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Former LG Twins coach Lee Jong-beom, “Son of the Wind,” became the main character of “Korean Day” with his son Lee Jung-hoo (26, San Francisco Giants). 토토사이트 모음

San Francisco held a “Korean Heritage Night” event at the home game against the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) Chicago Cubs at Oracle Park in San Francisco on the 27th (Korea time). The club put Lee Jung-hoo at the forefront of the event, which had been suspended since COVID-19, by planning the event with the San Francisco Bay Korean Association.

Former coach Lee Jong-beom, who threw the first pitch, was training as a coach with the Texas Rangers before visiting the game to participate in the event with his son. Lee, who should have been the center of the game on the ground, was not listed on the roster. Due to left shoulder injury while playing defense, Lee ended this season early due to surgery on April 18.

Attention was drawn to left-handed pitching. Right-handed and left-handed Lee Jung-hoo wore a left-handed glove when playing defense because he throws a ball with his right hand, but wore it on his left hand on the day. He seems to have chosen him considering his left shoulder, which is undergoing rehabilitation.

“The son of the wind threw the first pitch to commemorate Korean night,” the San Francisco Giants said of the father and son’s first pitch. “The grandson of the wind (Lee Jung-hoo) fired the first pitch.” Lee Jung-hoo also wrote “Grandson of wind” on his glove after moving to San Francisco.

Meanwhile, Lee Jung-hoo, who ended his first year in the big league early this season, played in 37 games with a batting average of 0.262, two homers, eight RBIs, 15 points, and an on-base percentage of 0.310 slugging percentage.

LA Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani (30) not only had a home run. His record was even more significant than that on the mound. Ryu’s name was mentioned again. The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago White Sox 4-0 in an away game in 2024 at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois. Ohtani, who hit his 26th homer of this season as the first batter in the top of the first inning, and Freddie Freeman, who hit a timely two-run homer in the top of the third inning, led the batters. Rookie Gavin Stone (26) pitched his life on the mound. He had four hits, seven strikeouts, no outs and no outs in nine innings.

It was an overwhelming pitch. Starting with two strikeouts in the first inning, Stone only gave up one double in the second inning, and ended the game with three strikeouts in the third and fourth innings. He only gave up one single hit in the fifth inning, but added two strikeouts, continuing his scoreless streak.

He continued pitching efficiently. He had a hit by Lenin Sosa, the first batter, in the bottom of the sixth inning, but led Andrew Benintendi to a double play by second baseman after one out. He started the inning by striking out three pitches to Louis Robert Jr. in the seventh inning, and ended the inning with three outs again. The same was true of the eighth inning.

Finally, Stone took the mound in the ninth inning with one out and Tommy Pham gave a single hit, but that was all. He ended the game by inducing Robert Jr., the flagship player of the White Sox, to ground out to the second base. He pitched 103 pitches, which was a shutout game that he created by resting the exhausted bullpen. Through the shutout game, Stone earned his ninth win (two losses) this season, lowering his earned run average to 2.73. He has a lower earned run average than Tyler Glasnow (2.88), the ace on his team. 슬롯사이트 순위

The Dodgers had a shutout pitcher for the first time in two years since Walker Buehler’s shutout in April 2022. Then, Ryu’s name was mentioned. Local media including MLB.COM, USA Today, and Dodger Blue introduced it as the first shutout victory for the Dodgers rookie since Ryu in 2013. Ryu, who had just made his MLB debut through the posting system (closed competitive bidding), had his first shutout victory against the Los Angeles Angels on May 29 that year. Gavin Stone appeared in the big league last year and pitched in eight games, winning one and losing one with an ERA of 9.00. Stone, who is eligible for this year’s Rookie of the Year award, has come out of his mind. He significantly increased the proportion of sinkers and cutters he honed in the minor leagues last year, and improved his ball control.

He started the season as a fifth starter, but is currently ranking among the best in the league. His report card is as good as that of Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who signed a contract worth the highest amount ever (325 million U.S. dollars). Meanwhile, Ohtani hit a home run off Eric Peddy, the MVP of the KBO League, on the day, and hit a leadoff homerun in the first inning for two consecutive days. With this result, Ohtani garnered RBI in 10 consecutive games, and became a batter with the longest consecutive period in the Dodgers’ history. Peddy became the losing pitcher by allowing four runs in six innings.

