Baseball Transaction Foiled Due to League's Oversight

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Kyung-yoon = The professional baseball team LG Twins pursued the recruitment of Japanese pitcher Akita Okada (32) from the citizen club Ulsan Whales, but due to regulations...

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[OSEN=Reporter Son Chan-ik] The LG Twins' pursuit of signing Ulsan's Okada ultimately fell through. The KBO, which had initially determined that there were no issues with the transfer, concluded that the signing was impossible after reviewing the relevant regulations again.

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A farce unfolded as the transfer of Japanese pitcher Akita Okada (33), who plays for the Ulsan Whales—the first citizen-owned Futures (minor league) club in professional baseball—to the LG Twins fell through due to an administrative error by the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). According to our investigation, Okada's transfer to LG ultimately fell through. Ulsan and LG, having initially finalized the transfer negotiations, were scheduled to of…