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Following elbow surgery, Choo Shin-soo to join Landers' spring training in mid-Feb.

SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- Former major league All-Star Choo Shin-soo will report to his second South Korean baseball spring training behind schedule following an offseason elbow operation, an official with the club said Wednesday.Choo, the veteran o
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Hanwha Eagles name veteran instructor Wes Clements as new bench coach

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The Hanwha Eagles announced Friday they have hired longtime minor league instructor Wes Clements as their new bench coach.Clements, 63, was drafted by the Houston Astros in the sixth round of the 1980 major lea
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Veteran KBO pitcher at peace with retirement, 'happy' with long career

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- Counting his years as a student-athlete, pitcher Yoo Hee-kwan says he has spent 25 years of his life playing baseball.Having announced his retirement this week at age 35, the now former Doosan Bears left-hander
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Star KBO outfielder not feeling pressure from record-tying contract with new club

GWANGJU, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- Following nine seasons with the NC Dinos, All-Star outfielder Na Sung-bum decided to come home this winter and signed a mega free agent deal with the Kia Tigers.Na's six-year, 15 billion won (US$12.6 billion) contract
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Veteran KBO pitcher Yoo Hee-kwan retires

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Veteran pitcher Yoo Hee-kwan, who exuded an everyman charm with his slow pitches, a rotund built and fun-loving persona, announced his retirement from baseball Tuesday at age 35.The Doosan Bears of the Korea Ba
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Manager of reigning KBO champions eyes repeat in 2022

SUWON, South Korea, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- The KT Wiz, after years as the bottom feeder of South Korean baseball, finally earned their inaugural Korean Series title in 2021.And the goal for their manager, Lee Kang-chul, in 2022 is simple: defend that ch
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Lotte Giants hire ex-MLB pitcher Royce Ring as pitching coordinator

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean baseball club Lotte Giants announced Monday they have acquired former major league pitcher Royce Ring as their new pitching coordinator.Ring, 41, spent his pitching career with the New York Met
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S. Korean teenager Cho Won-bin signs with St. Louis Cardinals

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean high school baseball prospect Cho Won-bin has inked a deal with the St. Louis Cardinals, months after pulling out of the domestic league draft in pursuit of an American dream.Cho was one of 12 inte
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Pitcher known for high fastball welcomes expanded KBO strike zone

SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Bears' sidearm pitcher Choi Won-joon likes to live high in the strike zone. He threw his fastball about 58 percent of the time last year, and about 40 percent of those pitches sat in the top of the zone.Until las
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NC Dinos' manager hoping to survive early part of season with new-look squad

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- After winning their first Korean Series title in 2020, the NC Dinos missed out on the postseason altogether in 2021. They became the first Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club in 11 years to miss the playoffs in their tit
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2nd-year manager for SSG Landers motivated by near postseason miss

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- Despite losing three starting pitchers to injuries midseason, the SSG Landers came within a game of making the postseason in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) last year.But their manager Kim Won-hyong isn't settling
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(Yonhap Interview) Once top teen prospect, Robert Stock comes to KBO intent on continuous improvement

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) -- In his first semester as a 16-year-old, underage freshman at the University of Southern California (USC) in the fall of 2006, Robert Stock, a two-way baseball phenom, took a class on Korean history.Few would ha
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Kia Tigers sign ex-MLB pitcher Sean Nolin

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- The Kia Tigers signed former major league pitcher Sean Nolin on Sunday, filling up their foreign player quota for 2022 with three new faces.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club said Nolin has agreed to a o
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Veteran outfielder, new GM for revamped KBO club expect big things in 2022

GWANGJU, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- For Choi Hyoung-woo, the 38-year-old outfielder for the Kia Tigers, the 2021 season wasn't any fun. But the veteran is confident that things will be far different in the new season.In 2021, the Tigers missed the postse
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(LEAD) New manager for KBO club vows return to postseason

(ATTN: ADDS comments in last 5 paras)GWANGJU, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- After winning their 11th Korean Series title in 2017, the Kia Tigers snuck into the postseason in 2018 and then missed the party in each of the next three years.And their new manager, K
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New manager for KBO club vows return to postseason

GWANGJU, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- After winning their 11th Korean Series title in 2017, the Kia Tigers snuck into the postseason in 2018 and then missed the party in each of the next three years.And their new manager, Kim Jong-kook, said Thursday he will l
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New KBO season to open April 2

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- The new regular season for South Korean professional baseball will open April 2, the league office announced Thursday.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said its 10 clubs will each play 144 games, per usual,
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KBO's last remaining free agent stays put with original club

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The last remaining free agent in South Korean baseball re-signed with his original club Wednesday.The Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said first baseman Jung Hoon agreed to a three-year con
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Doosan Bears sign ex-MLB pitcher Robert Stock

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The Doosan Bears announced Wednesday they have signed former major league pitcher Robert Stock, pairing the hard-throwing right-hander with the reigning MVP Ariel Miranda in the rotation.The Korea Baseball Organ
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KBO clubs to stay home for 2nd straight spring training

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- With the global coronavirus pandemic still raging, all 10 clubs in South Korean baseball will open their spring training in February on home soil, instead of traveling overseas in search of warmer conditions.As