Hee Seop Choi Resurgance?

Choi credits his 2009 stats (308AVG; 33HR; 100RBIs) to mountain climbing...

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I read this. Pretty interesting. Worked for Dempster.

Good to hear a former Lugnut is back playing ball and doing well…

Now only 12,859 on the "Cubs Season Tickets Waiting List"...

by Zeke on Dec 17, 2009 3:05 PM CST reply actions

OMGZ BRING HIM BACK

I like Choi. Mostly because he brought us D Lee. Glad to hear he’s doing well. Hope he stays in Korea

"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher

by Musicdude10 on Dec 17, 2009 3:27 PM CST reply actions

Waffle much?

by Neifi Puppy on Dec 18, 2009 4:25 AM CST up reply actions

mmmm, waffles...

Some people say the glass is half empty, some say half full. I say, are you going to drink that?

by BleedsbluinMI on Dec 18, 2009 8:36 AM CST up reply actions

Mrah?

by Musicdude10 on Dec 18, 2009 9:02 AM CST up reply actions

I remember meeting some of his friends

While living in New Orleans, I would attend the Iowa Cubs game when they visited. One time, I met several Korean students from Florida who said they had become friends with Choi when he played for Daytona. He had invited them to hang out when he came to New Orleans, which was a close to Florida as he would get that year. He also signed a ball for my son once, and just seemed like a happy, outgoing guy.

It sounds like the “near-death” experience on the mountain helped him regain some perspective and not be so stressed out by the game. Maybe recovering from a concussion, trying to fill Derrek Lee’s shoes in Florida, and other challenges in the majors got to him psychologically. I perceive he’s saying in the article that the mental approach is a bigger impact than the weight loss from mountain climbing.

Fontenot (fon-te-no): Cajun for "scrappy"

by cubzfan on Dec 17, 2009 5:13 PM CST reply actions