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Name
Korean KBO League

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Poster

Established
1982 (42 years old)

First Recorded Event
2012-03-17

Current Season
2024

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Baseball

Location
South Korea

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - Naver TV [2021]

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21 Sep	Hanwha Eagle	-	Lotte Giants	8:00am
21 Sep	LG Twins	-	Doosan Bears	8:00am
21 Sep	LG Twins	-	Doosan Bears	5:00am
21 Sep	KT Wiz	-	SSG Landers	8:00am
21 Sep	Samsung Lion	-	Kiwoom Heroe	8:00am
21 Sep	Kia Tigers	-	NC Dinos	8:00am
22 Sep	Samsung Lion	-	Kiwoom Heroe	5:00am
22 Sep	LG Twins	-	Doosan Bears	5:00am
22 Sep	Hanwha Eagle	-	Lotte Giants	5:00am
22 Sep	KT Wiz	-	SSG Landers	5:00am
Results
20 Sep	NC Dinos	P - P	Lotte Giants
20 Sep	SSG Landers	P - P	Kiwoom Heroe
19 Sep	NC Dinos	6 - 7	Hanwha Eagle
19 Sep	KT Wiz	12 - 5	Samsung Lion
19 Sep	Doosan Bears	9 - 4	Kia Tigers
19 Sep	Lotte Giants	4 - 7	LG Twins
19 Sep	SSG Landers	8 - 6	Kiwoom Heroe
18 Sep	KT Wiz	6 - 8	Samsung Lion
18 Sep	Lotte Giants	3 - 5	LG Twins
18 Sep	NC Dinos	5 - 2	Hanwha Eagle

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The KBO League (Korean: KBO 리그), officially as Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League for sponsorship, is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982, and has expanded to ten franchises. The KBO League is the most popular sports league in South Korea. The Kia Tigers are the most successful team, having won 11 out of the 38 championships.

In comparison with American Major League Baseball, ESPN reports that the KBO level of play "appears to be somewhere between Double-A and Triple-A, on average, though the best players are more likely to be MLB-quality than your typical Double-A league." Historically, the KBO is known for its vocal and exuberant fan base, as well as the widespread practice of bat flips (ppa-dun (Korean: 빠던), a portmanteau of the "first syllables of the words for 'bat' and 'throw'") by hitters after stroking what they think will be a home run. In the KBO, the bat flipping tradition dates back to the 1990s.

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