{"id":6119,"date":"2010-08-02T02:08:20","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T02:08:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-08-02T02:08:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T02:08:10","slug":"Chan-Ho-Park-becomes-free-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=6119","title":{"rendered":"Chan Ho Park becomes free agent"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Korea’s first Major League Baseball player Chan Ho Park<\/strong> said he will become a free agent rather than play in the minors after the New York Yankees designated him for assignment.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old pitcher was dropped minutes before the July 31 non-waiver deadline<\/strong> to make way for the newly acquired Kerry Wood, Korea’s Yonhap news reported.<\/p>\n

“I was informed just three minutes before the deadline,” he told his website (www.chanhopark61.com). “If there is no interest I will be a free agent and contact teams like three years ago.”<\/p>\n

Park had been released from the New York Mets in 2007 but made a comeback with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2008 and went to the World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies last year.<\/p>\n

“Thanks to those experiences I was not so shocked (to be dropped) and could prepare for the challenge,” said Park. “I’ve gone through many things.”<\/p>\n

Park<\/strong> joined the Yankees this year, posting a 2-1 record with a 5.60 ERA in 29 games for the 2009 World Series champions but has failed to convince manager Joe Girardi.<\/p>\n

The Korean right-hander has recorded a total of 122 wins throughout his MLB career and needs one more to tie Japan’s Hideo Nomo for 123 wins — the most for an Asian pitcher<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Another option for Park would a return to South Korea but he has never played in the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) as he moved to the United States straight out of college in 1994.<\/p>\n

Sad!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source Reuters<\/em>
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