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The Dugout: Cleveland Indians Spring Training 2011

The Cleveland Indians are going to win the AL Central this season. So what if they win it with a record of 62-100? It will happen. Think about it. All the pieces are falling together. Shin-Soo Choo used "being good at baseball" to get out of mandatory military service, and is now free to ride the bench with an elbow...

Indians' Shin-Soo Choo Takes Elbow Injury in Stride

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The nights have been long for Shin-Soo Choo these last few years. The Cleveland right fielder has spent the last six years trying to make a career for himself in the Major Leagues, far from his home in South Korea. And for all of that time he had South Korea's mandatory two years of military service...

Shin-Soo Choo Avoids Military Duty by Leading South Korea to Gold Medal

The Asian Games was more than just a regional Olympic-style sporting event with national bragging rights on the line for 45 countries, at least for Cleveland Indians outfielder Shin-Soo Choo. When Choo led the South Korean baseball team to the gold medal on Friday, he may have just slugged his way out of a mandatory...

Shin-Soo Choo Tells Korean Press He Wants 'Transfer' From Cleveland

Cleveland Indians right fielder Shin-Soo Choo told The Korea Times on Tuesday that he wanted to "transfer" to a better team. "As with other players, I also want to transfer to a team which wins more," Choo said. "If I could move to a better team, I could generate a better record and improve more." Choo tried to...

Three Up: Shin-Soo Choo, Mike Aviles, Carlos Zambrano

In the final edition of Three Up during the 2010 regular season, FanHouse TV's Steve Phillips look at three players who are performing at a high level despite their team's low position in the standings. Click below to watch:

Shin Soo Choo News From the Web

05/24/12 Masterson outduels Verlander, Tribe sweep Tigers Source: WFLA - AM 540 - Orlando FL Verlander (5-2), who took a no-hitter in to the ninth inning in his last outing, allowed Shin-Soo Choo to lead off Thursday's series finale with a home run.
05/24/12 Choo shining in role as Indians' leading man Source: MLB - Cleveland Indians Shin-Soo Choo is tired of being asked how moving to the leadoff spot in the batting order has caused him to hit better.
05/22/12 Cleveland 5, Detroit 3: Sloppy Tigers fall to Tribe Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI Travis Hafner drove in two runs and Casey Kotchman had three hits as the Tigers fell, 5-3, tonight in Cleveland in the first game between these two AL Central rivals.
05/22/12 Live blog recap: Detroit Tigers look sloppy in 5-3... Source: Advance Newspapers - Ann Arbor MI 10:10 p.m.: The runners are stranded as Miguel Cabrera strikes out looking and Fielder grounds into a fielder's choice.
05/22/12 Live blog recap: Detroit Tigers look sloppy in 5-3... Source: The Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor MI 10:10 p.m.: The runners are stranded as Miguel Cabrera strikes out looking and Fielder grounds into a fielder's choice.

Background on Shin Soo Choo

Shin-Soo Choo (; born July 13, 1982) is a South Korean professional baseball outfielder with the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball in the United States.

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