After an exorcism he should be fine.
"I've seen ghosts plenty of times," Choi said through his interpreter, Jae Park.
The first time, Choi said, was shortly after back surgery in 2011. He felt a spirit on his chest that awoke him, and then he felt the bed slump.
"I was scared at first," Choi said, "so I didn't want to open my eyes. I dealt with that a lot more times after that."
Another time, Choi claims to have been laying on his side when he felt a spirit crawling up behind him, then felt a hug and heard some murmuring in his ear. Other South Korean Minor League players, the only ones he could communicate with at the time, claimed to have felt the same thing.
Choi always has a hard time sleeping in hotel beds. When he's comfortable, "It means there's a ghost," he said. That, Choi claims, was the case on Sunday. He was asked what he thinks about spending two more nights at the same Pfister Hotel where he felt that spirit.
"I hope it's a girl," Choi said, bursting in laugher. "Nah, nah. Just kidding, you know. … I've dealt with it so many times, I don't really care anymore."