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Article: Korean start to spring training
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- December 21, 2001
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CHICAGO (AP) - Lee Seung-yeop, South Korea's all-time home run
leader, will spend two weeks with the Chicago Cubs in spring
training.
Lee, a first baseman for the Samsung Lions of the Korean Baseball
Organization, will train with the Cubs from Feb. 24 to March 7.
In seven seasons with Samsung, the 25-year-old Lee has hit a
record 223 homers. He also holds South Korea's single-season home
run record, hitting 54 in 1999, and is a ...