A seventh-round rookie reversal. A surprise, super-fast call-up. The NC Dinos added infielder Se-hoon Kim to the first-team roster on Friday after the Incheon SSG Landers game was rained out. Kim is a 2005 high school rookie who joined the organization this year. A graduate of Gyeongbuk High School in Daegu, he was selected in …

“(Jung) Hoon-yi, do you want to play third base?” Seven consecutive Korean Series appearances and three championships. These are the words that follow manager Kim Tae-hyung. It’s an unrivaled career. Although the Lotte Giants are hovering around the bottom of the standings, they have won 11 games despite injuries to key players and career slumps, …

Can a big man be born to carry the team for the next decade or more? That’s what the Samsung Lions are hoping for with Kim Young-woong (21). The Mulgeum-go native was Samsung’s top pick in the 2022 rookie draft. Along with his teammate Lee Jae-hyun (21), Kim Ji-chan (23), and Kim Hyun-joon (22), he …

Baseball’s Doosan Bears manager Lee Seung-yeop has won back-to-back games in the Jamsil Rivalry with his ‘venomous baseball’. Despite using substitute starters in the fourth and fifth spots, the Bears won two straight games against the champions LG. They recovered from a 5-to-1 favorite. It will be interesting to see if they can improve their …

KT Wiz’s Kang Baek-ho is back to his “genius hitter” self. After recovering from injuries and slumps over the past two years, Kang has been on a tear this season, leading the league in home runs, RBIs, and runs batted in. On April 4, he started at No. 2 in the lineup against Kiwoom at …

The Samsung Lions’ “Blue Moment” event is changing the paradigm of fan service in baseball. The structure of Daegu Samsung Lions Park makes it virtually impossible for fans to get autographs from players. It’s also impossible to change the structure of the baseball stadium. So Samsung marketing and the stadium management team put their heads …