The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Korean shortstop Jung-Ho Kang to a four year deal. The deal, pending a physical, will guarantee Kang $16 million. Kang played for the Nexen Heroes of the KBO (Korean professional league), the runner up in the Korean championship. The Nexen Heroes fell to the Samsung Lions in the championship series of…
After the New York Giants won the World Series in the previous year, the Dodgers started the season hopeful as ever. How many World Series had they played without winning one? 1916 and 1920 as the Robins, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1953. In five of these World Series appearances, the hated Yankees were…
Rick van den Hurk had a marvelous 2014 season in the KBO. As we all may know by now, the former Major Leaguer (Marlins, Orioles, and Pirates) won the league’s awards for lowest ERA and most strikeouts. When you know that the KBO is a very offensive league with an average of 5.71 runs per…
This is the translation of a weekly column that I write for the website of the Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation (KNBSB). In fact it is a summary of the play off games in which the players from the Kingdom of the Netherlands were/are playing. For the first time since 1997 the Orioles clinched a…
It appears that the Dodgers don’t want to win the NL West pennant. Last night they lost again vs the Rockies: 16-2. Roger Bernadina got a pinch hit appearance but grounded out 3-1. The Giants inched a bit closer with their 4-2 win over the Diamondbacks. Boston lost with big numbers as well. The Pirates…
