Shin-Soo Choo

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Yes, Shin-Soo Choo made a mistake recently.
He himself drove a car after drank.
But, he was not punished severely by his city and citizens.
Although he did a bad thing upon society, it seems that his fans still like him.

During the last three seasons, Shin-Soo choo did a very good job in Indians team.
His performance was awsome and he was an important player as a clean-up hitter
You know that ... ...


This video shows his strong arms and his good defence skill.

This video shows his Homerun parade.

However, he suffered from low performance this season.

I'm not sure that whether it is exactly because of his DUI accident or not.

 According to following news, it seems that Indians still needs him.

So, please do your best Choo! and that kind of mistake should not going to be happened OK?

Cleveland Indians' recent problems begin with Shin-Soo Choo and Carlos Santana: Terry Pluto

Published: Thursday, June 09, 2011, 6:37 PM

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Most Tribe fans know that Shin-Soo Choo and Carlos Santana are having lousy seasons, and doing it in the middle of the lineup.

Choo is batting .240 with five homers and 22 RBI; Santana is at .228 with six homers and 24 RBI.
Those have been your No. 3 and No. 4 hitters for much of the season.

For much of the season, the Indians were hitting about .320 with runners in scoring position. That rate was not about to continue. But no one expected the colossal collapse of 3-for-42, which the Indians were while losing five of six on this recent homestand.

Choo has no RBI in his past 14 games; Santana hasn't driven in a run in eight games.
But here are the numbers that hurt the most: Choo is 10-for-59 (.169) with runners in scoring position; Santana is 8-for-49 (.163).

Add it together, and they are 18-for-108 (.165).
Their inability to deliver when it means the most has been happening all season.

The Indians were living off Travis Hafner (.483 with RISP), Asdrubal Cabrera (.442), Jack Hannahan (.345) and Michael Brantley (.343) hitting in the clutch. But Hafner is hurt, Hannahan has cooled off and the entire lineup is feeling the pressure. Grady Sizemore is at .214 (6-for-28), but he has been in and out of the lineup because of injuries.

It's clear the Indians overestimated the odds of Santana coming straight up from the minors last summer and being able to hit in the middle of the lineup. He played only 46 games last season before suffering a knee injury.

Santana is only 339 at-bats into his big-league career, hitting .242 (.801 OPS) with 12 homers and 46 RBI. The 25-year-old switch hitter may eventually meet the projections of being the elite hitter that he was in the minors. A key indication is that he has more walks (42) than strikeouts (39).
The Indians say Santana has been trying to pull too many pitches -- pulling his head off the ball. They are working with him to hit more balls up the middle.

Choo is at 58 strikeouts compared to 21 walks. If Choo were even mediocre, the Indians could easily drop Santana to a less-pressurized spot lower in the lineup.
But Choo hasn't hit a homerun in nearly a month -- since May 13, to be exact. Before his double Wednesday, his most recent extra-base hit was May 22.

Yes, Choo is upset by his DUI arrest May 2. The criticism in his native South Korea has been far more severe than what he received here. In general, Choo has been treated respectfully by Tribe fans and local media because he has been a .302 hitter (.898 OPS) over the past three years. He has been the team's most consistent player since 2008.

Choo was hitting only .250 at the time of his arrest, so it's not as if he was performing up to his usual level before it. He started 2011 rather cool, then went frigid.
Nothing about Choo is lining up to his track record when you compare the past three seasons to 2011.
The previous three years, he batted .316 with runners in scoring position . . . it's .169 this season.
With two outs and runners in scoring position, it was .317 . . . he's 2-of-23 (.087) this season.
With the bases loaded, it's .419 . . . he's 0-for-6 this season.

At 28, Choo should be in the prime of his career. The Indians and Choo say there are no health problems. Other than looking lost at the plate -- taking good pitches to hit and desperately swinging at those he should ignore -- he seems to have no major mechanical flaws.
When he does hit the ball, it's not with the same authority. There's a stat called BABIP (Batting Average Balls In Play). It's what you hit when you hit a fair ball. For Choo, his number from 2008 to '10 was .357. This season, it's .298 -- an indication he's simply not hitting the ball with the same authority.

The Indians say they have to be patient with Choo, because they have no other real alternatives. And they are right. But after 221 at-bats this season, it's time for Choo to pull himself together -- because this is when the team needs him the most.