On the final day of the 2026 KBO League regular season, Lotte Giants outfielder Victor Reyes stepped into Jamsil Stadium in Seoul needing to hold off one last challenger for a title he had already claimed twice before. He answered with four hits in five at-bats, including a home run, and by the time the … Read more
KT Wiz had nothing left to play for by the time their regular season reached its final day, and they still played like they did. The club had already clinched the best record in the KBO League a week earlier, locking up a direct bye to the Korean Series with games to spare. Instead of … Read more
On the final afternoon of the 2026 KBO League regular season, two separate storylines that had been building for months collided into a single swing. KIA Tigers infielder Do-young Kim stepped into the batter’s box in the bottom of the eighth inning on October 12, with the score tied 2-2 against the LG Twins, his … Read more
Less than 24 hours after the Los Angeles Dodgers left South Korean infielder Hyeseong Kim off their National League Championship Series roster in favor of an extra left-handed reliever, the pitching staff that move was supposed to reinforce got torched anyway. The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Dodgers 7-4 in NLCS Game 2 at American Family … Read more
The Los Angeles Dodgers released their 26-man roster for the National League Championship Series on the morning of October 12 in Korea, and one name that had quietly haunted the club’s infield depth chart all October was missing from it. Hyeseong Kim, the South Korean infielder who signed a contract worth up to $22 million … Read more
For three days, the record for most hits in a single KBO League season changed hands like a hot potato. First it belonged to KT Wiz infielder Choi Won-jun. Then it was tied. Then, on October 10, it went back to the player who had set the bar in the first place: Lotte Giants outfielder … Read more
Kim Do-young does not seem to enjoy a tie game. On October 10, with his KIA Tigers deadlocked 2-2 against the SSG Landers in the bottom of the third inning, the 22-year-old third baseman stepped in with a runner on first and one out and drove a pitch over the left-center field wall for his … Read more
Hyeseong Kim’s entire 2026 postseason, to this point, consists of one half-inning. He trotted out to second base as a defensive substitute in the bottom of the ninth of NLDS Game 4 against the Atlanta Braves, with the Dodgers already leading 4-1 and the series in hand. He did not get a plate appearance. Now, … Read more
Son Heung-min scored the goal that broke a record older than he is. On October 6, in a friendly against Uzbekistan at Yongin Mir Stadium southeast of Seoul, the LAFC forward curled a free kick past the Uzbek goalkeeper early in the first half for his 59th career goal with the South Korean men’s national … Read more
The Los Angeles Dodgers closed out the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Wednesday night at Truist Park, taking Game 4 of the National League Division Series and the best-of-five set 3-1 to clinch a third consecutive trip to the National League Championship Series. For Atlanta, the loss ended a season that had already survived one win-or-go-home … Read more