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Poster

Established
1982 (42 years old)

First Recorded Event
2012-03-17

Current Season
2024

API Football ID
5

Sport
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Baseball

Location
South Korea

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - Naver TV [2021]

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Upcoming

02/05	Lotte Giants	6 - 5	Kiwoom Heroe	9:30am
02/05	NC Dinos	4 - 5	LG Twins	9:30am
02/05	Doosan Bears	2 - 4	Samsung Lion	9:30am
02/05	Hanwha Eagle	3 - 4	SSG Landers	9:30am
02/05	Kia Tigers	5 - 12	KT Wiz	9:30am
03/05	Kia Tigers	-	Hanwha Eagle	9:30am
03/05	KT Wiz	-	Kiwoom Heroe	9:30am
03/05	LG Twins	-	Doosan Bears	9:30am
03/05	Samsung Lion	-	Lotte Giants	9:30am
03/05	SSG Landers	-	NC Dinos	9:30am
Results
01/05	Doosan Bears	2 - 9	Samsung Lion
01/05	Hanwha Eagle	7 - 8	SSG Landers
01/05	Kia Tigers	9 - 1	KT Wiz
01/05	NC Dinos	1 - 10	LG Twins
01/05	Lotte Giants	3 - 6	Kiwoom Heroe
30/04	NC Dinos	8 - 0	LG Twins
30/04	Lotte Giants	7 - 9	Kiwoom Heroe
30/04	Kia Tigers	4 - 11	KT Wiz
30/04	Hanwha Eagle	8 - 2	SSG Landers
30/04	Doosan Bears	4 - 0	Samsung Lion

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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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