In a Korea Times article entitled “Sun Setting on Baseball’s Golden Generation” Park Chan-ho, arguably the most successful Korean major leaguer ever, indicates he may be done.
The article also highlights the downward spirals of once fellow greats Lim Sun-dong of the Hyundai Unicorns, and Cho Sung-min, who had a promissing career with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan cut short by an elbow injury he’s never fully recovered from.
Park is currently struggling at Round Rock, an Astros AAA affiliate, with an ERA over six.
In this aritcle from earlier in the week the Times compares Park’s level of washed-upedness to “beach sand,” speculating that his presence on the national team for November’s Olympic qualifying tournament in Taiwan could be more of a hinderance than a help.
One has to wonder what cost more…the five-year $65 million contract Park signed with Texas in 2001, or the randsom paid by Korea to to the Taliban to free 19 Korean hostages?
3 responses so far ↓
1 Tom // Aug 31, 2007 at 10:20 pm
That’s going too far. What country wouldn’t pay randsom for 19 of its civilians? And you trivialize it by throwing in the Chan Ho joke.
2 King James // Aug 31, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Disagree. Good joke. This is what Korea does. As if there is one country in this world. Like when they gave hundreds of millions to Kim Jong Il.
3 dave // Sep 7, 2007 at 12:05 pm
to Tom:
United States government does not negotiate nor comply to terrorists in hostage situations. This has been the official policy for decades already.
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