Every day, after his early hitting routine and a peek at a lineup card that didn't include his name, Hyun Soo Kim cut a sad figure walking around the edges of the Orioles' clubhouse at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Fla.
The Orioles' spring training home had become a place of great professional frustration for the South Korean outfielder. Amid a week of reports about his future with the team, the players would ask a question that the language barrier prevented them from asking the man himself: What's happening with Kim?
Three months later, they know. He tells them.