For a time, local baseball standout Michael Choice was on top of the world. This time he’s headed to the other side of it.
A high school phenom at Mansfield Timberview who became a college superstar at UT Arlington and even played for the United States national team, Choice’s future seemed golden when he was chosen 10th overall in the 2010 major league baseball draft.
But after just 300 plate appearances in three major league seasons — the last two with the Texas Rangers — Choice is shipping out to Seoul, South Korea, in search of a new start.