Toronto Blue Jays’ Alec Manoa (25) hasn’t gotten out of his shocking slump. Manoa took the loss against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on April 26, allowing five runs (four earned) on five hits and five walks with six strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings. Manoa, who has followed Hyun-jin…
Month: May 2023
Ham Deok-ju overturns trade assessment “I want to make up for the past two years of injuries with a championship”
He is recreating the form he had in Doosan, when he was a stalwart backstop and led the team to the championship. Injuries and slumps plagued him for two years after the trade, but he bounced back perfectly with a strong opening series. Ham Deok-ju (28) is a specialty middle reliever who is always pitching…
‘100 million won for a hole-in-one’…a ‘very special golf tournament’ to spread a culture of giving
“I’m the one who made the hole-in-one on the 13th hole!” The Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour’s KB Financial Live Championship, which opened on the 25th, is attracting attention for its efforts and practices to spread the ‘culture of giving’ through golf tournaments. It is especially meaningful that the organizer, KB Financial Group, the…
Traded Hwang Seung-bin reunites with Na Kyung-bok…Han Sung-jung makes ‘chinjung comeback’
Woori Card sent Na Kyung-bok to free agency and then sent captain and starting setter Hwang Seung-bin to KB Insurance in a trade. “KB Insurance and Woori Card conducted a one-for-one trade to send out outside hitter Han Sung-jung and acquire setter Hwang Seung-bin,” KB Insurance said in an official press release on May 25….
Lee Da-hyun “Last year’s VNL felt limited, this year with a different look”
Relying on “the best middle blocker in the game” Yang Hyo-jin (33) for her team, Lee Da-hyun (21) has been exchanging advice with her fellow middle blockers when she wears the Taeguk mark. Despite some growing pains with the retirement of Kim Yeon-kyung, Kim Soo-ji (Heungkuk Life), and Yang Hyo-jin from the national team, the…
Batum on Carmelo Anthony: “He was my least favorite player”
Batum said about Anthony. Recently, Carmelo Anthony (201 cm, F) announced his retirement via social media. Anthony was a “scoring machine” during his 19-year NBA career, averaging 22.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game, including a career-high 28.7 points in the 2012-2013 season. His other accomplishments include being a 10-time All-Star and six-time…
Ten Hach, 980 billion is enough→Man United midfield major surgery…recovery failure ‘sick finger’ OUT
There will be a chain reaction in United’s midfield. United have made their move. Initially, they were hoping to sign Declan Rice (West Ham). However, they have switched to Mason Mount (Chelsea). “Manager Eric ten Haag has told club officials that he wants to sign Mount instead of Rice, who is likely to move to…
U.S. Under-20 team draws with ‘streaky’ Honduras
In the second round of the U20 World Cup, the South Korean national team played a hard-fought draw against Latin American underdogs Honduras. With a precious point after coming back from the brink of defeat, the team is one step closer to advancing to the round of 16. Reporter Lee Jun-hee reports. [Report]. Honduras, the…
“3 Korean players who want to bring ML” reverse export myth ‘ARI Ace’ takes a shot at it
Correspondent Sanghee Lee] Merrill Kelly, 35, the ace of Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks, used to play for SK (now SSG) in the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO). Because of this background, he knows both the KBO and Major League Baseball better than most. When StarNews recently sat down with Kelly in the away team’s clubhouse…
‘ERA 2.38→8.22’ fastball remains the same… What’s going on with Moon Dong-ju in April and May?
In April and May, Moon Dong-ju (20-Korea) has been having ‘polarizing’ performances. What happened in between? Moon made his first start on April 25 against the KIA in Daejeon, but left without a win after giving up three runs on five hits with three walks and two strikeouts in four innings. He was up to…