Ohtani played as the first designated hitter in the 2024 MLB Chicago White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois on the 27th (Korea time) and recorded one hit (one home run), two walks, one RBI and two runs in two at-bats.

Ohtani, who hit a homer on the previous day, firmly maintained his No. 1 position in the home run category in the National League by hitting 25 homers on the day before. He is four lengths behind second-ranked Marce Ozuna of the Atlanta Braves.

Ohtani has a good batting sense, hitting eight home runs in the last 10 games.

In addition, he set an RBI record for 10 consecutive games, setting a new record for the longest consecutive game by the Dodgers since the official tally of RBI records in 1920.

Ohtani reported a home run from his first at bat on the day. As the leadoff hitter in the first inning against former KBO MVP Eric Peddy, Ohtani hit a cutter in the sixth pitch and fired a solo shot over the right fence after a full count match. 에볼루션 바카라사이트

After that, Ohtani walked in the third and seventh innings and succeeded in multi-base hits.

Ohtani posted 0.322 (100 hits in 311 at-bats) with 25 homers, 61 RBIs, 65 runs and 16 steals this season. He ranks first in runs scored, batted in, home runs, slugging, OPS, second in hits, third in RBIs, third in on-base percentage and tied for seventh in stolen bases in the National League.

Meanwhile, the Dodgers won 4-0, thanks to Ohtani’s performance. Gavin Stone, the starting pitcher of the Dodgers, pitched nine innings, allowing four hits, no outs, and no strikeouts.

White Sox starter Peddy took his third loss (five wins) of the season with five hits (one home run), five strikeouts, one walk and four runs in six innings.

Ohtani started as the first hitter and designated hitter in an away game against the Chicago White Sox during the 2024 U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois on the 26th (Korea Standard Time). He showed great performance by making two hits (one homer) with two RBIs and two runs from four times at bat.

He became the 24th archer of this season. He firmly maintained his No. 1 position in homers in the National League. In addition, he set a new RBI single game record for the longest consecutive game in a single season by a Dodgers player. Ohtani started producing RBIs against the Kansas City Royals on last Thursday. He led the team by posting RBIs in nine consecutive games before the game against the White Sox. He still has one game left to set a new Dodgers record.

Ohtani’s batting average for this season has reached 0.320 (99 hits in 309 times at bat). He ranks first in batting average among all batters in the Major League. He has 24 home runs with 60 RBIs and 63 points, a slugging percentage of 0.634 and an on-base plus slugging percentage of 0.398, and 1.032 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage). He ranks first in scoring in the National League, first in slugging percentage, first in OPS, second in hits, third in RBIs and fifth in on-base percentage.

On the day, the Dodgers set up a starting lineup of Ohtani (designated hitter), Will Smith (catcher), Freddie Freeman (first baseman), Andy Farggs (midfielder), Jason Heyward (right fielder), Miguel Rojas (striker), Gavin Lux (second baseman), Miguel Vargas (left fielder), and Cavan Biggio (third baseman). The starting pitcher is Bobby Miller.

The White Sox listed Tommy Pham (right fielder), Andrew Benintendi (left fielder), Louis Robert Jr. (center fielder), Eloy Jimenez (designated hitter), Gavin Sheets (first baseman), Paul Deyong (striker), Corey Lee (catcher), Nikki López (second baseman), and Lenin Sosa (third baseman). Chris Flexen was the starting pitcher. 안전한 카지노사이트

Flexen is a pitcher who played in the KBO league in the past. In 2020, he joined the Doosan Bears in Korea. After playing for one season, he returned to the big leagues.

Ohtani was the leadoff hitter in the top of the first inning and tapped on Flexen’s ball. On the fifth pitch with the ball count at 2-2, he swung an outward curveball to hit the homer over the right field. His solo homer gave his team the first run of 1-0.

He also faced the batter’s box as a leadoff hitter in the top of the third inning, when his team was trailing 1-3. After a full count match with Flexen, he garnered a four-seam fastball, which was the lowest in the sixth pitch, and walked to the base. Then, with one out and runners on the first base, he homered on Freeman’s tying two-run homer to the left. The Dodgers balanced the game 3-3.

