"I'm very happy to be on the roster, and I will try my best to make it up to the coaching staff and organization [for giving me] the chance," Kim said through interpreter Danny Lee. (Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun video)
A week of roster intrigue and public posturing regarding the roster status of outfielder Hyun Soo Kim ended with precisely the opposite outcome the Orioles initially had striven for.
Kim refused the team’s request that he accept an assignment to the minors, and now must continue what has been a difficult transition from life and baseball in his native South Korea to the U.