{
  "id": 17596947,
  "title": "Ageless wonder looking forward to yet another Korean Series trip with Lions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/ageless-wonder-looking-forward-to-yet-another-korean-series-trip-with-17596947",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T12:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20261101/ageless-wonder-looking-forward-to-yet-another-korean-series-trip-with-lions"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Eleven years have passed since Choi Hyoung-woo's last appearance in the Korean Series with the Samsung Lions. This long wait ends on Tuesday when the Lions face the KT Wiz, the regular-season champions, in the KBO championship final. Choi, now 42 years old and the oldest player in this postseason, returned to the Lions after a nine-year stint with the Kia Tigers. He played in each Korean Series from 2010 to 2015, clinching four consecutive titles starting in 2011. The Lions signed him back in December last year, aiming to win their first championship since 2014. With Choi's return, the Lions are now just four victories away from achieving that goal.",
  "summary": "It has been 11 years since Choi Hyoung-woo last played in a Korean Series with the Samsung Lions. That drought will end Tuesday when the Lions take on the regular-season champions KT Wiz in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) championship showdown. Choi, the oldest player remaining in this postseason at 42, first played for the Lions from 2002 to 2016. He played in every Korean Series from 2010…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Lions manager tells players to have fun in do-or-die KBO postseason game",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/lions-manager-tells-players-to-have-fun-in-do-or-die-kbo-postseason",
        "published": "2026-11-01T03:50:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}