Jung Ho Kang appears in court over DUI charges, vows to become ‘exemplary player’

Jung Ho Kang appeared in a South Korean court Wednesday as judges began hearing arguments in a trial over charges Kang, the Pirates’ third baseman, fled the scene of a DUI accident after slamming a rented BMW into a guardrail around 3 a.m. Dec. 2 in Seoul, South Korea. Kang, 29, admitted to the DUI charge – his third DUI charge since 2009 – and was remorseful, according to Yonhap News, which also reported the court will hold a verdict hearing March 3. “I deeply regret what I have done,” Kang told Yonhap News.