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Choo Shin-soo belts 1st homer in KBO

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  • 송고시간 2021-04-10 06:54
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Choo, the 2018 American League All-Star for the Texas Rangers, had gone 0-for-10 with two walks prior to Thursday's game and had reached on an error in the first inning of this contest. (Photo from Reddit)

[Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] INCHEON -- After hitting 218 home runs over 16 years in the majors, Choo Shin-soo has now homered for the first time in South Korea. The new outfielders for the SSG Landers launched a solo home run off Hanwha Eagles' starter Nick Kingham in the bottom of the third inning of their Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) regular-season game on Thursday. 

The no-doubter traveled 115 meters into right-field seats at Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon. That one swing took care of a lot of firsts for Choo: in addition to being Choo's first KBO home run, it was also his first hit and gave him his first RBI and first run in the Korean league. Choo, the 2018 American League All-Star for the Texas Rangers, had gone 0-for-10 with two walks prior to Thursday's game and had reached on an error in the first inning of this contest.


"I feel like I should have made it here (to the postgame press conference as the Player of the Game) earlier in the season," Choo said after the game. "I wanted to do something early in the season, and I was feeling some pressure because things weren't going my way. I want to thank my teammates because they played so well in the first three games while I was struggling."