 Ryan Sadowski Speaks His Mind 1 year 32 weeks ago
BUSAN, South Korea - The Korean Baseball Organization's 2011 season is in the books, with Samsung coming out on top. It was a disappointment for many Lotte fans who had hoped for a championship this season. But one thing the Lotte fans seem to overlook is that it's not just them who are disappointed, but the players themselves take it even harder. Lotte starting pitcher Ryan Sadowski is no different.
Ryan Keith Sadowski was born in Miami, Florida in 1982. He was a standout in... |
 The Giants Have to Wait Another Year... Again. 1 year 34 weeks ago
BUSAN, South Korea - The Lotte Giants’ championship drought has stretched to 19 years after Sunday’s elimination in the second round of the playoffs. It’s not time to start mentioning things like “curses” or “billy goats” or any other nonsense that fans of long suffering franchises have clung to over the years. Although the “Curse of Felix Jose” has a romantic air to it.
Lotte started the week with the series knotted at 1-1... |
 Lotte Splits Opening Series in Sajik 1 year 34 weeks ago
BUSAN, South Korea - We’re two games into this series and it’s clear that this is not going to be a walk in the park for either side. I was talking to a baseball scout last week, and we both agreed that we were headed for a full five game series. Neither of us had any idea which of these teams would win.
SK has a better pitching staff from top to bottom and a surehanded defense, but Lotte has that solid starting staff and the best offense in the KBO. There’s no... |
 Giants Gear Up For Playoffs 1 year 36 weeks ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- This season the Giants get to sit and watch as the KIA Tigers and SK Wyverns beat each other up in a first round rematch of the 2009 Korean Series. In 2009, SK and KIA participated what some believe to be the most dramatic Korean Series in history. The series went seven games and was decided by a walk-off homer.
The series represent a chance for revenge for the 2010 KBO champion SK Wyverns and an opportunity for the KIA Tigers to prove that their 2009 title was... |
 Giant's in Playoffs: Now for the When and Where 1 year 37 weeks ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- Lotte has exactly one game this week, while the third place Wyverns play five, including a huge three-game set against the first place Samsung Lions. Samsung clinched first place this week, so they are just trying to make sure everyone is ready to sit on the sidelines and watch for two weeks while the second, third and fourth place teams battle it out for the right to face them in the Korean Series.
Could Samsung tank the three game set against SK? Sure they... |
 Giants Aim for Playoffs with a Hot Race for a Good Bye 1 year 38 weeks ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- Lotte started the week by splitting a crucial two-game set with the Samsung Lions. The Giants were clicking on all cylinders during a 5-0 win in the first game of the series. Lotte starter Jang Won-joon tossed 6 ⅓ innings of shutout baseball against the first place Lions. Jang gave up six hits, two walks and two hit batsmen while striking out one. Jang was every bit the ace the Giants needed him to be as he changed speeds and kept the Samsung offense off-balance all... |
 A Korean Baseball Legend Passes 1 year 39 weeks ago
BUSAN, South Korea - Named Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1984, Choi Dong-won was first diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2007 while serving as the second-tier team manager of the Hanwha Eagles. His condition improved and in 2009 he served as the supervisor of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO).
“While he was unconscious most of the time recently, he showed spirit where he often opened his eyes, saying... |
 Winding Up for the Wind Down to the Playoffs 1 year 40 weeks ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- Lotte has only 12 games left, but five are against potential (very, very likely) playoff teams. There is a bit of good news as Lotte still has six against the bottom-feeding Hanwha Eagles. Either way, this is shaping up to be Lotte’s fourth straight year in the post-season. The days of seventh place finishes and the Lotte Midgets are officially over.
Lotte had an uneven series last week, but the path to the second seed in KBO playoffs is... |
 Is that Really the Lotte Giants in Second Place? Yes! 1 year 40 weeks ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- When our hero (yes, that's me) last saw the Lotte Giants, they were stuck in neutral and trying to decide if they wanted to pack it in for the summer or actually try to overachieve a little. The Giants have enjoyed a torrid month of August playing some of their best ball in years. They’ve jumped all the way from the lower half of the league standings to second place and only five games in back of their arch rivals, the Samsung Lions.
Most Lotte fans... |
 Karim Garcia: Unfinished Business 1 year 42 weeks ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- His bat was deemed unnecessary, his rifle of an arm inconsequential. And with that, ex-Lotte Giant baseball All Star, Karim Garcia, was unceremoniously let go by the team after their first round playoff loss last fall.
The Lotte Giants decided their high octane, league-leading offense would be just fine without Garcia, and focused on their pitching woes. In addition, with Garcia's biggest supporter, manager Jerry Royster, also being replaced, Garcia's fate... |
