…group of professional baseball players in Korea grew up watching the major leagues. Kids who grow up watching baseball of the highest quality are different. And I’m just happy that…
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Chan Ho Park Receives a Pioneers of Baseball Award
…League Baseball. MLB Commissioner Bud Selig presented the award to both Park and Hideo Nomo, the first Japanese-born player to sign with the MLB, at the annual Professional Baseball Scouts…
Korean Baseball Team Shoots a Fireball for First Pitch
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com There are first pitches in baseball, and there are Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) first pitches. We’ve seen South Korean gymnasts and Taekwondo athletes…
Korea’s Team Handily Advances to Little League Baseball World Series
…Baseball World Series, which will take place in South Williamsport, Pa, between Aug. 14-24. This marks only the third time that a Korean Little League team made it to the…
Struggling Baseball Team Replaces Fans With Robots
by STEVE HAN It takes commitment and dedication to be a fan. That’s especially the case if you’re a fan of South Korea’s struggling baseball team, the Hanwha Eagles, which…
The Lookout: A New Spoken Word Film, AAPI Books to Read and an Upcoming, History-Making Baseball Game
…to play double duty at the American League’s All-Star game on July 13. The baseball player also set the record for the highest number of home runs in the MLB…
Baseball Fan Chucks Daughter To Get Home Run Ball
A baseball fan in Taiwan went all-out to catch a home run ball, flinging his young daughter into the row in front of him in order to snag a dinger….
The Longest, Most In-Depth Story Ever Written About Dodgers Star Pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu
…baseball player to go to the major leagues straight from the Korea Baseball Organization, where he was already a bona fide superstar. But today, there are only Ryu, his interpreter…
March Issue: One-on-One With Chan Ho Park
…field. That became my ultimate goal. How did Korean baseball change before and after you made your mark in the major leagues? Before the Dodgers signed me, professional baseball in…
The Five-Tool Player
…to the Indians in 2006, Choo has quickly developed into one of baseball’s most well-rounded athletes. The versatile Choo is what folks in baseball refer to as a “five-tool” player….
The Comeback
…of the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks. Though Park was ill during the Series—infected with swine flu, no less—he was able to maintain his focus while pitching on baseball’s grandest stage. His…
Cover Story: Why Texas Rangers’ Outfielder Shin-Soo Choo Will Never Give Up
…Yankees for Choo, who turned down a seven-year, $140 million offer from baseball’s most storied franchise because he felt Texas would give him the best shot at winning. But it…
Shohei Ohtani shuts down Team USA, Winning Third WBC Championship for Japan
After three weeks of exciting international baseball, the World Baseball Classic came to a close last night, with the two final teams going up against each other in the tournament:…
Robert Refsnyder Making the Plays
…fourth national baseball title and its first since 1986. “That’s the ultimate goal for a college baseball player,” said Refsnyder, after their championship-clinching victory in Game 2. “We got hot…
Editor's Note: May '11
…York, the site of the baseball Hall of Fame, a father coaching youth baseball teams, a mother and brother fetching baseballs on a field. Sacrifices were made, said Hank’s father….
