PIRATES' CHOI JI-MAN DROPPED FROM KOREAN TEAM FOR WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC

Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Choi Ji-man has been cut from the Korean national team for next month's World Baseball Classic (WBC) due to medical reasons, officials here said Monday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced that the Pirates submitted a "medical objection" to the tournament organizers, based on Choi's elbow surgery