Players, manager for high school baseball team suspended over trash talk
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- Two players and their manager for a Seoul high school...
Three individuals from Pai Chai High School's baseball team in Seoul have been suspended for a month by the Korea Baseball Softball Association (KBSA) following a trash-talking incident during a national tournament game in late June. The KBSA penalized the two players for leading chants that referenced Starbucks Korea's controversial promotion, which drew criticism for allegedly mocking the 1980 Gwangju pro-democracy uprising.
Additionally, the manager was suspended for failing to oversee his team's behavior. The KBSA reduced a previous six-month national tournament ban for Pai Chai to one month, allowing the school to compete in the final major competition of the year. The organization also suspended the home plate umpire from the June game for not stopping the inappropriate chants, and a Gwangju Jeil coach received a warning for using expletives during the incident.
The KBSA aims to educate student-athletes on unacceptable actions and prepare a new code of conduct for the 2027 season.
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