Last month, Ji-Man Choi grinned when he was asked how he learned how to do the splits.
He never quite learned how, he said. He only learned one day that he could, out of necessity. The 230-pound South Korean’s unintentional flexibility enabled the Angels to beat Oakland, 8-6, on Wednesday at Angel Stadium.
Bequeathed a two-run lead in the eighth inning, Fernando Salas loaded the bases with one out on two walks and a single. J.C. Ramirez entered, promptly walked in a run, and then induced a grounder to Yunel Escobar’s left. He bobbled the baseball before turning it to Cliff Pennington at second, who threw low to Choi at first base.