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Baltimore Orioles apologizes to the KBO for breaching protocol

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Asian Baseball Examiner

The Baltimore Orioles apologized to the KBO on Saturday for an "unintentional breach of protocol" in their recent signing of a teenage South Korean pitcher.

"On behalf of the Orioles organization, I offer a sincere apology to the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) and the Korea Baseball Association (KBA) for the club’s unintentional breach of protocol in failing to tender a status check in the process of signing Kim Seong-min," said Dan Duquette, the Orioles' executive vice president of baseball operations, in a statement.

Due to this incident, the Korea Baseball Association announced last Thursday that they have informed the MLB Commissioner's Office and the Orioles of their decision, stating that scouts from all major league teams in the future signing Korean student athletes not in the final years of their school will be banned from KBA-sanctioned games. This will also include all national high school and university tournaments.

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Eric Yoon is a native Californian, born and raised. His second language is Korean and has visited Korea in the past. In addition to following up on Asian baseball, he also enjoys playing fantasy football. Outside of baseball and fantasy football, he enjoys spending time with friends and family.

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