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The 2024 KBO postseason will start on Oct. 2 with the Wildcard, with the pennant-winning Kia Tigers set to face the playoffs winner in the Korean Series starting on Oct. 21.
It marks the end of a memorable stint for Kelly, the Twins and the KBO — where foreign players are automatically signed to one-year contracts. Kelly, who stuck with the same club for five and a half years, became part of the institution.
The Bears and the Twins will move to the nearby stadium, also called Jamsil Olympic Stadium, for the 2027 to 2031 KBO seasons as their current home is transformed into a domed stadium set to open in March 2032.
Kia Tigers infielder Kim Do-yeong fired a Ryu Hyun-jin pitch over the fence to join the 20-20 club on Sunday as the Gwangju club held on to first place on the KBO table.
The LG Twins took a narrow lead in the KBO over the weekend, pushing the Kia Tigers down to second place with a little help from Jamsil rivals the Doosan Bears.
The Kia Tigers dealt with a midweek roster shakeup with Cam Alldred coming in as a temporary replacement for injured pitcher Wil Crowe, the LG Twins beat the Doosan Bears in a Jamsil derby and the Eagles saw another week of change.
The Kia Tigers extended their lead at the top of the KBO to three games over the weekend, pushing the NC Dinos down to third with the sole sweep of the week at Changwon NC Park in South Gyeongsang.
The Kiwoom Heroes rode a seven-game winning streak into the top three last week as the NC Dinos seized first over a particularly high-scoring weekend of KBO action and the Hanwha Eagles tumbled down to fourth.
The Hanwha Eagles are starting to soar. Known for over a decade as the KBO’s perennial stragglers, the Eagles are finally back on top. The Daejeon club took first place on March 30, exactly 10 years since they last led the league on March 30, 2014
Kang, 38, surpassed the previous record of 2,237 appearances held by storied former LG Twins hitter Park Yong-taik, who retired from professional baseball in 2020.
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