 Former Toronto Blue Jay Scott Richmond Signs with the Lotte Giants 26 weeks 1 day ago
 BUSAN, South Korea -- The Lotte Giants have signed North Vancouver, British Columbia native Scott Richmond to be their second foreign import along with lefty...
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 KBO Playoffs: Doosan Stays Alive With Game Three Win 35 weeks 5 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- The Doosan Bears managed to avoid a first round sweep with a 7-2 win over Lotte in Game 3 of the best-of-five first round series.
Choi Joon-suk's two-run homerun in the first inning got Doosan off to a quick start, as the Bears chased Lotte starter Ryan Sadowski after only facing seven batters. After Lotte closed the gap to one run with a two-run second inning, Doosan exploded for four runs in the seventh to put the game out of reach.
Game 4 is... |
 KBO Playoffs: Lotte Wins Series Opener 8-5 36 weeks 1 day ago
 SEOUL, South Korea -- If Game 1 was any indication of what's to come in the KBO's first round series between Lotte and Doosan, there's going to be a lot of drama that will give heart attacks to coaches, players and fans... |
 Lotte Looks to Break Their Playoff Jinx 36 weeks 2 days ago
 BUSAN, South Korea -- The Lotte Giants' second half slump dropped them from a bye in the opening round of the Korean Baseball Organization playoffs to a first round matchup with Doosan, with the Bears having home field advantage. The best-of-five series... |
 Hanwha's Kim Tae-kyun Wins All Star Home Run Contest 47 weeks 3 days ago
DAEJON, South Korea - Hanwha Eagles Kim Tae-kyun easily won the 2012 Home Run contest at the KBO All Star game Saturday afternoon in Daejon.
Kim belted 14 homers, including 10 in a row, to easily win the title for the third time in his career. He also won in 2005when he hit five and 2007, when he hit nine.
Kim now ties Yang Joon-hyuk and Park Jae-hong as the only three time winners of the event.
Kim took home a 3,000,000 won prize for first place.
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 Lotte Giants Team Named All Star Starters 49 weeks 1 day ago
 BUSAN, South Korea -- Ten Lotte Giants have been named starters for the KBO All-Star game, which is set to take place in Daejeon on July 21. The Giants, along with Samsung, SK and Doosan make up the Eastern League stars.
Catcher Kang Min-... |
 Lotte Splits Series With Samsung 49 weeks 2 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea - The Lotte Giants split the weekend series after Friday night's rainout with Samsung at home.
Shane Youman (7-3) was masterful on the mound again Saturday, pitching 6 2/3 shutout ball. He limited the Lions to five hits while striking out three in Lotte's 7-0 win. Hong Seung-hoon was 3-3 with three RBI's.
On Sunday, Song Seung-joon (4-8) lasted only four innings in Samsung's 7-2 win. Kim Ju-chan's fourth homer of theyear, a solo shot in... |
 No 10th Team For KBO 52 weeks 7 hours ago
SEOUL, South Korea - The Korean Baseball Organization surprisingly has rejected a bid by Suwon to become the 10th team in the league yesterday. Many had projected Suwon to be accepted as the 10th team, but the ten member panel rejected against the creation of the team.
“The board of directors reached an agreement that it needs more time to discuss the issue,” a KBO public relations official said.
Changwon's NC Dinos... |
 Lotte Avoids Sweep in Daejon 1 year 1 week ago
DAEJON, South Korea - The Lotte Giants avoided being swept by the Hanwha Eagles with a come-from-behind 9-7 win Thursday night.
Down 5-0 after the second, Lotte regrouped after Kang Min-ho's 7th homer of the year, a two run shot in the fourth, to cut the lead to three. Lotte scored three runs in the top of the ninth after trailing 7-6 to take the final game of the series. Lee Myung-woo (1-0) pitched the eighth inning for the win, while Kim Sa-yeol pitched a perfect ninth for his... |
 Lotte Lose Finale, But Take Two of Three From Nexen 1 year 2 weeks ago
BUSAN, South Korea - The Lotte Giants finished off the week on a losing note, but still took two of the three games at home versus Nexen this weekend at Sajik Stadium.
On Friday night, Sohn Ah-seop hit his first homer of the year as the Giants scored seven runs early to beat Nexen 7-3. Starter Ryan Sadowski could only make it through three innings, giving up three runs and three hits, while reliever Lee Seung-ho (1-0) picked up his first win of the year.
On Saturday, Shane... |
