Hyundai Unicorns
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| Hangul: |
현대 유니콘스
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| Revised Romanization: | Hyeondae Yunikonseu |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Hyŏndae Yunik'onsŭ |
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| League | KBO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Suwon, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ballpark | Suwon Baseball Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Founded | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Unicorns" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League championships | 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager |  Kim Si-Jin |
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Hyundai Unicorns is a South Korean professional baseball team. They are a member of the Korean Baseball Organization and compete in the annual KBO Championship which culminates in the Korean Series. They were originally called the Sammi Superstars and had subsequent incarnations as the Chongbo Pintos and Taepyoungyang Dolphins. The team was sold to Hyundai who renamed the team Unicorns in 1996. Since then the Unicorns have won the KBO championship four times (1998, 2000, 2003 and 2004). Only the Kia Tigers have a better record of championship victories.
Like other teams in Korea (and contrary to most professional teams in other sports around the world) the team is known primarily by the name of the sponsor rather than their nickname, and almost never as the city they come from.
The Unicorns play their home games at the Suwon Baseball Stadium (Korean - "수원 야구 장" or "Su-won Ya-gu Jang") in the northern district of Hanil Town, Jowon-Dong, close to Manseok Park, the Suwon City Soccer Stadium and the Suwon Basketball Arena.
[edit] Photo gallery
 A pre-game team talk |
 "Zoom Tubes" |
 A panoramic view of Suwon Baseball Stadium |
[edit] External links
 Korean Baseball Organization |
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| Doosan Bears (Seoul) | Hanhwa Eagles (Daejeon) | Hyundai Unicorns (Suwon) | Kia Tigers (Gwangju) Lotte Giants (Busan) | LG Twins (Seoul) | Samsung Lions (Daegu) | SK Wyverns (Inchon) |
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