
After hitting an $11 million jackpot with the Pittsburgh Pirates, infielder Jung Ho Kang wants to pay it forward with other ballplayers in his native Korea. Kang signed a four-year contract with the Pirates, who in December paid a $5 million posting fee to the Nexen Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization. The 27-year-old Kang is the first position player to jump from the KBO to Major League Baseball. ''I know that if I do well, more Korean players will come here,'' Kang said through an interpreter.
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