{
  "id": 5018102,
  "title": "Players, manager for high school baseball team suspended over trash talk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/players-manager-for-high-school-baseball-team-suspended-over-trash-5018102",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-02T05:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260902/players-manager-for-high-school-baseball-team-suspended-over-trash-talk"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Korea Baseball Softball Association (KBSA) suspended two players and their manager from Pai Chai High School's baseball team for one month. This punishment came after the incident of trash talking that occurred during a national tournament game against Gwangju Jeil High School in Seoul in late June. The team members were heard chanting slogans such as \"Let's go to Starbucks!\" and \"Tank Day!\" during the match. These chants were connected to a controversial promotion by Starbucks Korea on May 18, which was criticized for potentially mocking the 1980 Gwangju pro-democracy uprising on its 46th anniversary. Initially, the KBSA imposed a six-month ban on Pai Chai from competing in national tournaments on July 1. However, the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee reduced this ban to one month on July 20 after the school requested a review. Despite this suspension, Pai Chai was allowed to participate in the final major national competition of the year, the Bonghwang National Tournament, scheduled to take place in August.",
  "summary": "Two players and their manager for a Seoul high school baseball team were suspended for a month by the sport's national governing body Wednesday for their role in a trash-talking incident. The Korea Baseball Softball Association (KBSA) handed down a one-month suspension on the three principal figures of the June incident from Pai Chai High School. The two players were penalized for leading their…",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Players, manager for high school baseball team suspended over trash talk",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/players-manager-for-high-school-baseball-team-suspended-over-trash-5018689",
        "published": "2026-09-02T04:45:23.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Players, manager for high school baseball team suspended over trash talk",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/players-manager-for-high-school-baseball-team-suspended-over-trash",
        "published": "2026-09-02T05:02:02.000Z"
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  "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."
}