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Lee Dae-ho, 41, who retired from active duty last season, cheered on the Lotte Giants’ juniors, who are on a roll this season. Lotte is third in the league with a 26-16 record and a .619 winning percentage this season. They are two games back of first-place LG (30-1, 16-0), which is good enough for a first-place finish. For Lotte, whose last postseason appearance was six years ago (2017) and last Korean Series title was…

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This is a second warning. If it doesn’t change, there’s nothing to look forward to. I’m talking about KT Wiz’s new foreign pitcher, Bo Schuler. KT removed Schuler from the first team roster on the 29th. Acquired in a trade for Odrisamer Despaigne, Schuler was expected to provide a foreign one-two punch alongside Wes Benjamin with a fastball over 150km/h and a variety of changeups. However, his early results in the KBO have been abysmal.…

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“Happy defense” was one of the catchphrases that followed the Korean baseball team. It wasn’t really a happy defense. It was more of a sarcasm that stuck with the team when they came up with a “wacky defense” that benefited the opposing team. Hanwha is gradually changing the concept of “happy defense”. This season, they’re creating more competitive defensive metrics than in years past. Hanwha has been at the center of a “defense issue” every…

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KIA manager Kim Jong-kook has made a decision ahead of June, when the heat begins in earnest.He removed Sean Anderson, who suddenly slumped in May, Jung Hae-young, who hasn’t shown stability in the closer’s role, and Hwang Dae-in, who is in a slump in his early 20s, from the first team. Anderson and Hwang Dae-in can be filled in at first base. However, the loss of closer Jeong Hae-young is no small one. The loss…

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By Donghoon Kang = The national soccer team, led by coach Jürgen Klinsmann, will travel to Europe in September. The first opponent will be Wales. It will be the first time since March 2018 (Northern Ireland-Poland) that the national team will play an away match against a local country in Europe. The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced on Sept. 29 that it has agreed with the Football Association of Wales (FAW) to play a friendly…

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Ten years ago, I was in the sixth grade. He was playing for the Pohang Steelers youth team, Pohang Dongcho (now Pohang Steel). Ten years later, he became a professional player, scoring a goal and leading his team to victory in the 50th anniversary match. The protagonist of this growth story is the ‘little giant’ Ko Young-jun (22). In the 15th round of the 2023 Hana One Q K League 1 home match against Jeonbuk…

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View summaryListen with voiceTranslation settingsResize fontPrint“My wife is pregnant, and I think she’ll like it a lot.” Bucheon FC 1995 defender Park Hyung-jin, 33, came on as a second-half substitute against Gimpo FC in the 15th round of the Hana OneQ K League 2 2023 at Bucheon Sports Complex on Sept. 29 and scored a goal in the 40th minute to drive a wedge into his team’s 2-0 victory. Park, who joined Bucheon from Suwon…

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By Cho Hyo-jong Reporter= Bucheon FC1995 striker Ahn Jae-jun shared his feelings about scoring a goal and securing the win in front of his family. Bucheon defeated Gimpo FC 2-0 in the 15th round of the Hana OneQ K League 2 2023 at Bucheon Sports Complex in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, on Sept. 29. With the three points, Bucheon (25 points) moved up to fourth place, closing in on third-place Gimpo (26 points), which suffered its first…

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May’s monthly MVP race is shaping up to be a “family affair” for LG. The top hitters and top pitchers are all with LG. Catcher Park Dong-won, who hit nine home runs, and pitcher Lim Chan-kyu, who won all four games and posted a one-run ERA, are challenging for the monthly MVP. The LG Twins took sole possession of first place in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League with a 7-1 victory over the…

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Yang Hyun-jong (35-KIA Tigers) jumped into sole possession of second place on the KBO’s all-time wins list with 162. Jung Min-cheol (51), who slipped to third place, thanked them and called for more juniors to step up.Yang Hyun-jong and Kim Kwang-hyun (35-SSG Landers), who has 152 wins, are big pitchers who have carried Korean baseball for more than 15 years. It’s a different story for right-handed pitchers, however, with few players able to come close…

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