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.
Ryu Hyun-jin was welcomed back with a loss to mark his return to the KBO on Saturday as the SSG Landers, Samsung Lions and Kia Tigers rose to the top of the KBO pack over opening weekend.
The 2024 KBO season starts this Saturday with a host of new rules and the return of an old star. Here's how the teams line up going into the new season.
Major League Baseball left Seoul with a bang on Thursday, the San Diego Padres beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 15-11 in a dramatic finale to a week of big league baseball in Korea.
Former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara’s alleged theft from Shohei Ohtani was brought to light in the same federal sports betting investigation that involved former Kiwoom Heroes and Los Angeles Dodgers star Yusiel Puig, according to reports Thursday
Go Woo-suk was optioned to Triple-A El Paso on Wednesday morning, just hours before the San Diego Padres were set to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the MLB season opener in Seoul, the city Go called home until he signed with the Padres in January
“Our scouts like the second baseman,” Dave Roberts said Monday. “Just the way his body moves. There's some life to the bat and defensively [he] made a nice play out there.” That second baseman is Kim Hye-seong, and there’s a lot to like
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Korean national team 5-2 in the final of four exhibition games at Gocheok Sky Dome in western Seoul on Monday.
As homecomings go, Kim Ha-seong can’t have imagined it going much better than this. The Padres infielder smashed a pair of two-run homers over the outfield wall of the ballpark he used to call home as the MLB club beat the LG Twins 5-4 on Monday
San Diego Padres infielder Kim Ha-seong blasted a two-run home run over the outfield wall in his first at-bat in an exhibition game against the LG Twins at Gocheok Sky Dome in western Seoul on Monday.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap