…is given to a team that submits the highest bid. In a similar case in 2012, Kim’s countryman Hyun-Jin Ryu signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers via posting. The Dodgers…
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Ichiro, Kuo Among MLB All-Stars
…Albert Pujols of extra bases in the first inning. Dodgers reliever Hong-Chih Kuo pitched two-thirds of an inning—the first time a Taiwanese-born player has ever appeared in an All-Star Game….
API Athletes on Top
…the first female driver in their Driver Development programme. Los Angeles Dodgers Sign Top International Pitching Prospect Hyun-Suk Jang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt_1olJhjt8 The Los Angeles Dodgers sent waves throughout the league when…
Hyun-jin Ryu Shows Off His Rapping Skills in Korean Commercial
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Hyun-jin Ryu can drop a sweet change-up. But did you know he can drop bars, too? The Los Angeles Dodgers southpaw may have…
Pirates Sign Shortstop Kang on a 4-Year, $16 Million Deal
…contribution off the bench could still give them a substantial boost, perhaps in the similar way that the Los Angeles Dodgers fed off of Justin Turner’s production last season as…
Kia Tigers Nix Pitcher’s Move to Major Leagues
…bid as the amount was far below what they had expected for their franchise player. Two years ago, the Dodgers made a bid of $25.7 million to the Hanwha Eagles…
Chan Ho Park To Finish Career In Korea
…success with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the late 1990s, Park signed a $65 million contract with the Texas Rangers but was deemed a bust as he was hampered by…
San Diego Padres Win Bid For Kwang-Hyun Kim, But SK Wyverns Might Not Accept
…a paltry sum, especially considering the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 2012 bid of $25 million for Hyun-Jin Ryu, who later became the first South Korean ballplayer in history to make the…
The Story Of A Cupcake
…was formerly an events manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers. “Now I’m never late to work.” The kitchen is the size of a closet, and Kwan and the other bakers…
Star Struck: Unforgettable 2010
…the majors. Park, who debuted for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1994 and pitched in the 2009 World Series for the Philadelphia Phillies, thanked Korean Americans for their unwavering support….
Editor's Note: May '11
…followed the then-outstanding Dodgers. (Remember that stunning upset in 1988?) As babies living in Baltimore, we wore Orioles onesies and orange-and-black team hoodies, clothing that to this day, my mother…
COVER STORY: Why Everybody Loves Sung Kang
…some pretty high-profile Asian players like Hyun-Jin Ryu of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Texas Rangers’ Shin-Soo Choo in the Major Leagues—he might have actually pursued a career in…
New Study: Instant Ramen Linked With Heart Disease Risk
…take a superhuman amount of willpower to ban the comfort food from our diets completely. South Korean pitcher for the L.A. Dodgers, Ryu Hyun-jin in a commercial for a popular…
Cover Story: Why Texas Rangers’ Outfielder Shin-Soo Choo Will Never Give Up
…before he threw a pitch in the majors. Years before Ryu joined the Dodgers, he had already become a bona fide superstar back home in South Korea, where he was…
Actor Ha Jung-woo Taps Into His Artistic Side
…Dodgers) had the season started by then. “I like to stick my nose into things and develop an interest. I can’t stand boredom,” Ha says. “I just like getting myself…
