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2008 Korea Professional Baseball season

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Sport
  
Baseball

Location
  
South Korea

Start date
  
2008


Similar
  
2009 Korea Professio, 2010 Korea Professio, 2011 K‑League, 2010 K‑League, 2011 Korea Professio

The 2008 Korea Professional Baseball season is the 27th season in the history of the KBO. The season commenced on March 29

Contents

Season Format

  • Regular Season: 126 games for each team
  • Semiplayoff: Regular Season 3rd place vs. Regular Season 4th place - Best of 5
  • Playoff: Regular Season 2nd place vs. Semiplayoff winner - Best of 7
  • Korean Series: Regular Season 1st place vs. Playoff winner - Best of 7

    • Final standings

  • Champion (1st place): Korean Series winner
  • Runner-up (2nd place): Korean Series loser
  • 3rd–8th place: Sort by Regular Season record except teams to play in the Korean Series

    • Unicorns became Heroes

    Hyundai stopped their sponsorship after the 2007 season, and the Unicorns were renamed the Woori Heroes after Centennial Investments sold the naming rights to the Woori Tobacco Company. They also announced possible player salary reductions

    Semiplayoff

    Samsung Lions win the series, 3-0

    Playoff

    Doosan Bears win the series, 4-2

    Korean Series

    SK Wyverns win the series, 4-1

    Statistics

    Final

    References

    2008 Korea Professional Baseball season Wikipedia
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