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Kim Do-young and Sam Hilliard Are Tied at 41 Home Runs Atop the KBO Leaderboard as a Former MLB Outfielder and a 22-Year-Old Korean Slugger Chase the Title Down the Stretch

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Two very different baseball careers have converged at the exact same number. Kim Do-young, a 22-year-old third baseman who has spent his entire career with the KIA Tigers, and Sam Hilliard, a 32-year-old American outfielder who spent parts of seven seasons bouncing around Major League Baseball before signing with the KT Wiz this year, are … Read more

Atlanta Beats Philadelphia 6-2 in Winner-Take-All Game 3 to Reach the NLDS — but Kim Ha-seong Watched the Biggest Game of the Series from the Bench

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The Atlanta Braves are headed back to the National League Division Series. Kim Ha-seong, for the first time all series, was not on the field to see it happen. Atlanta beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 on Thursday night at Truist Park in a winner-take-all Game 3, closing out the National League Wild Card Series two … Read more

Kim Ha-seong Reaches Base and Scores for the First Time This October, but Atlanta Falls 3-4 in Extra Innings as the Wild Card Series Heads to a Winner-Take-All Game 3 Tonight

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Three days ago, Kim Ha-seong had not played a single postseason inning in four years. Tonight, he and the Atlanta Braves will play their third game in as many days, and the loser goes home for the winter. The National League Wild Card Series between the Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies is tied at one … Read more

Son Heung-min Ties Korea’s All-Time International Scoring Record With a Goal He Insists Isn’t His, as South Korea Falls 1-4 to Uruguay

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Son Heung-min just tied the all-time international scoring record for South Korean men’s soccer, and he does not sound entirely convinced he deserves it. In a friendly match against Uruguay at Seoul World Cup Stadium that South Korea lost 1-4, Son found the net for the 58th time in his national team career, matching a … Read more

Kim Do-young Resolves His Military Obligation With Asian Games Gold, Then Hits a Franchise-Record 41st Home Run in His First At-Bat Back

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Kim Do-young spent the better part of two weeks away from the KIA Tigers this September, chasing something that had nothing to do with a batting title. He was in Toyohashi, Japan, representing South Korea at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, trying to help his country win a gold medal that would settle, once and … Read more

KT Wiz Rout Doosan 12-6 to Tie Their Franchise Wins Record at 81, Cutting the Magic Number to 8 for a Second Pennant Since 2021

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Five years ago, the KT Wiz needed every ounce of drama the Korea Baseball Organization could offer to win their first regular-season pennant — a winner-take-all tie-breaker game on the final day of the 2021 season, settled by a single run, before the club went on to sweep the Korean Series and claim its first … Read more

A Season That Started With a Fall on Ice Ends at .116: Kim Ha-Seong Closes Out One of the Worst Batting Averages by an Everyday Player in 21st-Century MLB History

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Kim Ha-seong’s 2026 season ended the way most of it had gone: quietly, without a hit, on the road, in a game that meant nothing in the standings. In the Atlanta Braves’ regular-season finale against the Miami Marlins, Kim went hitless in two at-bats, drawing two walks and scoring a run before Atlanta fell 3-5. … Read more

Benched One Day, Starting the Next: Kim Ha-seong Snaps a 20-At-Bat Hitless Streak With His First Triple in Two Years

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Kim Ha-seong spent September 25 watching from the Atlanta Braves dugout, left out of the starting lineup for the finale of a series against the Cincinnati Reds. Twenty-four hours later, in a different city against a different opponent, he was back at shortstop, batting ninth, and in the fifth inning he did something he hadn’t … Read more