The first monthly ranking in 11 years (April) and the best May winning percentage in 24 years (0.630). It was a glorious start to 2024 for the Lotte Giants. However, the fall began in June, and the fall baseball season was a failure. Despite the growth of rookie hitters such as Kim Min-seok and Yoon […]
This is the story of SSG Landers’ substitute foreign player Keisho Shirakawa (23). For a Japanese independent league player to suddenly become a foreign player in the KBO and earn his first win in his first appearance in the first team, it took quick action and help from many people. On May 18, the Tokushima […]
Song Sung-moon, 28, of the KBO’s Kiwoom Heroes, has stepped up this season and is leading the team’s batting lineup. After joining Nexen (now Kiwoom) in the fifth round (49th overall) of the 2015 Rookie Draft, Song is batting .266 with 43 home runs, 302 RBI, 248 runs scored, six doubles, and a .713 OPS […]
SSG Han Yu-seom 1st team return… “I’ve had enough rest, now I have to do my job.” The SSG Landers left-handed slugger Han Yu-seom (34) returned to the first team after 10 days. SSG coach Lee Soong-yong included Han Yu-seom in the first-team lineup ahead of the professional baseball home game against the Samsung Lions […]
‘Lee Jong-beom, Uehara, etc. participating’ Korea-Japan Baseball Dream Players held in July On July 22nd, the legendary Korean and Japanese national teams led by coaches Kim In-sik and Hara face off at Escon Field in Japan. Legendary players who represented Korean and Japanese baseball, such as Lee Jong-beom and Koji Uehara, will play a friendly […]
Professional Baseball NC, Coach Park Seok-min’s Retirement Ceremony held at Samsung Game on the 11th Park Seok-min takes leadership classes at Yomiuri, a Japanese professional baseball league, this year after retirement. Professional baseball NC Dinos will hold a retirement ceremony for coach Park Seok-min (38), who contributed to the team’s first win since its founding, […]