MLB cancels postseason South Korea tour in promoter dispute

HOUSTON (AP) — Major League Baseball has canceled its postseason tour of South Korea. Announced in August, the tour was to have been MLB’s first trip to Korea since 1922. There were to have been games between an MLB team and players from the South Korean league at Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium on Nov. 11-12 and Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome on Nov. 14-15. MLB senior vice president Jim Small said there had been a contractual dispute with the promoter. The Korea Baseball Organization said it was “perplexed” by MLB’s decision to cancel the event, saying that it caused disruption to players who had been preparing for the games and disappointed fans who had planned to attend.