Ohtani rolled up his sleeves when he had a chance to score with runners on the first and third bases with two outs in the top of the fourth inning when the score was still 3-3. He fouled on Flexen’s cutter at the first pitch and aimed for the cutter at the second pitch again. He connected with a timely RBI single to the right. The Dodgers led 4-3.

Ohtani finished the game by striking out swinging with two outs and a runner on first base in the top of the sixth inning and striking out swinging with one out in the top of the ninth inning.

Dodgers won 4-3 thanks to Ohtani’s performance in charge of the first run and the finishing hit. With three consecutive wins, Dodgers topped the National League West. It boasts a winning percentage of 0.617 with 50 wins and 31 losses this season. It has performed well in the last 10 games with seven wins and three losses. It will face the White Sox once more on Saturday.

Bae Ji-hwan, who plays for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ minor league team, showed his force by swinging three hits in a game. 토토사이트 순위

Bae Ji-hwan, a member of the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians of the Pittsburgh Minor League, started as the first hitter and second baseman in the Triple-A minor league game against the Minnesota Twins at Rochester Red Wings in Rochester Innovative Field, New York, USA on the 26th (Korea time), and recorded 3 hits and 1 stolen base in 4 at-bats.

With three hits on the day, Bae raised his batting average to 0.360 (41 hits in 114 times at bat) for this season of Triple-A. His on-base plus slugging percentage (0.518) stands at 0.978.

Bae Ji-hwan hit in all at-bats except for his first at-bat strikeout in the first inning.

After producing a hit at the leadoff batter’s box in the top of the fourth inning, he advanced to third base with a hit and a fly ball from a follow-up hitter, but there was no score.

In the top of the sixth inning, he had a bunt hit with no outs and a runner on the second base, creating chances for the first and third bases, and even stealing a base. However, his failed attempt at a follow-up hitter resulted in no run.

Bae Ji-hwan got on base after reporting his third hit after two outs in the top of the eighth inning, but there was also no support from a follow-up hitter.

Bae Ji-hwan appeared in 24 major league games this season and recorded a batting average of 0.208 (5 hits in 24 at-bats) with two RBIs and two steals. On the 4th, he was on the injured list due to a sprained right wrist and devoted himself to rehabilitation in the minor league and transferred to the Indians on the 25th.

Meanwhile, the Indians lost 1-3 despite Bae’s three hits in the leadoff. Andres Alvarez, who advanced to third base due to Bae’s bunt hit in the top of the sixth inning, scored when Joey Bart grounded out. The Indians lost the game from behind, allowing one run in the sixth inning and two runs in the seventh inning.

Toronto infielder Vladimir Guerrero Jr. said in an interview with South American media “Virus Deportivo” on the 25th (Korea time), “I have no intention of reversing what I said about the New York Yankees,” but added, “But baseball is a business. I also talked to my family including my father.” Guerrero Jr.’s father is Vladimir Guerrero, a slugger who hit 449 home runs in the MLB.

In 2022, Guerrero Jr. said he would not sign with the Yankees even if he dies. In 2023, he said, “It’s a personal matter for my family. I will never change my position.”

However, a year later, Guerrero Jr. has changed his stance. In an interview, he said, “Any team would be happy to help if I needed it.” 안전 슬롯사이트

There was another superstar who said he would never play for the Yankees. He is Ken Griffey Jr., a slugger with 630 home runs. In 1995, when Griffey Jr. was in his prime, he said, “I would rather retire if the Yankees were the only team that wanted me.”

There was a reason why Griffey Jr. wanted the Yankees. One day in the mid-1980s, when his father Ken Griffey Sr. was playing as a Yankees player, Griffey Jr. and his father were playing in the Yankees dugout. When he saw the young Griffey Jr., George Steinbrenner, the Yankees owner, kicked him out, saying, “I shouldn’t be in the dugout except as a player.” It hurt him a lot. Griffey Jr. played in the MLB for 22 years. He never played for the Yankees.

