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Shin-Soo Choo was simply leagues above any other player to come out of South Korea. He spent his career succeeding under everyone’s radar, and with Jung-hoo Lee’s new massive contract out of the KBO, I think now’s a great time to remember whose footsteps he’ll be following.
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Sources (in order):
Dallas News Interview (Evan Grant): https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/rangers/2020/04/01/shin-soo-choo-donates-1000-to-each-rangers-minor-league-player/
20-20 Interview (Paul Hoynes): https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2009/10/cleveland_indians_shin-soo_cho.html
Players Weekend (Mark Sheldon): https://www.mlb.com/reds/news/shin-soo-choo-joey-votto-using-nickname-tokki-c247445174
Yankees Rejection (Archived): https://sports.yahoo.com/news/10-degrees–shin-soo-choo-remains-the-riddle-of-the-free-agent-market-165809610.html
2014 Rangers Injuries (Grantland): https://grantland.com/the-triangle/texas-rangers-historic-injury-woes/
Fangraphs on Rangers Injuries (Jeff Zimmerman): https://tht.fangraphs.com/2014-disabled-list-information-and-so-much-more/
Music (in order):
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