• Nats Report+
  • All News
  • Contribution
  • Subscribe
The Nats Report
Contribute
  • Quicknotes
  • The Rochester Red Wings Report
  • Nationals News
  • Washington Nationals Minor League
    • Fredericksburg Nationals
    • Wilmington Blue Rocks
    • Harrisburg Senators
    • Rochester Red Wings
  • MLB News
No Result
View All Result
The Nats Report
  • Quicknotes
  • The Rochester Red Wings Report
  • Nationals News
  • Washington Nationals Minor League
    • Fredericksburg Nationals
    • Wilmington Blue Rocks
    • Harrisburg Senators
    • Rochester Red Wings
  • MLB News
Contribute
No Result
View All Result
The Nats Report
No Result
View All Result

Major League Baseball and MLBPA Announce November “Korea Series” As Part Of MLB World Tour

The 2022 Korea Series is a part of the MLB WORLD TOUR, a historic slate of games that will bring MLB teams and players to the league’s global fan base.

The Nats Report Newsroom by The Nats Report Newsroom
August 26, 2022
in All News, Featured, Major League Baseball News
Reading Time: 4 mins read
A A
0
Major League Baseball and MLBPA Announce November “Korea Series” As Part Of MLB World Tour
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail to a friend

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association announced Friday morning that Major League players would travel to South Korea in November for a four-game exhibition series involving players from the Korea Baseball Organization.

The “2022 Korea Series” will run from November 9-16 and feature two-game sets at Busan’s Sajik Baseball Stadium (home to the KBO’s Lotte Giants) and Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome (home to the KBO’s Kiwoom Heroes). The four-game series is a part of MLB’s new “MLB World Tour” initiative to expand the game’s global presence and a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the KBO.

“Major League Baseball is excited to travel to Busan and Seoul for this historic series,” said MLB chief operations & strategy offer Chris Marinak in this morning’s press release. “This tour is the next step of MLB’s plan to deliver regular baseball events in Korea in the coming years and follows our upcoming Home Run Derby X, scheduled for September 17th in Seoul.

“South Korea’s rich baseball history and its knowledgeable, fun-loving, and highly engaged fan base make it an ideal place to showcase our Major League Players as we continue expanding our game globally,” said MLBPA Senior Director, International, and Domestic Player Operations Leonor Colon. “Among today’s elite Major League stars are first-class South Korean athletes who are also premier standouts in international tournaments like the World Baseball Classic.”

South Korea’s rich baseball tradition has produced many accomplished Major League players, including All-Stars Chan Ho Park and Shin-Soo Choo, as well as current Blue Jays pitcher Hyun Jin Ryu and Tampa Bay Ray’s first baseman Ji-Man Choi.  We thank J-One and the KBO for partnering with us and the MLBPA on this great event.”

Under the MLB World Tour, MLB and the MLBPA have agreed to host as many as 24 regular season games and 16 exhibition contests between Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Mexico through 2026. The KBO’s news release (hat tip: Jee-ho Yoo of South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency) indicates that KBO commissioner Koo-youn Heo and MLB commissioner Rob Manfred discussed back in June the possibility of regular-season KBO games being played in the United States and of regular-season MLB games being played in South Korea.

The MLB World Tour Korea stop will mark the first official games organized by the MLB to be played in Korea in 100 years, since the 1922 Asian Tour that included stops in China, Japan, and Korea, which at the time was occupied by Japanese colonial forces.
 
The November games follow the MLB’s Home Run Derby X Seoul, which will be held in Incheon in September.

MLB and the MLBPA have yet to announce a slate of participants traveling to South Korea for the event. The KBO release indicates that further details regarding schedule, matchups, ticket sales, and participants on both the MLB and KBO side of the event will be announced at a September press conference.

As MLB’s release further indicates, this will be the first time Major League players had traveled to play games in South Korea in a century, when a group including Casey Stengel, Waite Hoyt, and Herb Pennock, among others, made the trip back in 1922.


What is the Korea Series with Major League Baseball that was just announced?

Today, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association announced Friday morning that Major League players would travel to South Korea in November for a four-game exhibition series involving players from the Korea Baseball Organization.

Tags: Major League Baseball
Previous Post

Game Recap: Andrew Young and Wilson Garcia Homer, Again, in Senators 5-2 Win

Next Post

The Morning Briefing: It’s Cade DAY… Cade Cavalli, the Nationals’ top pitching prospect, is set to make his MLB debut tonight

Next Post
RHP Cade Cavalli

The Morning Briefing: It's Cade DAY... Cade Cavalli, the Nationals' top pitching prospect, is set to make his MLB debut tonight

Latest on the Nats Report

Quick Notes: MASN broadcasters will begin calling games live on the road starting tonight.

Quick Notes: Orioles-Nationals TV dispute to hit the court on March 14

February 1, 2023
Washington nationals Executive Offices

Quick Notes: Washington Nationals announce player development staff

February 1, 2023
Game Recap: The Rochester Red Wings dropped their seventh consecutive game Wednesday night, 7-4, in front of the largest home crowd

Quick Notes: Four Washington Nationals make Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects for 2023

January 18, 2023
Quick Notes: RHP Seth Lugo reportedly drawing interest from teams as a starting pitcher

Quick Notes: Veteran outfielder Andrew McCutchen returns to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

January 13, 2023
Quick Notes: Game Recap: Edgar Garcia Homers, Senators fall 9-7 in 11 innings

Quick Notes: Delino DeShields will manage the Harrisburg Senators, the Nationals’ AA affiliate, in 2023 via The Washington Post

January 12, 2023
Quick Notes: MASN broadcasters will begin calling games live on the road starting tonight.

Quick Notes: Major League Baseball announces the hire of Billy Chambers as EVP/Local Media

January 12, 2023
Quick Notes: RHP Seth Lugo reportedly drawing interest from teams as a starting pitcher

Major League Baseball sets new revenue record, exceeding $10.8 Billion for 2022

January 12, 2023
Minnesota Twins acquire closer Jorge Lopez from Baltimore Orioles.

Perspective: Odd Man Out: Corey Dickerson’s signing makes a crowded Nationals’ outfield even more so.

January 11, 2023

CATEGORY

  • All News
  • Breaking News
  • Business of Baseball
  • Editor's Picks
  • Fan Favorites
  • Fan Shots
  • Featured
  • Game Recaps
  • GameNotes
  • In the ClubHouse
  • Interviews
  • Lockout 2022
  • Major League Baseball News
  • Minor League Baseball
  • Minor League Baseball News
  • Minor League Baseball Prospects
  • Perspectives
  • Player Profiles
  • Politics
  • Quicknotes
  • Random
  • Series Preview
  • Special Reports
  • Technology in Baseball
  • The Morning Briefing
  • The Rochester Red Wings Report
  • Washington Nationals Minor League News and Headlines
  • Washington Nationals News
  • Washington Nationals Prospects

SITE LINKS

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
No Result
View All Result
  • Homepage
  • Quicknotes
  • Washington Nationals News
  • Subscribe

Get the latest headlines, news, anaylsis and more about the Washington Nationals and thier minor league affliates delievered to your inbox every morning with the Morning Breifing.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Go to mobile version