There’s a version of Ji-Man Choi’s comeback story that most American readers already understand instinctively: a former Major League player, eight seasons and 525 games deep, 67 home runs to his name for the Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, and Pittsburgh Pirates, decides to keep playing baseball in his home country. That … Read more
A 20-year-old rookie stood one inning away from tying a record that had stood for 32 years — and his manager pulled him anyway. On August 25, 2026, in a game against the Hanwha Eagles in Incheon, SSG Landers rookie starting pitcher Kim Min-jun worked five innings, allowed one run, and threw 92 pitches before … Read more
Five days. That is all it took for Samsung Lions infielder Kim Young-woong to go from a demotion to the KBO Futures League to a decisive, bases-loaded grand slam in front of a packed Gocheok Sky Dome crowd. The 23-year-old had been working in Korea’s minor-league system to iron out problems in his swing, and … Read more
Every year, a small number of pitchers make the trip from the KBO League back to Major League Baseball, and almost every one of them arrives carrying the same quiet question: does success in Korea actually mean anything once you’re back on a big-league mound? On May 21, 2026, Drew Anderson gave American fans about … Read more
Imagine two of the best young starting pitchers in the sport, both 27 years old, both drafted in the same class, both close friends away from the field — and imagine that, despite years of overlapping careers in the same league, they had never once started a game against each other. Then imagine a rainout … Read more
Every sport eventually runs into the same uncomfortable truth: the record book is only as reliable as the paperwork behind it. American fans know this feeling well. A single-season home run record gets qualified with an asterisk because of a shortened schedule. A “rookie” record gets challenged because a player’s official debut date doesn’t match … Read more
Almost every American baseball fan has a T-ball memory somewhere in their past — a Saturday morning at a local rec field, a ball balanced on a rubber tee, a swing that connected more often on the third or fourth try than the first. It’s the sport nearly every U.S. kid who ever picked up … Read more
In American sports, a comfortable lead late in the season usually means somebody starts talking about “clinching” and “playing loose.” Not in Doosan Bears blue and red — or, more precisely, not this year, and not under this manager. As of late August 2026, the Doosan Bears hold the 5th and final postseason spot in … Read more
A new arm just landed in the Samsung Lions bullpen, and the deal that brought him there says as much about where KBO roster-building is headed as it does about the pitcher himself. On August 7, 2026, the Samsung Lions signed 28-year-old Japanese right-handed reliever Miyamori Satoshi as their new “Asia Quota” import player, in … Read more
Picture a Major League Baseball veteran — a guy who spent eight seasons in the big leagues, appeared in 525 games, and hit 67 home runs for four different organizations — having to sit through a rookie draft tryout like a fresh-faced prospect trying to get noticed for the first time. That’s not a hypothetical. … Read more