The Yankees lost their main first baseman, Ancery Lizzo, to injury. Guerrero Jr. is constantly being talked about as a candidate to fill the vacancy. Toronto has already said that it does not make sense to trade Guerrero Jr., who has a contract until the 2025 season. However, just as Guerrero Jr. who said he would not play even if he dies, changed his position, Toronto, which is currently at the bottom of the American League East with 35 wins and 43 losses, can also change its position anytime.

Will the San Diego Padres and Chicago White Sox be able to sign another deal ahead of the trade deadline after the Dylan Seas big deal in March. There have already been reports that A.J. Preller and White Sox general manager Chris Gaetz have talked about Gerrett Croesher and Eric Peddy (both Chicago White Sox). 에볼루션 바카라사이트

However, talking to each other does not guarantee a trade. Crosher and Peddy are currently the best blue chips in the Major League trade market. Notably, Crosher is the No. 1 trade item evaluated by the U.S. media. He is a left-handed fireballer, and he is young, and he has two more years to apply for arbitration. He is paid a mere 800,000 U.S. dollars per year. The conditions are perfect.

Croescher had six wins and six losses and an earned run average of 3.25 in 16 games this season. He ranks first in the American League with 124 strikeouts. He ranks second in the American League with a WHIP of 0.95 and third in the American League with a 0.195 hit rate. Despite the weak performance of his team, he has won six games.

Deerslatic mentioned the trade needed for teams trying to advance to the postseason in the National League wild-card race on the 24th (Korea time). San Diego suggested that left-hander Robbie Snelling, Austin Kropp and shortstop Leodalis de Vries be handed over to the White Sox in exchange for Croescher.

According to the MLB Pipeline’s ranking of prospects, Snelling is No. 2, De Vries is No. 4, and Crop is No. 9. In other words, San Diego needs to be determined to sacrifice about three of its top 10 prospects to win Croesher. That’s how popular Croesher is in the trade market. For the White Sox, who are on fire sale, they will definitely consider it as a counter benefit to Croesher.

“The Padres don’t want to get into the habit of trading the top five prospects, but they have to if they want to get a controllable crochet through the 2026 season,” Deerslatic said. “The Padres and the White Sox agreed to a Seas trade in March, but can they be linked to another big starter trade in a few months? Adding crochet will really increase San Diego’s chances of making the postseason.”

San Diego has Darvish Yu and Joe Musgrove on the injured list. The starting lineup is not strong enough to challenge for the postseason and to see a game in the postseason. Currently, Siz, Michael King, and Matt Waldron are the main starters.

If San Diego fails to recruit Croesher, it would be necessary to recruit Pedi as well. Pedi is also a good starting pitcher. He was recognized for his upgrade when he won the KBO League MVP in 2023, and uses the legend of reverse export from KBO in the Major League.

As the country’s first law on virtual asset user protection is set to take effect Friday, cryptocurrency exchanges will be obligated to monitor unfair practices in the market. The exchanges are thus making all-out efforts to establish a monitoring system.

The Virtual Asset User Protection Act includes provisions for regulating unfair trading. It specifies penalties for unfair practices in the virtual asset market and prohibits using key insider information, manipulating market prices and making fraudulent, irregular transactions. It also includes restrictions on self-issued virtual asset trading.

As the new law stipulates virtual asset exchanges’ obligation of constantly monitoring abnormal transactions, they should examine whether there is unfair trading while continuously monitoring the market. In case they detect any 커뮤니티 suspicious action, they should immediately report to financial authorities. With the enforcement of the law nearing, the virtual asset exchanges are in full swing preparing for the final stages.

Industry experts stress that the “order book information loading system” is at the core of monitoring. According to the Virtual Asset User Protection Act, exchanges should preserve trading records to monitor unfair trading. These records of virtual asset trading must include not only the name of the virtual asset and the date and quantity of the transaction but also the order book information at the time of order placement. They point out that the order book information is crucial for financial authorities to determine whether it was unfair trading.

The rising minimum wage is putting mounting pressure on small business owners who find it increasingly difficult to hire workers. Some of them say that the burden of labor cost pushed them to file for bankruptcy.

Determined by the three-way committee of labor, employers and government, Friday, the 2025 minimum wage was set at 10,030 won ($7.28) per hour. It surpassed the 10,000 won level for the first time after the system was adopted in 1988.

