For the change, no ballpark news from the USA. This time it comes from Korea. The Hanwha Eagles will get a new ballpark in two years. Today, the ground was broken on the construction of the new ballpark. Artist impression of Baseball Dream Park The city of Daejeon, 140 kilometers south of Seoul, broke ground …
Watch Korean Baseball Here
For those interested in high quality baseball other than MLB, there is an open website (yes it is legal) to watch KBO games. The website is of the Korean streaming service Naver.com. When you enter the website, you have to scroll down a little bit to get to today's games. Here is the link.Enjoy.
NC Dinos Get Their Hardware
Last year's champions of the KBO, the NC Dinos have received their personal championship trophies. What the players of the first time KBO champion, that celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, received, wasn't too shabby. Have a look and judge yourself yourself. The ring is as preposterous as those in MLB but when you put …
SSG Landers present logo
Two days ago you could read an article about the SK Wyverns changing names. The club now called the SSG Landers, after the e-commerce arm SSG of the Shinsegae Croup, presented its logos today. The logo of the "new" KBO club shows an unidentified flying object beaming down to the word baseball club. In the …
SK Wyverns renamed SSG Landers
Recently you could read here about the KBO's SK Wyverns being sold to SSG. Today the new name of the club was announced. The new owners of the team, the Shinsegae Croup, named the club after its e-commerce arm SSG. The name Landers is a tribute to the city of Incheon and its airport and …
SK Wyverns sold
The SK Wyverns of the Korean Baseball Organization, has been sold unexpectedly. The new owner will be retail giant Shinsegae Group, that has bought the club for approximately 100 million Euros (122 million USD). On February 23rd, the official handover from the current owner SK Telecom to Shinsegae Group will take place. The new owner …
Rick van den Hurk donates for charity
In a tweet and on his own website, Rick van den Hurk announced that he will have a weekly auction, to raise money for the Ronald McDonald Foundation. https://twitter.com/rickvandenhurk/status/1263451862633549824 The Dutch-born pitcher from Eindhoven will donate game-used baseball items and equipment from teams he played for. Since his MLB debut with the Florida Marlins in …
Watch all KBO games
In the past week, I posted several links to KBO (Korean Baseball Organization) games. I found a general link that leads you to all KBO games per day. https://tv.naver.com/l/livehome Enjoy.
Watch Samsung Lions vs Kia Tigers here
vs Today the Kia Tigers take on the Samsung Lions in the KBO. Here is a link to the game with English commentary. http://123tvnow.com/watch/espn-2/ Enjoy.
Watch Doosan Bears vs KT Wiz here
Next to CPBL baseball, there is KBO baseball to watch as well. vs The link below leads to the today's game between the Doosan Bears vs the KT Wiz http://live.qq.com/10049486?fbclid=IwAR35zJ5tmkFr6c0RqcSx7DZAMYwX0d5fKkDn19O0EAoixpVw79p9BR_T5Ao Enjoy.
A little bit more baseball. Watch Korean baseball here
Today, the KBO league starts after a big delay due to the coronavirus. Here is the link with which you can watch without being subscribed to watchESPN. This game is between the visiting NC Dinos and the Samsung Lions http://123tvnow.com/watch/espn-2/ Enjoy.
Start of KBO season at hand
After Taiwan, it looks like Korea will be the second country where the baseball season will take off. The KBO is planning to start the season early May but under strict rules to avoid corona infections as much as possible. The league has unveiled a manual that points out how players and teams can deal …
Also KBO postpones season
After the NPB decided to postpone the upcoming Japanese baseball season, the KBO decided to do the same in Korea. Yesterday the NPB announced to push back the start of the 2020 baseball season. The start of the season is now scheduled for somewhere in April. The league has decided to do so after close …
Hensley Meulens debuted in MLB 30 years ago
Hensley Meulens, the Curaçao-born bench coach of the San Francisco Giants made his first step in Major League Baseball, today 30 years ago. With the New York Yankees, Meulens became the first player from Curaçao to make it to the bigs. Meulens was signed by the Yankees as an undrafted free agent in 1985. After …
Continue reading "Hensley Meulens debuted in MLB 30 years ago"
Roger Bernadina has to look for new club
The Kia Tigers announced they will not extend the contract of Curaçaoan outfielder Roger Bernadina. The main reason is the fact that the numbers he produced in 2018 were not as good as in 2017. After spending the 2016 season with the Las Vegas 51s (then a Mets farm team), Bernadina opted to sign with …
Roger Bernadina on disabled list
If you follow Korean baseball, you might have noticed that Roger Bernadina hasn't been in the lineups of the Kia Tigers lately. The 33-year old Curaçao born outfielder has been placed on the disabled list by his club. Since May 15, Roger did not appear on any Kia Tigers lineup card since he has …
Roger Bernadina to stay in Korea
After a very successful season in which he helped the Kia Tigers win the KBO championship, Roger Bernadina has signed a one-year extension with the club from Gwangju. The Tigers have been very active to keep the trio of foreign players in their team. Next to Bernadina, the club signed Hector Noesi to a $2 …
Roger Bernadina wins KBO award
After a great season in which he won the KBO championship with the Kia Tigers, Roger Bernadina won one of the awards during the annual KBO award gala. The Curaçao born outfielder won the award for most scored runs. With 118 runs Roger beat the competition. In the MVP vote, Roger ended high as well, …
Dutch Baseball Hangout 
You must be logged in to post a comment.