What happened to Ryan Garko?

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Did Garko retire?

[dcgreg25]

According to Wikipedia he signed a contract to play for the Samsung Lions of the Korean Baseball League over the winter.

[sox83cubs84]

I'll miss having him in the Majors...he was one of the most popular non-stars on the Forum in the last few years.

Dave Miedema

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wow.....I guess the career really went south...Haven't heard of too many american players going to the Korean League. Yes, japan but not Korea. Any other recognizable American players playing in Korea?

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I tried to find out how garko was doing in the Korean league but couldn't find any stats. Anyone know how he is doing?

[BostonSportsFan]

I tried to find out how garko was doing in the Korean league but couldn't find any stats. Anyone know how he is doing?

http://www.koreabaseball.com/Record/...px?pcode=61435

Cannot read Korean but he is apparently only batting 243 with 1 homer but I am not sure if this is through yesterday or when.

Joe

[camarokids]

http://www.koreabaseball.com/Record/...px?pcode=61435

Cannot read Korean but he is apparently only batting 243 with 1 homer but I am not sure if this is through yesterday or when.

Joe

I cannot imagine trying to read Korean or Chinese!!!

I guess if you grew up with it as your language it would not be big deal.

Just looking at the page above is very overwhelming....

[ATigerFan]

wow.....I guess the career really went south...Haven't heard of too many american players going to the Korean League. Yes, japan but not Korea. Any other recognizable American players playing in Korea?

Tim Redding played for the Samsung Lions in Korea for part of the season last year. I have a pair of his cleats that he used over there.

[GarkoCollector]

He did pretty well this season. Finally got to be an every day player. Talked to his wife a week or so ago and they are back in the US for the offeseason.

[frikativ54]

I cannot imagine trying to read Korean or Chinese!!!

I guess if you grew up with it as your language it would not be big deal.

Just looking at the page above is very overwhelming....

That's what they probably said the first time they saw the English alphabet.