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Samsung Lions squeeze past SK Wyverns, one win from championship
The Samsung Lions squeezed past the SK Wyverns 2-1 Wednesday to get to within one win of the South Korean professional baseball championship.In Game 5 of the Korean Series at Seoul's Jamsil Stadium, the Lions scored early on SK's shaky defense and held on for dear life to take the 3-2 series lead in the best-of-seven affair.The Lions can clinch their second straight title, and sixth overall, with a win Thursday night back at Jamsil.The Lions got the first run in the bottom of the first. After a
Oct. 31, 2012
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Lotte manager Yang Seung-ho resigns
Lotte Giants‘ manager Yang Seung-ho has resigned from his post, the Korea Baseball Organization team announced Tuesday, to take the fall for the club’s failure to reach a final during his two-year tenure.The Busan-based Giants said Yang had offered to step down in a meeting with the team president, Chang Byung-soo, last Wednesday, and the management decided to accept his resignation offer.Yang, 52, replaced Jerry Royster as the Giants‘ manager in October 2010. Royster, the first American to mana
Oct. 30, 2012
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Long balls dominating Korean Series
A time-worn baseball adage says pitching and defense win championships. Four games into the championship final in South Korean baseball, though, you can forget about at least the pitching part.The Samsung Lions and the SK Wyverns are knotted at 2-2 in the best-of-seven Korean Series. And whoever claims the Korea Baseball Organization crown, it will likely be in spite of their pitching, because the series has turned into a home-run slugfest.This is the third straight Korean Series between these t
Oct. 30, 2012
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Lotte Giants baseball manager Yang Seung-ho resigns
The Lotte Giants' manager Yang Seung-ho has resigned from his post, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) team announced Tuesday, to take the fall for the club's failure to reach a final during his two-year tenure.The Busan-based Giants said Yang had offered to step down in a meeting with the team president, Chang Byung-soo, last Wednesday, and the management decided to accept his resignation offer.Yang, 52, replaced Jerry Royster as the Giants' manager in October 2010. Royster, the first Americ
Oct. 30, 2012
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SK Wyverns beat Samsung Lions to even Korean Series
(Yonhap News) -- The SK Wyverns got past the Samsung Lions 4-1 Monday to even the ongoing South Korean baseball championship series.In Game 4 of the Korean Series at Munhak Stadium here, west of Seoul, Park Jae-sang and Choi Jeong blasted back-to-back home runs in the fourth and the bullpen held the opponents to two hits over the final four innings for the home team Wyverns. They have now won two straight after losing the first two in this best-of-seven affair.This is the third straight Korean S
Oct. 29, 2012
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Hanwha open to MLB offers for pitcher Ryu
The Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization said Monday they will make star left-hander Ryu Hyun-jin available for posting among Major League Baseball clubs this offseason, clearing the way for the pitcher to join the big leagues as early as next year.The Eagles said they will let the 25-year-old enter a silent auction among interested MLB teams as part of the “posting”process. The KBO club can either accept or reject the highest bid amount following the auction. Once the non-negotiable
Oct. 29, 2012
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It’s a Giants World after all
DETROIT (AP) ― Marco Scutaro singled home the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3 on Sunday night to complete a four-game sweep and win their second World Series title in three years.Ryan Theriot, who went hitless for St. Louis in Game 7 of last year’s Series, singled softly into right field off Phil Coke opening the 10th.Brandon Crawford sacrificed, nearly bunting the ball past Coke. Angel Pagan struck out and Scutaro singled into short c
Oct. 29, 2012
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After Game 3 win, SK Wyverns hoping to repeat history in Korean Series
After dropping the first two games of this year's Korean Series, the championship final for South Korea's top baseball league, the SK Wyverns finally beat their opponents, the Samsung Lions, 12-8, in Game 3 on Sunday.The emphatic way in which the Wyverns got right back into the series -- they overcame a 6-1 deficit and launched three home runs -- has breathed life back into the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) team that plodded through the first two defeats. Above all, players and coaches are h
Oct. 29, 2012
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SK beat Samsung, reduce champ series deficit to one
The SK Wyverns defeated the Samsung Lions 12-8 Sunday for their first win of the South Korean baseball championship series.In Game 3 of the Korean Series at Munhak Stadium in Incheon, just west of Seoul, Kim Kang-min belted a three-run home run as part of the home team Wyverns‘ six-run sixth inning that completed their comeback from an earlier 6-1 deficit. The Wyverns pounded seven Samsung pitchers to the tune of 17 hits, including three home runs, and now trail in the best-of-seven championship
Oct. 28, 2012
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Cabrera and Posey win the Aaron Award
DETROIT (Reuters) ― Miguel Cabrera and Buster Posey were selected Saturday as winners of the 2012 Hank Aaron Award as the most outstanding offensive players in each league.Both Cabrera, the Detroit Tigers third baseman who became the first Triple Crown winner since 1967, and Posey, the San Francisco Giants catcher who led the majors with a .336 average, are playing in the World Series.It is the first time that the winners of the award, established in 1999, were both playing in the Fall Classic.P
Oct. 28, 2012
