Aw man, come on. Asian behaving badly... Major League DUI edition! It's being reported that Shin-Soo Choo, outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving early yesterday morning in Sheffield Lake, Ohio, west of Cleveland: Shin-Soo Choo was arrested for DUI yesterday.Not a whole lot more details than that. Choo, who is arguably the team's best all-around player, apparently traveled with the Indians and is currently with the team in Oakland for the start of a six-game road trip against the Athletics and the Los Angeles Angels. Indians management released a brief statement:
Shin-Soo Choo was arrested for driving under the influence early Monday morning in Sheffield Lake, a small city a half-hour west of Cleveland, Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.Choo is the sixth baseball player to be arrested for DUI (so far) this year, joining Miguel Cabrera, Austin Kearns, Adam Kennedy, Coco Crisp and Derek Lowe. This seems like a strikingly high number for baseball. What the hell's going on? Given MLB's PR problems as of late, this is probably something they're going to want to address. More here: Shin-Soo Choo arrested for DUI.
Choo, who is struggling at the plate to start the year, is with the team in Oakland and preparing to be in the lineup Tuesday night.
"We are aware of the incident with Shin-Soo Choo and have spoken to him about it," Indians GM Chris Antonetti said. The Indians organization takes these issues very seriously and we are disappointed in the matter. We will continue to monitor the situation."
UPDATE: KoreAm's got the update with the police dashcam video of Choo's traffic stop and failed sobriety test, as well as the statement with his apology: Shin-Soo Choo DUI.