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Korean baseball: Could scandal unseat the country's most lucrative sport?

As Korea's eight baseball teams wind up spring training in the US and Japan, their sport is reeling under a bribery scandal that could threaten baseball’s ascent as the national pastime.
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Will we see Yu Darvish in Texas? (VIDEO)

The Texas Rangers made a record-setting bid for Japanese star pitcher Yu Darvish, letting the baseball club negotiate a contract with him.  But if he does sign, will he hit the 'Third-Year Wall'?
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Japan beats archrival Korea in World Baseball Classic showdown

For Koreans and Japanese, the game carried far more significance than Red Sox-Yankee-type rivalries.
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