South Korea's baseball team is warming up for the 2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12. The team, led by head coach Ryu Jung-il, will hold its first training session tomorrow afternoon (April 24) at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. The roster is 35 players, but 11 players from KIA (7) and Samsung (4) will join the squad
Otani 50-50 home run ball sells for record $6.1 billion
Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles Dodgers) is making Major League Baseball (MLB) history, but he's also making auction history. Ohtani's 50th home run of the season was sold for $4.39 million (approximately 6.1 billion won) at auction by U.S. auction house Goldin Auctions, according to Yahoo Sports. The net auction value is $3.6 million, with th
“I've been crying since I entered Park Ji-sung's field”...a confession from a Kyoto Sangha jersey 'steamed fan'
Puyol sprinting to attack with Pique in a Barcelona jersey and Drogba, the Premier League's top scorer in a Chelsea jersey, making the final defense in a “cartoonish” scene. Every moment I encountered while covering the Nexon Icon Match last weekend was like something out of a video game. While many of us marveled at the assemblage of ov
Was the rain on KIA's side in the end? KIA pulls off a thrilling upset in Game 1 of the Korean Series
Kia has taken Game 1 of the Korean Series with a dramatic upset in the first-ever suspended game. Kia rallied from a 0-1 deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Samsung 5-1 in Game 1 of the best-of-seven 2024 KBO Korean Series (KS-7) at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea, today (April 23). In the bottom of the seven