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added later, one in 1986 and the other in 1989. Each team is sponsored<br />

by a different Korean corporation and plays a 133 game season. There<br />

are at present eight teams in the league. Foreign players joined local<br />

teams starting in the 1998 season. At present, 24 foreign players, <strong>from</strong><br />

the United States, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and other countries<br />

are playing for the eight local teams.<br />

Korean youth teams are also very competitive and have fared particulary<br />

well in international competition. In 1984<br />

and 1985 Korea won the Little League World<br />

Series which are held annually in<br />

Williamsport, PA, USA. In<br />

addition, at the AAA World<br />

Youth Baseball Champion-ships<br />

for 16 to 18 year-olds, the<br />

Korean team has finished in the<br />

top five a total of six times over<br />

the last 13 years. They won in<br />

1981 and more recently in 1994.<br />

Recently, Korean baseball stars<br />

have begun to make a name for<br />

themselves in American and<br />

Japanese leagues. After a rough<br />

start in the Major Leagues, Park<br />

Chan-ho is now a starting pitcher<br />

for the Texas Rangers and Kim<br />

Byung-hyun is piling up strikeouts<br />

with the Bostone Red SOX.<br />

Choi Hee-sup is active as an upand-coming<br />

first-baseman for the<br />

Florida Marlins, a U.S. Major<br />

League Baseball team.<br />

83 _ Sports and Leisure

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