Month: January 2024

“The club is watching closely.”

“The club is watching closely.” The NC Dinos are one of 10 teams that have not completed a deal for a foreign pitcher. Jason Martin, who played last year, showed some promise in 118 games, hitting .288 with 17 home runs and 15 doubles. He showed enough power to lead Triple-A in home runs (32) […]

“Baseball is a pitcher’s game…”

“Baseball is a pitcher’s game…” The new year of 2024 is just around the corner and spring training hasn’t even started yet, but the topic of conversation in the KBO is the new systems being introduced. Confusion persists among clubs and players over the introduction of the Automatic Ball-Strike System (ABS), also known as “robot […]

Veteran Seo Gun-chang an ‘unprecedented’ 200-hit MVP.

But here’s something you might not have heard. It’s the signing of veteran Seo Gun-chang, an ‘unprecedented’ 200-hit MVP. In 2014, he won the MVP award after hitting 201 hits in a season for the Nexen Heroes, the predecessor of the Kiwoom Heroes. He wrote “The Myth of the New Player. Seo’s record is still […]

Park Se-hyuk is vowing to make a comeback

Looking back on his first season, it was a season of regret, reflection, and disappointment. NC’s Park Se-hyuk, 34, is vowing to make a comeback with a mindset that literally translates to “desperation. Park left Doosan as a free agent last year and signed a four-year, 4.6 billion won contract with NC. With Doosan’s strategy […]

“The end of the season was very disappointing”

“The end of the season was very disappointing,” said NC Dinos closer Lee Yong-chan, 35, as he reflected on the 2023 season. However, he did not hide his pride in reaching the 500-game milestone. In an interview at the Changwon NC Park after the New Year’s meeting held at the Olympic Memorial National Life Center […]

SSG Landers’ Jong-hoon Park is ready to rebound.

After struggling for the past two years, SSG Landers’ Jong-hoon Park (33) is ready to rebound. Jong-hoon is an underhanded pitcher with a career record of 71-73 with a 4.74 ERA in 230 games (1077 innings) in the KBO. He has become a fan favorite for his unique pitching style, which has a low release […]

Son Heung-min, No. 1 in through-pass success rate in the five major leagues ‘Tottenham’s attack is all done!’

Figures have been released that prove that Son Heung-min, the ‘goal scorer’ of English professional soccer team Tottenham Hotspur, is also playing the role of the ‘starting point’ of the team’s attack.On the 5th (hereinafter Korean time), soccer statistics site WhoScored.com revealed the three players with the highest through-pass success rate in the five major […]

Donghae City accelerates hosting of sports competitions Economic effect worth more than KRW 10 billion

Donghae City, Gangwon-do, has been working hard to host winter training camps and sports competitions since the beginning of this year.According to Donghae City on the 5th, Donghae City is attracting attention as an optimal winter training site due to its geographical advantage of maintaining relatively warm temperatures in winter compared to inland areas.In addition, […]