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History

The first game was played on March 27, 1982 between Samsung Lions and the MBC Chungyong (now the LG Twins) in Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul. Then-president Chun Doo-hwan threw the first pitch.

The inaugural teams were:

Samsung Lions, based in Daegu

Haitai Tigers, based in Gwangju

Lotte Giants, based in Busan

MBC Blue Dragon, based in Seoul

OB Bears, based in Daejeon

Sammi Superstars, based in Incheon

In 1985, the Sammi Superstars became known as the Cheongbo Pintos. The next year, 1986, saw some major changes, with the OB Bears moving from Daejeon to share the Seoul's Jamsil Baseball Stadium with MBC Blue Dragon in Seoul. A new team, the Binggeurae Eagles, joined to replace vacancy of Daejeon by OB's moving and expanding the league to seven teams. 1988 saw the Cheongbo Pintos change ownership again, becoming the Taepyeongyang Dolphins. In 1990, MBC Blue Dragon became the LG Twins and an eighth team was added, the Ssangbangul Raiders who represented the Jeollabuk-do region.

There was little change in the 90's except for a few major sponsors: 1993 saw the Binggeurae Eagles become the Hanhwa Eagles, in 1995 the Taepyeongyang Dolphins became the Hyundai Unicorns and the OB Bears in 1999 became the Doosan Bears. Bigger changes were affected in 2000 when the Hyundai Unicorns moved from Incheon to Suwon, and a new team, the SK Wyverns took their place in Incheon. The Ssangbangul Raiders became defunct. In 2001, the Haitai Tigers became the Kia Tigers.

In 2008, the Hyundai Unicorns franchise was sold, renamed the Woori Heroes and moved to Mok-dong in Seoul, after a disappointing season in 2007 both on and off the field. Despite winning championships in 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2004, fans never really took to the team after their move from Incheon. Also, while the franchises in Daegu, Busan, Gwangju and Daejeon did not have to compete with other teams for fans, the Suwon-based Unicorns struggled to compete with the nearby Seoul franchises.

As of 2009, founding member the Kia Tigers (formerly the Haitai Tigers) had won 10 of the 29 national championships.

Most players are Korean, but teams are allowed a limited number foreign players, with Americans, Dominicans and Cubans featuring in the league. The foreign player limit is currently set at two.

On the 17th of July every year, the best players participate in the Korean All-star game. The teams participating are divided into two regions: East (SK, Samsung, Doosan, Lotte) and West (Kia, Hanhwa, LG and Heroes). The titles 'East' and 'West' do not directly correspond to the geographical regions of the teams involved, as both SK and Doosan, being from Incheon and Seoul respectively, are clearly based on the Western region of Korea, despite representing the East. Unlike in the MLB, the Korean All-star game does not determine home-ground advantage in the Korean Series. The most recent Korean All-star game was played in Busan and won 6:3 by the East team.

Many of the players who excel in the Korean league go on to play for teams in Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. Current successful players in the NPB who have played for Korean teams in the past include Lee Seung-Yeop for the Yomiuri Giants (former Samsung Lions player), Kim Tae-Gyun for the Chiba Lotte Marines (former Hanwha Eagles player), Lim Chang-Yong for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, and Tyrone Woods also for the Chunichi Dragons (former Doosan Bears player).

2010년 6월 15일 화요일

Miss & Nice

This sports program more and more popular to the audience. because it has many variety programs.
This program called by Baseball tonight YA!(베이스볼 투나잇 야!) Everyday begins at 11:00 pm .
Especially, Miss & Nice is most popular & fun program it shows that today`s highlight.
Have you ever watched this program ? If you don`t watch this program I recommend it !
Perhaps you need not regret!

(Ryu Hyun Jin) 17 full innings, strikeouts

Hanhwa Eagless` pitcher Ryu Hyun Jin has had 17strike out.

This is a new record in Korea baseball.

He was called "Monster" by people even baseball atheletics.

WBC2009 a victory in the semifinals team Korea

In 2009, World Baseball Classic(WBC) was held in America. Although Korea team has a victory in the semifinals, they had a nice game. The same thing is unwilling to give champion to the Japan. However, Korea team likewise show to the world. I wish I hope do champion next an athletic meet Korea Baseball team fighting!!

2010년 6월 7일 월요일

Explain about KBO`s 8 teams.

Korean baseball team is consist of 8 teams. Each team has a hometown.

In addition, they have a character.

SK - Dragons

SAMSUNG - Lions

DOOSAN - Bears

NEXEN - Heroes

HANHWA - Eagles

LOTTE - Giants

KIA - Tigers

LG - Twins

Kind of KBO`s team

Team City Stadium Capacity

Doosan Bears Seoul Jamsil Baseball Stadium 30,400

Hanwha Eagles Daejeon Daejeon Baseball Stadium 10,500

Kia Tigers Gwangju Gwangju Stadium 13,400

Lotte Giants Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium 28,500

LG Twins Seoul Jamsil Baseball Stadium 30,400

Samsung Lions Daegu Daegu Baseball Stadium 10,000

SK Wyverns Incheon Munhak Baseball Stadium 28,500

NEXEN Heroes Seoul Mokdong Baseball Stadium 14,500

So, If you go to baseball stadium you can see the character of each team. They always performance in stadium and doing intersting things. I think this also make spectators fun.
I often go to baseball stadium with my friends but I want to go with my girlfriend.... I wish I hope that let`s go to baseball stadium with your girl or boy friend wearing the each fan team`s uniform. Someday I can do it.
This is all my explain about 8 teams name and characters. I`m going to upload information about KBO.
Have a nice good day with baseball games.

Definition of baseball(basic)

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team(the batting team) take turns hitting against the pitcher of theotherteam(the fielding team), which tries to stop themfrom scoring runs by gettinghitters out in any of several ways. A player on the batting team can stop at any of the bases and later advance via a teammate`s hit or other means. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever the fielding team records three outs. One turn at bat for each team constitutes an inning; nine innings make up a professional game. The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins.
Evolving from older bat-and-ball games, an early form of baseball was being played in England by the mid-eighteenth century. This game and the related rounders were brought by British and Irish immigrants to North America, where the morden version of baseball developed. By the late nineteenth century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States. Baseball on the professional, amateur, and youth levels is now popular in North America, parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean, and parts of East Asia. The game is sometimes referred to as hardball, in contrast to the derivative game of softball.
In Korea, professional Korea Baseball Organization(KBO) teams are divided into the 8 teams. Each team run into get the prize of Korea championship league. Every year 8teams competition very fierce.