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Traditionally, South Korean professional baseball games have a maximum number of extra innings before a game is declared an official tie. The KBO abolished this limit for the 2008 season, but it was reinstated in 2009, with a 12-inning limit imposed during the regular season, [ 5 ] and a 15-inning limit for playoff games.
The 2023 KBO League season was the 42nd season in the history of the KBO League.The regular season began on April 1 and concluded on October 17. [1] A postseason followed, culminating with the Korean Series championship.
No. of Teams. 1982–1985: 6 teams; 1986–1990: 7 teams; 1991–2012: 8 teams; 2013–2014: 9 teams; 2015–present: 10 teams; Season format. From 1982 to 1988, the regular season was divided into two — a spring season and a fall season — with a first-half pennant winner and a latter-half pennant winner.
In December 2023, it was announced that the 2024 season would be Choo Shin-soo's final season in professional baseball. Choo, who spent 15 years in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2020, played in Seattle, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Texas. He turned 42 on July 13. Due to a shoulder injury, he was limited to playing only 77 of the 144 games ...
The 2022 KBO League season was the 41st season in the history of the KBO League.The regular season began on April 2 and ended on October 11. [1] A postseason then followed, culminating with the championship Korean Series.
South Korea also hosted and won the Baseball World Cup in 1982, and has participated in several Summer Olympic Games (winning gold over Cuba in 2008). Currently, South Korean baseball is ranked fiftth in the WBSC World Rankings. South Korea's main rival is Japan, which it has met in several WBC, Olympic, and Asian Baseball Championship games.
The Kia Tigers, the champions of the Korean Baseball Organization, conducts spring training at the Great Park in Irvine. None of the 10 KBO teams is training in South Korea this year.
The 2021 KBO League season, also known by naming rights sponsorship as 2021 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League (Korean: 2021 신한은행 SOL KBO 리그), was the 40th season in the history of the KBO League. At the conclusion of the regular season, all five playoff positions were undecided going into the final day of the schedule.