INCHEON (Yonhap News) ― The reigning South Korean baseball champion Samsung Lions departed for Taiwan on Wednesday to participate in an international offseason tournament of regional league winners.The Lions will represent the Korea Baseball Organization at the Asia Series to be held from Friday to next Wednesday in Taichung, Taiwan.This will be the seventh edition of the tournament. It has traditionally brought together league champions from South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China and Australia. For

Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers finished fourth in the voting for the National League Rookie of the Year award, ballots showed Tuesday.The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA), whose members cast votes for the top rookie honors, released the results of the balloting on its website. Ryu, the South Korean left-hander, earned 10 third-place votes for 10 points.Ryu went 14-8 with a 3.00 ERA in 30 starts in his first Major League Baseball season. He struck out 154 and walked 49 in

The top domestic baseball league said Saturday 16 players have declared free agency this offseason.The Korea Baseball Organization announced that out of 21 players eligible for free agency, all but five have chosen to exercise their rights.Two key members of the Samsung Lions, the three-time reigning KBO champions, are among the free agents. Outfielder Park Han-yi, the 2013 Korean Series MVP, and left-handed pitcher Jang Won-sam, who had a 2.25 ERA in two Korean Series starts, will look to cash

The top domestic baseball league on Wednesday announced a star-studded list of potential free agents.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said 21 players will be eligible to declare for free agency this offseason. They have until Friday to exercise their rights.Headlining the list are two key members of the Samsung Lions, the three-time reigning KBO champions. Outfielder Park Han-yi, the 2013 Korean Series MVP, and left-handed pitcher Jang Won-sam, who had a 2.25 ERA in two Korean Series starts

The Samsung Lions, the reigning South Korean baseball champions, have announced that they will let their free-agent-to-be closer Oh Seung-hwan test foreign waters this offseason.The Lions made the announcement late Tuesday, four days after they claimed their third straight Korean Series championship in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). Their decision will allow the right-hander to be posted for an auction among interested Major League Baseball (MLB) clubs, or to negotiate and sign with a Ni

General managers in the top domestic baseball league have agreed in principle to increase the current foreign player quota starting next season, officials said Wednesday.According to the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), the executives from 10 clubs, nine current teams plus the expansion KT Wiz that will join the league in 2015, met on Tuesday to discuss the foreign player issue.Currently, teams are allowed to carry two foreign players on the active roster. The NC Dinos, an expansion club that

Park Byung-ho of the Nexen Heroes was voted the most valuable player in the top South Korean baseball league for the second straight year on Monday.Park earned 84 out of 98 possible votes to pick up his second MVP trophy in a row in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). The slugging first baseman led the league in five offensive categories, including home runs and RBIs.Park became just the fourth player to repeat as the MVP in the KBO, and the first since Lee Seung-yeop of the Samsung Lions won

AMHERST, Massachusetts (AP) ― The Red Sox have now won three World Series in the past decade ― but not since the days of Babe Ruth had Boston won a fall classic in its beloved Fenway Park.The victory sent Boston fans spilling into the streets to celebrate the team’s 6-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6. Amid the cheers and high-fives, the white lights of Boston’s Prudential Tower read “GO SOX.”“Words cannot describe how I feel,” Red Sox fan Sam D’Arrigo said. “This is what being a

Having once been in the driver's seat to take the Korean Series, the Doosan Bears suddenly find themselves on the brink of a historic collapse against the surging Samsung Lions.And the Bears don't have anyone but themselves to blame, for it's their own inability to drive in runners in scoring position that has hurt them.The Bears have lost a 3-1 series lead in the championship final for the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), having dropped the fifth and sixth games of the best-of-seven showdown.