Indians' Shin-Soo Choo Takes Elbow Injury in Stride

Filed under: Indians, Spring Training

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The nights have been long for Shin-Soo Choo these last few years.

The Cleveland right fielder has spent the last six years trying to make a career for himself in the Major Leagues, far from his home in South Korea.

And for all of that time he had South Korea's mandatory two years of military service hanging over his head.

No more. Choo, 28, helped South Korea win the gold medal in baseball's Asian Games in November, and one of the perks was an exemption handed him by the government from his two years of duty. He hit .571 in the tournament with three homers and 11 RBIs.

 

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Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2011/02/27/indians-shin-soo-choo-takes-elbow-injury-in-stride/

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