February 21st, 2013 at 5:44 am » Comments (1)

What better way to drum up interest in the WBC than having an espionage scandal? According to the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), the South Korean governing body of pro baseball, four Taiwanese advance scouts posed as umpire trainees to gain entrance to a practice game at Dou Liou Stadium between the South Korean national team and a South Korea pro club, the NC Dinos. [NBC Sports]

February 19th, 2013 at 1:17 pm » Comments (3)

Members of the South Korean team for the upcoming World Baseball Classic (WBC) hold practice at Dou Liou Baseball Stadium in Taiwan on Feb. 17, 2013. South Korea will open its tournament against the Netherlands on March 2 in Taichung, just north of Dou Liou, and then face Australia on March 4 and Taiwan on March 5. (Yonhap)

November 30th, 2012 at 1:22 pm » Comments (7)

South Korean pitcher Park Chan-ho, who joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1994 to become the first South Korean to play in Major League Baseball, shows his National League championship ring during a news conference to announce his retirement at a Seoul hotel on Nov. 30, 2012, ending his 19-year professional baseball career. Park won 124 big league games during his career, a record among Asian pitchers in the league. (Yonhap)

September 12th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

Via the Joong Ang Ilbo.

September 1st, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (7)

May 8th, 2011 at 12:05 pm » Comments (77)

Actress Kim Hee-sun throws a ball at a baseball match between Hanwha Eagles and SK Wyverns in Daejeon on Thursday. [Chosun Ilbo]

April 7th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (33)

I guess this means spring has officially arrived. This took place in the ninth inning of Doosan-Lotte game at Jamshil Stadium.  [Korea Beat]

February 7th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (1)

January 26th, 2011 at 3:49 am » Comments (16)

#24 – Korean Baseball I highly recommend going out with some of your Korean friends and see a Korean baseball game. I found it funner than going to a US baseball game because the Korean baseball fans are quite passionate and animated in regards to cheering for their team.  Not only are their team cheerleaders but the fans do highly scripted dance and cheer routines themselves.  It almost seems like the fans attend the games more to cheer than to actually watch a baseball game.  It is definitely an experience
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October 3rd, 2010 at 8:56 am » Comments (8)

Congratulations are in order for South Korean born Major League Baseball pitcher Park Chan-ho who has set the all-time wins record for an Asian born player: South Korean pitcher Park Chan-ho of the Pittsburgh Pirates earned his 124th victory on Friday in local time as the Asian-born hurler with the most wins in the history of Major League Baseball, according to news reports. Park has realized the triumph in 17 years since he debuted in the U.S. league in 1994, as LA Dodgers pitcher. He tied at 123 with Japanese
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