Jang Hoon, the Korean-Japanese hitter who holds the record for the most career hits in the history of Nippon Professional Baseball and who remains the only player ever to reach 3,000 hits in a single league there, has died. He was 86. According to reports from Kmib, Sports Khan, Sedaily and Herald, he passed away … Read more
For four straight seasons, Lee Ro-woon’s job description never changed: come in from the bullpen, get outs, hand the ball off. He did that job more than 200 times for the SSG Landers without ever once starting a game. Then, on September 9, in a game at Jamsil Stadium against the Doosan Bears, Lee Ro-woon … Read more
One Day After His 40th Home Run, Kim Do-young Fractures His Nose on a Bunt Attempt — Asian Games Spot Now in Doubt KIA Tigers star third baseman Kim Do-young spent September 8 celebrating one of the signature milestones of his young career: his 40th home run of the season. Less than 24 hours later, … Read more
In a sport obsessed with home runs, doubles rarely get their own headline. But in the KBO League, one number has quietly become one of the hardest milestones in the sport’s history to reach — and as of September 7, only one player has ever gotten there. KT Wiz veteran Kim Hyun-soo is now sitting … Read more
A week after the Korea Baseball Organization put eight finalists in front of voters for its August 2026 Player of the Month award, the league has an answer — and it’s the storyline that was always the hardest to bet against. KIA Tigers third baseman Kim Do-young has been named August’s KBO Player of the … Read more
A Deadline That Doesn’t Care How Well You’re Hitting For two straight days, the story around Kim Do-young had been about a single number: 40. The KIA Tigers third baseman was chasing the record for youngest player in KBO (Korea Baseball Organization) history to hit 40 home runs in a season, a mark Lee Seung-yeop … Read more
One Game Left Strikeout. Walk. Ground into a double play. On September 5, in a game his team won comfortably, Kim Do-young walked away from the plate empty-handed for the third time in three at-bats — and the calendar just ran out on him. Today, September 6, is the last game of his team’s series … Read more
There is a particular sound a baseball makes when it hits the top of an outfield wall instead of sailing over it — a flat, cruel thud that lands somewhere between triumph and disappointment. On September 4th, at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju, that sound belonged to Kim Do-young. He had turned on a pitch … Read more
There’s a specific kind of baseball highlight that needs no translation. A ball takes a bad hop, a fielder somehow gets in front of it anyway, and in one motion he turns a routine-looking play into the only thing standing between his team and a loss. American fans call these “web gems.” In the KBO, … Read more
A double. A single. A three-run homer. Then, in extra innings, a triple to complete it. On August 25, in front of a home crowd at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, LG Twins outfielder-turned-first baseman Austin Dean became just the 33rd player in the 45-year history of South Korea’s top professional baseball league to hit … Read more