Hee-seop Choi Climbs a Big Fucking Mountain

[Sammy Sofa]

I dunno, I guess it's a story.

 

Former Cubs first baseman Hee Seop Choi (or Choi Hee-seop as he's known in his native Korea) credits a grueling seven-hour hike up and down a South Korean mountain with revitalizing his career, according to a story in the JoongAng Daily.

 

Choi, if you recall, was a hyped Cubs prospect who never panned out. He was the first Korean-born position player to break into the Major Leagues when he debuted with the Cubs in 2002 and became a minor cult favorite among Cubs fans who would often chant his three-syllable name.

 

Probably best known for a scary collision with Kerry Wood in a 2003 game with the Yankees in which he was knocked unconscious and left the field in an ambulance, Choi was traded to the Marlins in the offseason for Derrek Lee. Choi returned to Korea to play for his hometown Kia Tigers in 2007 after bouncing around the minors for two years.

 

He struggled it the Korean league for two years until he found Mount Seorak, which he credits for helping him lose 20 kilograms and turning his career around.

 

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/choi.jpg

 

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2009/12/former-cub-hee-seop-choi-has-been-to-the-mountaintop.html

[UMFan83]

Why is this considered "breaking news" on the Trib's website?

 

"Breaking news: Former Cubs prospect climbs a mountain"

[Post Count Padder]

Interesting story. I wondered what happened to him.

[sweetpeteman]

I thought there was a post on this somewhere...

 

 

 

 

Wait, found it:

 

 

http://northsidebaseball.com/bridge/index.php?f=2&t=56393&rb_v=viewtopic

[Sammy Sofa]

That's what happens when a thread title is so goddamned obtuse.

[Banedon]

I locked the other one because the topic title was pretty unclear at best, and it had no replies.

[jersey cubs fan]

I locked the other one because the topic title was pretty unclear at best, and it had no replies.

 

That's silly, it came up much earlier, and who cares how unclear the title is? Having titles state exactly what the thread is about is boring anyway.

[C.C.]

Interesting story. I wondered what happened to him.

 

He climbed a mountain.

[sneakypower]

That's what happens when a thread title is so goddamned obtuse.

YOU'RE GODDAMNED OBTUSE

[TruffleShuffle]

how can you be so obtuse?

what? what did you call me?

obtuse. is it deliberate?

[Clem Fandango]

how can you be so obtuse?

what? what did you call me?

obtuse. is it deliberate?

 

Son, you're forgetting yourself