| “ | Lift Big, Throw Gas, Hit Bombs. | ” |
―Eric Sim's motto[2] | ||
Eric Sim, also known as King of JUCO ((Korean: 심 에릭; born: January 3, 1989) is a South Korean-Canadian[3] YouTuber and retired professional baseball player. He spent his career in the San Francisco Giants organisation.[4][3]
Channel history[]
Eric originally made vlogging content related to baseball. After two years of making vlog content, he mixed in challenge videos. His challenge videos at first revolved around him facing pitchers from around his area. After around a year and a half of mixing in challenge videos and regular vlogs, he completely ditched the normal vlogs and did the challenges on a normal basis.
Channel content[]
Eric makes challenge content revolving around baseball, such as batter-pitcher matchups, trick shots, and trying baseball equipment throughout the decades.
Personal life[]
He grew up in South Korea before he moved to Canada with his mother at the age of 10 due to his aunt being sick. Eric and his family loved Canada so much, they decided to permanently live there.[5] He attended the University of South Florida and Colby Community College before getting drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 2010.[6] After 6 seasons in the Giants organisation, he was released by the team and played independent baseball for around a month before ultimately retiring.[7]
He's married to Bianca Sim (née Esqueda) and has a daughter named Sohpia.[8][9]
Trivia[]
- Sim played rugby in order to condition himself.[10]
- He has a "rivalry" with Trevor Bauer.[11]
- He used to manage a bar in Canada.[12]
- He's known for getting "folded".[13][14]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/esim3400/p/CIonDQpgr5N/?hl=en
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/@KingofJUCO/about
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.southsidesox.com/2019/1/20/18190300/eric-sim-so-you-think-its-easy-being-a-broke-minor-league-baseball-player#:~:text=My%20name%20is%20Eric%20Sim%2C%20a%20salty%20Korean%2DCanadian%2C%20washed%20up%20ex%2Dminor%20leaguer%20for%20the%20San%20Francisco%20Giants%2C%20who%20spent%20most%20of%20his%20career%20in%20Single%2DA.
- ↑ https://www.milb.com/player/eric-sim-594995
- ↑ https://www.usforacle.com/2010/04/15/unlikely-path-leads-sim-to-usf/#:~:text=After%20living%20in%20South%20Korea%20for%2010%20years%2C%20his%20life%20changed.%20His%20aunt%2C%20who%20lived%20in%20Canada%2C%20became%20too%20sick%20to%20run%20her%20restaurant%2C%20so%20Sim%20%E2%80%93%20then%2010%20years%20old%20%E2%80%93%20and%20his%20mother%2C%20Julia%2C%20moved%20to%20Abbotsford%2C%20British%20Columbia%2C%20to%20help%20her%20out.%20Soon%20after%2C%20they%20made%20it%20their%20permanent%20home.
- ↑ https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/156900/
- ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=sim---001eri#:~:text=is%20incomplete.-,Teams%20Played%20For,-Share%20%26%20Export
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/bianca._.sim
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHz1mj7RcZu7Wlj0iHeG19w/community?lb=Ugkxco4Y6lgYyGM55-nftGmOSu-aaUq8Uia6
- ↑ https://www.usforacle.com/2010/04/15/unlikely-path-leads-sim-to-usf/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CRugby%E2%80%99s%20a%20physically%20demanding%20sport.%20It%20got%20me%20in%20great%20shape%2C%E2%80%9D%20Sim%20said.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-uVkW7f71Q
- ↑ https://www.southsidesox.com/2019/1/20/18190300/eric-sim-so-you-think-its-easy-being-a-broke-minor-league-baseball-player#:~:text=I%20haven%E2%80%99t%20written%20much%20as%20of%20late%2C%20because%20I%20got%20busy%20at%20work%20(I%20manage%20a%20small%20bar%20in%20a%20small%20town%20in%20Canada)%20but%20with%20the%20start%20of%202019%2C%20I%E2%80%99ll%20do%20my%20best%20to%20contribute%20to%20South%20Side%20Sox%20from%20time%20to%20time.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlD-nKxrb54
- ↑ https://www.tiktok.com/@kingofjuco/video/7137477948017282347
