"Even if I'm reborn, baseball" Minor League → 30 billion Choo Shin-soo's annual salary, the reason why he chose South Korea ('Baekban Travel')
Dec 09, 2024
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On TV Chosun that aired on the 8th, Choo Shin-soo from the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) appeared and visited Gyeongju, Pohang, and Uiseong with a Korean beef special.
On this day, Choo Shin-soo showed his famous pathetic side along with his baseball life. He said "My wife is from Busan. When I was a college student, I said I'd come to the U.S. and that's when we had a big" he said. Then "My wife was really considerate. When I woke up one morning, I couldn't see my wife, so I looked for her, and she was sleeping with her child on the stairs of the apartment. He thanked his wife for her dedication, saying, "The child cried so much that he went out in case I woke him up."
We also had a frank talk about baseball life. After entering the United States at the age of 18, he was offered a scout and received a down payment of $1.37 million"He recalled his hard life in the minor leagues. He said "The initial salary was no salary, and I spent only about 20,000 won a day on meals. I had to save up to 10 won for lunch to eat dinner."
As for the highest annual salary, he surprised himself by saying, `I received between 1.3 billion and 1.4 billion dollars in two weeks, and my annual salary was 21 million dollars at the time.' This is about 30 billion won based on the current exchange rate.
Choo Shin-soo joined SSG Landers in 2021 and returned to KBO for the first time in 21 years. He would have remained in the United States if he had thought of something monetary. I wanted to come to Korea and play a good role when I could afford it,' he said, expressing the meaning of his return to the KBO league. On winning the 2022 Korean Series, "My baseball life felt rewarded."," he said, expressing his emotional feelings.
Asked if he would play baseball again in his next life, Choo Shin-soo said, `I will play baseball 100% of the time. I'm still happier than I ever am to go to the ballpark,' he said, expressing his infinite affection for baseball.
mj.cho@sportschosun.com
