This year’s Korean Series between the Kia Tigers and the Samsung Lions is a clash of two titans in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), bitter foes whose four-decade rivalry transcended the sport.

The Tigers are based in Gwangju, the

Kia Tigers manager Lee Bum-ho will bank on production from his table setters in the opening game of the South Korean baseball championship series that starts Monday.

Park Chan-ho will lead things off for the Tigers to begin the

After posting the best record in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) regular season, the Kia Tigers earned a bye to the Korean Series and a layoff of about three weeks.

It is a setup unique to the KBO, where

Key members of the Kia Tigers’ old championship teams took the field for the ceremony before Game 1 of the Korean Series between the Tigers and the Samsung Lions on Monday.

Ex-Tigers manager Kim Eung-yong, who guided the Korea

The opening game of the South Korean baseball championship series was suspended by rain in the southern city of Gwangju on Monday, the first such occurrence in Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason history.

Game 1 of the Korean Series