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| Ryu Hyun-jin was disappointed by Choo Shin-soo’s visit to Korea. © AFP=News1 |
Ryu Hyun-jin (34, Toronto Blue Jays) regretted that Choo Shin-soo (39, SSG Landers) entered the KBO league.
On the 11th (Korean time), Ryu Hyun-jin shared his impressions on Choo Shin-soo’s visit to Korea in a video interview he had after finishing the team’s blue-and-white game at TD Ball Park in Dunedin, Florida, USA on the 11th (Korean time).
He said, “I’m sorry (because Choo Shin-soo left),” he said, “I played (baseball) in the US for 20 years, but it seems difficult to adapt (to Korean baseball). It would have been nice if we had been together for a few more years.”
Ryu Hyun-jin also competed with Choo Shin-soo in 2013, when he entered the major leagues. However, you will no longer be able to see the’Korean Derby’ of pitcher Hyunjin Ryu and batter Shinsoo Choo in the major leagues.
Choo Shin-soo signed a contract with SSG, which took over SK Wyverns, for 2.7 billion won, the best treatment ever in the KBO League, and returned home on February 25. Choo Shin-soo, who had been in quarantine for two weeks in Changwon, joined the squad on the 11th and prepares for the first season of the KBO League in earnest. Shin-soo Choo is the first to play baseball in Korea since the days of Busan High School.
Earlier, Choi Ji-man (30, Tampa Bay Race) said, “(Chu) Shin-soo’s path seems to be my path.” It is interpreted to mean that in the not too distant future, he will liquidate his life in the major leagues and reap the beauty of the kind in the KBO league.
Regarding this, Ryu Hyun-jin said, “(Choi), but I have to do my best here now. Returning to Korea is a part to think about after that.”
Ryu Hyun-jin, who became a major leaguer through posting, has a contract with Toronto that expires in 2023. He has expressed his intention to return to Korea to play baseball, and when he returns, he must wear the Hanwha Eagles uniform from his former team.