[Graphic News] Dodgers surpass 4m fans in historic season

The Los Angeles Dodgers have drawn over 4 million fans in a single season for the first time in franchise history. Their final regular-season home game against the San Francisco Giants brought 46,601 fans to Dodger Stadium, pushing the 2025 season total to 4,012,470. The reigning World Series champions led Major League Baseball in average attendance, drawing 49,537 fans per game. The Dodgers become the fifth MLB franchise to surpass 4 million fans in a single season, joining the Blue Jays, Rocki

Oct. 2, 2025

All-hands-on-deck for Dinos in fight for KBO postseason spot

As the NC Dinos try to push their way into the South Korean baseball postseason with two games left in the regular season, manager Lee Ho-joon will take an all-hands-on-deck approach with his bullpen usage. Riding a season-high seven-game winning streak, the Dinos are clinging to the fifth and final postseason spot in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) with a 69-67-6 (wins-losses-ties) record. They are leading the KT Wiz (70-68-4) by a tiny margin in winning percentage, .5073 to .5072. They h

Oct. 1, 2025

Eagles hold off Twins to stay alive in KBO pennant chase

The Hanwha Eagles defeated the LG Twins 7-3 at home Monday to keep their South Korean baseball pennant hopes alive. With the victory at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon, 140 kilometers south of Seoul, the Eagles improved to 82-56-3 (wins-losses-ties), now 2 1/2 games behind the Twins (85-54-3) for the top spot in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) with three games to go. The Twins would have clinched the best record in the regular season with either a win or a tie Monday, but their mag

Sept. 29, 2025

Eagles rally past Twins to close gap in KBO standings

The Hanwha Eagles scored all of their runs in a seventh-inning rally to defeat the LG Twins 4-1 at home Friday, staying alive in their chase for first place in the Korea Baseball Organization with the regular season winding down. By taking the first game of this crucial three-game set at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon, 140 kilometers south of Seoul, the Eagles improved to 81-55-3 (wins-losses-ties) and moved within 2 1/2 games of the league-leading Twins, who fell to 84-53-3. The Eagles

Sept. 26, 2025

Lions slugger Diaz ties KBO RBI record

Lewin Diaz of the Samsung Lions tied the single-season RBI record in South Korean baseball Wednesday. Diaz smacked a two-run double against Lotte Giants reliever Kim Gang-hyun in the bottom of the fourth inning during the clubs' Korea Baseball Organization regular-season game at Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, 235 kilometers southeast of Seoul. It gave Diaz 146 RBIs for the season, tying him with his current Lions teammate Park Byung-ho, who drove in 146 for the Nexen Heroes in 2015. The Lion

Sept. 24, 2025

Manager for slumping KBO club sorely missing veteran presence

With his club's postseason chances slipping away with each mounting loss, Lotte Giants manager Kim Tae-hyoung said Thursday he is really missing his injured captain Jeon Jun-woo. The 39-year-old has not played since Aug. 5 with a hamstring injury. And during his protracted absence, the Giants have posted the worst record in the Korea Baseball Organization at 5-19-3 (wins-losses-ties). They have fallen from third place, with a five-game lead over the fourth-place SSG Landers, to sixth place, now

Sept. 11, 2025

KBO's new check-swing challenge system to take effect this week

Beginning Tuesday, teams in South Korean baseball will be able to ask for video reviews on check-swing calls. The Korea Baseball Organization said the check-swing challenge system will take effect across the league Tuesday, about a month after the league's executive committee, made up of general managers of the 10 clubs, reached the decision to implement the new rule. The KBO had initially planned to introduce the check-swing challenge at the start of the 2026 season, after testing it out in thi

Aug. 18, 2025

Giants' Lee Jung-hoo extends hitting streak to 7 games

Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants has pushed his hitting streak to seven games, tying his second longest run of this season. Lee batted 1-for-4 and scored twice as the Giants shut out the Washington Nationals 5-0 at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Friday (local time). The lone hit was a single, ending Lee's extra-base hit streak at six games. Batting sixth, Lee flied out in the first and grounded out in the third. In the bottom sixth, Lee sent a hard grounder down the first base line, und

Aug. 9, 2025

Landers ready to go for it in Aug. with injured players returning

The SSG Landers closed out July on a four-game winning streak, which pushed them to fourth place in the Korea Baseball Organization at 48-46-4 (wins-losses-ties). With the calendar having flipped to August and injured players on their way back, manager Lee Sung-yong said the Landers are ready to separate themselves from the crowded middle of the standings. Before their road game against the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on Friday, the Landers were in a virtual tie for fourth w

Aug. 1, 2025

KBO-leading Hanwha Eagles acquire all-time hits king Son Ah-seop

The best team in South Korean baseball this season acquired the league's all-time hits leader Thursday. The Hanwha Eagles said they traded for NC Dinos outfielder Son Ah-seop in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2026 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) draft and 300 million won ($215,000) in cash. The deal came on the annual trade deadline. The Eagles entered Thursday's action leading the KBO with a win-loss-tie record of 58-37-3, poised for their first postseason trip since 2018. Son, 37, wi

July 31, 2025

Veteran outfielder, rookie reliever earn 1st KBO All-Star selection as injury replacements

Kia Tigers outfielder Kim Ho-ryung and reliever Sung Yeong-tak both earned their first All-Star selections in the Korea Baseball Organization as injury replacements Thursday. The KBO announced Kim, 33, will take the place of his Tigers teammate Choi Hyoung-woo, who will miss Saturday's All-Star Game after suffering a right hamstring injury Tuesday. Choi was the top vote getter for the designated hitter spot for the "Nanum" team, made up of players from the Tigers, the Hanwha Eagles, the LG Twins

July 10, 2025

Kim Ha-seong returns to MLB after 11 months with hit, stolen base

Kim Ha-seong has made an impactful return to the big leagues with a hit and a stolen base in his highly anticipated debut for the Tampa Bay Rays, following a long injury layoff. Starting at shortstop and batting seventh in an away game against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis on Friday (U.S. time), the 29-year-old infielder went 1-for-3 with a stolen base. It was his first Major League appearance in 11 months, following a right shoulder injury sustained last August while playin

July 5, 2025

Ex-KBO manager Lee Kwang-hwan dies at 77

Lee Kwang-hwan, who managed the LG Twins to the 1994 Korean Series title with a revolutionary use of his pitching staff, died Wednesday at age 77. Lee had been receiving treatment for lung issues on the southern island of Jeju in recent weeks. Lee managed four franchises for 11 seasons total in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), including two stints with the Twins. In 1994, he led the Seoul-based club to their second Korean Series championship. Lee was also the inaugural manager of the Woori

July 2, 2025