2021-04-14 16:45

Padres' Kim Ha-seong hits 1st MLB homer in victory

Kim Ha-seong has gone deep for the first time in the majors. The South Korean infielder for the San Diego Padres delivered a game-tying solo home run against the Texas Rangers in the top of the fifth inning at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday (local time).

2021-04-11 15:03

Choo Shin-soo belts 1st homer in KBO

After hitting 218 home runs over 16 years in the majors, Choo Shin-soo has now homered for the first time in South Korea. The new outfielders for the SSG Landers launched a solo home run off Hanwha Eagles' starter Nick Kingham in the bottom of the third inning of their Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) regular season game on Thursday. The no-doubter traveled 115 meters into r...

2021-04-09 16:29

Padres' Kim Ha-seong collects 1st MLB hit, RBI

It was a day of firsts for the San Diego Padres' South Korean infielder Kim Ha-seong. In his first major league start against the Arizona Diamondbacks in San Diego on Saturday (local time), Kim also picked up his first hit and RBI.

2021-04-04 11:54

Fate of displaced Blue Jays depends on COVID-19 vaccination: CEO

South Korean left-hander Ryu Hyun-jin signed a four-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays in December 2019, but he has yet to pitch in a regular season game in the club's home city in Canada. The COVID-19 pandemic, and resultant health protocols and quarantine measures put in place as a result, kept the Blue Jays away from Rogers Centre in downtown Toronto, and forced them...

2021-04-03 09:55

Korean baseball league expands use of instant replay

The South Korean baseball league will expand the use of instant replay this year, while also awarding teams an extra challenge. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said Wednesday teams can now ask for a review on the following situations to see if: a runner has scored before the third out of an inning was recorded; a runner has missed a bag; a runner passed a preceding team...

2021-03-31 16:21

KBO slugger being asked to do one thing and one thing only: drive in runs

Drive, he said. As in: Hanwha Eagles' manager Carlos Subero wants his middle-of-the-order slugger, Ryon Healy, to focus on driving in runners, rather than trying to swing for the fences every time. And putting up a big RBI total was going to be par for the course for Healy, a two-time 20-homer man in the majors who signed a one-year deal worth up to US$1 million in December.

2021-03-28 15:58

Choo Shin-soo named to Korea's provisional baseball roster for Tokyo Olympics

Choo Shin-soo, a former major league All-Star currently playing for a South Korean club, was named to the country's provisional roster for the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced a 154-man preliminary squad, which will be whittled down to 24 for the final roster in June. The Tokyo Olympics, postponed by a year from 2020 due to effects of ...

2021-03-22 13:30

Aaron Brooks on KBO return following family accident: 'I owe it to fans'

With his young family recovering from a serious car accident that occurred in the United States last fall while he was playing baseball in South Korea, Kia Tigers' pitcher Aaron Brooks had trouble picking himself up. The right-hander was in the midst of an outstanding first year in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) in late September, when his wife, Whitney, and two young ...

2021-03-21 16:57

After offseason commiseration, old friends reunite in KBO as opposing managers

Before their teams played a spring training practice game in Seoul on Tuesday, LG Twins manager Ryu Ji-hyun met his Kiwoom Heroes counterpart Hong Won-ki behind the plate and gave him a bear hug.

2021-03-20 14:55

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