Baseball player Choo Shin-soo will appear on ‘Radio Star’ for the first time in 10 years. With a cumulative annual salary of 190 billion won, he is the highest-paid Korean major leaguer of all time. He reveals the reason why he cried on his pillow during his 7 years in the ‘minor league’.

At that time, since the cost of a meal was 20 dollars a day, he would eat two slices of pizza for dinner during away games, and he also stood in line to see an ‘ultrasound’ for free when his wife, Ha Won-mi, was pregnant, drawing attention.

The MBC ‘Radio Star’ (planned by Kang Young-sun/directed by Kim Myung-yeop and Hwang Yoon-sang) to be aired on the 4th will be decorated with a special feature of ‘My Second Act: Clear’, starring Choo Shin-soo, Ku Hye-sun, Kwak Si-yang, and Yoon Nam-no.

Choo Shin-soo is the first Asian major leaguer to set the ‘200 home run record’. He reveals the record he is most proud of among the many records he has set. He also recalled his 7 years in the minor leagues, saying, “I don‘t want to go back there” and sharing stories of how he had to survive on one pizza for 4 days because he had no money, which made everyone feel sorry.

He also said that he felt sorry towards his wife, Ha Won-mi, and shared stories of the hard times they had together. He mentioned his salary at the time and told the story of how when his wife was pregnant, he couldn’t afford an expensive ultrasound, so they went to a free clinic, and how after she gave birth, he couldn‘t be by her side and his wife returned home after being discharged from the hospital after 24 hours by herself. The MCs who heard this were said to have been impressed, saying, “Your wife is amazing” and “You have to be good to her for the rest of your life.”



Choo Shin-soo, who had always felt sorry for not being able to have a wedding, surprised everyone by revealing that he had planned a large-scale wedding without telling his wife. However, he made the recording studio burst into laughter when he revealed the reason why he didn’t have a wedding because of one word from his wife.

On the other hand, the episode with Dae-ho Lee, his elementary school classmate and fellow major leaguer, is expected to bring out big laughter. He said that he remembered his first meeting with Dae-ho Lee and said, “Coach, there‘s a high school student in my class,” making everyone burst into laughter. The two, who grew up as baseball players, had a touching reunion in the “Major League,” which can be called the final destination for baseball players, and it became a hot topic.

Lastly, Choo Shin-soo also tells the story of how he was surprised by his wife, Ha-won Mi, who became interested in YouTube late in life. He revealed through this YouTube channel that he was surprised when the house he lives in in the US was revealed, and all four MCs were surprised by this reality, raising curiosity.

The touching story of the ‘Choo Shin-soo couple’ filled with consideration and sacrifice for each other, and the ‘tenance’ that allowed Choo Shin-soo to set various records, can be seen on ‘Radio Star’, which will air on Wednesday the 4th at 10:30 PM.

Reporter Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com yyynnn@donga.com