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Park Drops Out Of WBC To Focus On Phillies

USA Today reports Chan Ho Park announced he won’t pitch for the South Korean World Baseball Classic team.

“I’m very sorry to my fans and the people who wanted me to play in the WBC. I won’t be playing for the national team any more.”

Park broke into tears during the announcement. He said he wants to concentrate on becoming a starter for the Phillies.

“As I’m going to the Phillies, I will do my best there to achieve my goal of becoming a starter,” Park said.

A respectable, novel, and ultimately good decision. Park really wants to be a starter again, and he knows he has a shot as the fifth starter if he succeeds. It’s good to see him expending so much on this goal.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.