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![Former SSG Landers player Choo Shin-soo speaks during a press conference ahead of his retirement ceremony at Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon on June 14, 2025. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12101768.jpg?imageId=12101768&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Choo Shin-soo attends his retirement press conference at a hotel in Incheon on Nov. 7, 2024. [SSG LANDERS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12132828.jpg?imageId=12132828&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Former Texas Rangers player Choo Shin-soo throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the Rangers' home game against the Cleveland Guardians at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 22. in this photo captured from the Rangers' Instagram page. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11670549.jpg?imageId=11670549&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Former baseball player Choo Shin-soo, left, poses with his wife, Ha Won-mi, during his retirement ceremony at Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon on June 14. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12388468.jpg?imageId=12388468&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Choo Shin-soo poses with a special jersey bearing his number and career milestones during his retirement press conference in Incheon on Nov. 7. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12417539.jpg?imageId=12417539&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Choo Shin-soo poses with a commemorative No. 17 jersey featuring a list of major milestones in his career during a press conference in Incheon on Thursday. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12490489.jpg?imageId=12490489&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Choo Shin-soo of the SSG Landers walks to the dugout after the last regular season at-bat of his professional career at the bottom of the eighth at Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon on Monday. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12218536.jpg?imageId=12218536&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![SSG Landers' Choo Shin-soo records 2,000 hits over two decades of professional baseball in Korea and the United States in a game against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on Wednesday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11931764.jpg?imageId=11931764&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Choo Shin-soo of the SSG Landers celebrates with his teammates after hitting a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning in a game against the Lotte Giants at Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon on Tuesday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11868357.jpg?imageId=11868357&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![SSG Landers slugger Choo Shin-soo receives a second Covid-19 vaccine dose at the Central Vaccination Center in central Seoul on Monday. The KBO canceled all Tuesday games to allow players shortlisted for the Korean national Olympic team to rest after receiving the second vaccine. Games will continue as scheduled on Wednesday. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10768824.jpg?imageId=10768824&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)