Professional baseball in South Korea isn’t about to lose its crown as the national pastime anytime soon, but recent attendance figures for the country’s top league have nonetheless been a cause for concern. On Monday this week, the Korea Baseball Organization released some not-so-rosy numbers. Through 92 games this season, the nine KBO teams were averaging about 10,380 fans per game, compared to...

South Korean rapper Psy will attend a Los Angeles Dodgers game on Tuesday where his compatriot, Dodgers pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin, will take the mound against the Colorado Rockies, the rapper’s agency said. YG Entertainment said that Psy, whose latest single chases the success of his global megahit “Gangnam Style,” will watch the game at the L.A.’s Dodger Stadium at 7 p.m. local time. This is the fi...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Clayton Kershaw retired 18 consecutive batters and struck out 12 in eight dominant innings, Carl Crawford homered twice against Kyle Lohse and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 on Sunday. Kershaw (3-2) scattered four hits and didn’t walk a batter while lowering his ERA to 1.73. The 2011 Cy Young Award winner, who led the NL in ERA in each of the previous t...

The country’s top baseball league is on pace to surpass 1 million fans at the slowest rate in five years, data showed Monday. The Korea Baseball Organization said its nine clubs are expected to exceed 1 million fans for this season on Tuesday, after playing 96 games. Eight of the nine teams will begin their three-game midweek series on Tuesday. Through Sunday’s games, teams have attracted a com...

Choo Shin-soo, Cincinnati Reds' starting center fielder and leadoff man, said Friday he was more disheartened by his team's loss than an end to his on-base streak. Choo failed to get on base in Friday's game here against the Washington Nationals at the Nationals Park, and his streak of reaching safely, dating back to Sept. 21 last year, was snapped at 35 games. Despit going 0-for-4 at the plate...