KBO: Baseball Stars Returning to Korea

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The SK Wyverns are leading this season’s Korean pro baseball league standings. Though it has no players coming back from bigger leagues of foreign countries, it has two coaches with overseas experience. Manager Kim Sung-geun was the first-ever Korean to coach a Japanese club. He was coach of Japan’s Chiba Lotte Marines for two years starting in 2005. SK’s head coach Lee Man-soo was the first-ever Korean to be a coach on a Major League club thanks to his stint with the Chicago White Sox. The Samsung Lions, Korean champions for two consecutive seasons, have Sun Dong-yol, a legendary pitcher, as its manager. Sun was a relief pitcher for the Junichi Dragons of Japan for four years starting in 1996.

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