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Rain wipes out Game 3 of Korean Series
The third game of the South Korean baseball championship series was rained out Saturday here in Incheon.The Korean Series matchup between the Samsung Lions and the SK Wyverns was pushed back by a day amid heavy downpours, the Korea Baseball said. The game had been scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. at Munhak Stadium, home of the Wyverns, just west of Seoul. It will instead be played at 2 p.m. Sunday at Munhak.The fourth game will be back at Munhak on Monday at 6 p.m.The Lions have won the first two ga
Oct. 27, 2012
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Giants shut out Tigers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Long ball one night, a Giant dose of small ball the next.Two wins in two games and suddenly San Francisco doesn’t need to dig itself out of a postseason hole for a change.Madison Bumgarner shut down the Detroit Tigers for seven innings, then the Giants took advantage of a bunt that stayed fair to eke out the go-ahead run in a 2-0 win Thursday night for a 2-0 edge in the World Series.Gregor Blanco’s single trickled to a stop inches fair on the infield dirt, setting up Brandon
Oct. 26, 2012
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Samsung Lions beat SK Wyverns to take 2-0 lead
DAEGU (Yonhap News) -- The Samsung Lions defeated the SK Wyverns 8-3 here Thursday to take the 2-0 series lead in the best-of-seven South Korean professional baseball final. In Game 2 of the Korean Series at Daegu Baseball Stadium, Choi Hyung-woo hit a grand slam in the Lions' six-run third inning and starter Jang Won-sam pitched six strong innings, as the defending Korea Baseball Organization champs got a step closer to their second straight crown. The Lions and the Wyverns also squared
Oct. 25, 2012
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Choo Shin-soo hopes to join winning club
A year away from free agency in Major League Baseball, South Korean outfielder Choo Shin-soo of the Cleveland Indians said Thursday he’d like to “play for a winning ball club.”Upon returning home from the 2012 major league season earlier in the day, Choo said at a press conference here that if he could choose a team, he would go with a title contender.“I grew up winning championships since I was young and I am used to winning,” the 30-year-old said. “And it’s been disappointing to go through the
Oct. 25, 2012
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Panda power
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― With three mighty swings, Pablo Sandoval put the San Francisco Giants ahead in this World Series and put himself in a class with Mr. October.Sandoval hit three home runs and joined Reggie Jackson, Babe Ruth and Albert Pujols as the only sluggers to do it in the Series, and the Giants jolted Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers 8-3 on Wednesday night in Game 1.A rollicking AT&T Park crowd ― a sea of black and orange outfits ― roared as Sandoval connected in his first three
Oct. 25, 2012
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Sandoval‘s 3 HRs lead Giants to 8-3 romp in opener
Pablo Sandoval hit a record-equaling three home runs to help the San Francisco Giants down the Detroit Tigers 8-3 in the World Series opener Wednesday and put himself into the same class as Reggie Jackson, Babe Ruth and Albert Pujols.The vocal San Francisco crowd roared as the Venezuelan connected on his four at bats and drove in four runs.Pujols homered three times last year, Jackson accomplished the feat in 1977 and Ruth did it in 1926 and again in 1928.Justin Verlander, the reigning Cy Young
Oct. 25, 2012
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Samsung Lions beat SK Wyverns to start Korean Series
The Samsung Lions defeated the SK Wyverns 3-1 on Wednesday in the opening game of the South Korean professional baseball final.At Daegu Baseball Stadium, slugger Lee Seung-yeop belted a two-run home run and the Lions‘ bullpen slammed the door shut on the Wyverns to start the best-of-seven Korean Series in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO).In 29 previous Korean Series, the team that won the first game went on to capture the title 23 times. The opening game of the 1982 Korean Series ended in a
Oct. 24, 2012
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Giants reach World Series with rout of Cardinals
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― In a postseason full of twists and turns, the San Francisco Giants are headed back to the World Series after a big comeback against the defending champs.Hunter Pence got the Giants going with a weird double, Matt Cain pitched his second clincher of October and San Francisco closed out Game 7 of the NL championship series in a driving rainstorm, routing the St. Louis Cardinals 9-0 Monday night.San Francisco won its record-tying sixth elimination game of the postseason, comple
Oct. 23, 2012
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Then there were 2
The past two champions of South Korean professional baseball will clash in the final for the third straight year.The defending champions Samsung Lions will host the SK Wyverns Wednesday in Daegu to open the championship Korean Series in the Korea Baseball Organization.The Lions knocked off the Wyverns in five games last year. In 2010, the Wyverns swept the Lions in four games to take their third championship in four seasons. This matchup marks the first time in the league’s 30-year history that
Oct. 23, 2012
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SK Wyverns eliminate Lotte Giants, reach Korean Series
The SK Wyverns defeated the Lotte Giants 6-3 on Monday to reach the championship final in South Korea's top baseball league.For the Korea Baseball Organization crown, the Wyverns will battle the Samsung Lions, the defending champs, in the Korean Series starting Wednesday. The Wyverns will make their sixth straight trip to the Korean Series. They already set the KBO record for consecutive Korean Series appearances with five in 2011.The Wyverns won the championship in 2007, 2008 and 2010. In the f
Oct. 22, 2012
