S. Korea manager excited to welcome US-based players to camp

OSAKA — South Korea manager Ryu Ji-hyun said Sunday he was expecting big things out of his new reinforcements that joined the national team earlier in the day for the upcoming World Baseball Classic (WBC). Ryu ran training camp with players from the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) over the past couple of weeks, with a handful of scrimmages against KBO clubs in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa. Then on Sunday in Osaka, the team welcomed six players who flew in from the United States — Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants, Kim Hye-seong of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Go Woo-suk of the Toledo Mud Hens, Jahmai Jones of the Detroit Tigers, Shay Whitcomb of the Houston Astros and Dane Dunning of the Seattle Mariners. With his full squad on hand for the first time ahead of tuneup games against Nippon Professional Baseball clubs this week, Ryu said he couldn't wait to see the new arrivals in action. "They are in great form, just as I expected," Ryu told reporters at Kyocera Dome. "We will play games starting tomorrow, and I have high expectations. I got to meet those new gu