'MLB 67 Home Run' Choi Ji-man Signs Management Contract With Brion Company → Return to Korea in earnest

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Sports business group Brion Company announced on the 27th that it has signed a management contract with Choi Ji-man (35), a batter from Major League Baseball (MLB). As the military problem has been solved, it is expected to take steps to return to the Korean stage in earnest.

Choi Ji-man is a batter who ranks second (No. 1 Choo Shin-soo) in Korean Major Leaguers with a total of 67 home runs in eight MLB seasons.

Choi Ji-man, a native of Dongsan High School in Incheon, crossed the Pacific Ocean in 2009 by signing with the Seattle Mariners of the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) and made his big league debut in 2016. He has played for the Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates, and San Diego Padres, and his MLB career record is 0.234 67 home runs and 238 RBIs in 525 games. In particular, in 2020, he became the first Korean batter to play in the World Series for Tampa Bay. In May last year, he joined the military as a social service worker and was discharged from the military after being judged as a wartime worker.

Choi Ji-man said, "I've always thought that I want to solve military problems and play in front of passionate Korean baseball fans while organizing my life in the United States. Now, he is focusing all his attention on rehabilitation treatment, and he is having a fulfilling time every day with the mindset that he will be happy if the day comes when he shows good performance as a player to baseball fans again. He also said, "I have organized what I have learned in the United States step by step, and I dream of a second half of my life that can help Korean baseball move toward a more constructive direction in the future."

Lim Woo-taek, CEO of Brion Company, said, "It is admirable that a player who went straight to the U.S. right after graduating from high school overcame a hard minor league life and played in the big leagues for eight seasons. As long as his physical condition allows him, he will actively support not only his life as a player but also his second life after retirement by taking advantage of his various strengths. We will organize the precious memories that Choi Ji-man experienced on the big stage and gradually prepare a place to communicate with the public," he said.

Meanwhile, Brion Company, which signed a contract with Choi Ji-man, is developing various Olympic medalists such as fencing Oh Sang-wook, short track Kwak Yoon-ki, Kim Arang, Shin Dong-min, judo Kim Min-jong, Taekwondo Park Tae-joon, management of various current and former sports players such as Lee Dong-guk, Jeon In-ji, Moon Do-yeop, Han Yoo-sum, Kim Tae-gun, Lee Tae-yang, Ha Joo-hwan, and Kim Jae-woong, as well as e-sports and sports MCN businesses. In particular, he was in charge of promotional marketing for Korea House, which recorded the highest box office success ever at the recently ended 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

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