The pace of increase, or 1.7 percent increase from 9,860 won in 2024, marks the smallest since the 1.5 percent rise in 2021.

The tiny year-on-year increase rate, however, is considered unbearable for small business owners as it builds on drastic hikes of 16.4 커뮤니티 percent in 2018 and 10.9 percent in 2019, all carried out during the previous Moon Jae-in administration.

The rate slowed thereafter — 2.87 percent in 2020, 1.5 percent in 2021, 5.05 percent in 2022 and 5 percent in 2023. Nevertheless, it fell short of easing the labor cost burden on small business owners.

“People may think of it as negligible, but for us, every penny counts when it comes to labor cost as it accounts for 70 or 80 percent of the entire operation cost,” a convenience store owner in Seoul, surnamed Yang, said.

He referred to the 1.7 percent increase rate for the 2025 minimum wage as being equivalent to a mere 170 won increase.

“The difference between the minimum wage in the 9,000 won range and the 10,000 won is huge,” Yang added.

The accumulated increase in pay rate is correspondingly forcing small business owners, especially those in the restaurant and accommodation sectors, to work alone to save costs.

A Statistics Korea report on economically active population showed 334,000 businesspeople from the two aforementioned sectors hired no employees and worked alone in 2023.

The number was the second-highest since the relevant data began to be compiled in 2013, after 356,000 in 2021 in the middle of toughened social distancing rules due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The 2023 figure, therefore, is the highest for any time of normalcy,” Statistics Korea explained.

A separate finding from the Korea Enterprises Federation (KEF) showed a total of 810 of bankruptcies were reported as of May this year from the businesses with five or fewer employees in the restaurant and accommodation sectors.

The number steeply climbed by 36.8 percent from a year earlier.

The burdensome labor costs are additionally pushing business owners to fail to pay their employees the legally required minimum wage even if they manage to hire workers.

According to the Statistics Korea report, the ratio of salaried workers earning less than minimum wage nationwide more than tripled to 13.7 percent between 2001 and 2023.

The KEF also said the smaller the businesses are, the higher they were likely to fail in paying the minimum wage.

It said 32.7 percent of businesses with five or fewer employees did not pay minimum wage in 2023, compared to 2.2 percent of businesses with more than 300 employees.

Under the circumstances, the labor side said the 2025 minimum wage should have been hiked at a steeper pace, considering inflation and other demanding economic conditions for households.

It argued the pace of wage hike for next year lags behind inflation rate, which eased below 3 percent in recent months.

It then estimated that only about two out of 10 wageworkers can directly benefit from next year’s minimum wage.

Talks over merging Korea’s two major streaming service providers, Tving and Wavve, remain adrift, with efforts to reconcile the differing interests of each stakeholder dragging on for seven months.

Major shareholders of the two businesses are expressing their steadfast commitment to the merger, but industry officials estimate it will take several more months to see an actual deal containing details such as the merger ratio.

SLL, a drama production and a major shareholder of Tving, released a statement Friday that the company is “taking a positive stance over the talks,” denying reports that the merger may fail due to SLL’s “excessive demands for higher returns for content it provides compared to other content providers.”

The shareholders of Tving and Wavve began talks for the merger in December last year to create the largest video streaming platform in Korea and challenge Netflix’s control of the domestic market.

Initially, contentious issues were the merger ratio and 200 billion won ($145.2 million) of convertible bonds (CBs) issued by Wavve’s largest shareholder, SK Square. SK Square raised approximately 200 billion won in November 2019 by issuing 추천 the CBs with a 5-year maturity, under the condition of a successful initial public offering within that period.

However, disputes over these issues were reportedly resolved in April. According to industry officials, the shareholders temporarily agreed to exchange 1 Wavve share for 1.6 Tving shares, aiming to value the merged firm at 2 trillion won. They also decided that the merged firm would cover a certain portion of the CBs issued by SK Square.

Despite the agreements, the shareholders are yet to reach an official agreement, and rumors casting a skeptical outlook on the merger are persistent over the deal.

Market watchers attribute the protracted negotiations to the complex shareholding structure of the two companies.