The highlight of MLB’s All Star game festivities is the Home Run Derby, won this year in record-setting fashion by Florida Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton. The Korean Baseball Organization has its own All-Star derby of a decidedly different sort…
While Stanton did his best to launch every pitch into (and beyond) the outfield bleachers, KBO Bunt King Heo Kyung-min of the Doosan Bears endeavored to tap each of his hits an exact distance onto an infield target.
KBO All-Star Festivities: Doosan's Heo Kyung-min is your 2016 KBO Bunt King! pic.twitter.com/7yx0Bvazfk
— Dan (@MyKBO) July 16, 2016
[fusion_title size=”4″]BUNT DERBY IN 360 VR[/fusion_title]
If you want to fully immerse yourself in the electric, heart-pounding atmosphere that is the KBO Bunt King derby, here’s a sampling of the event captured in 360 degree virtual reality.
[fusion_title size=”4″]PERFECT PITCHER CONTEST[/fusion_title]
Another competition unique to the KBO All Star Game is the Perfect Pitcher challenge, wherein players try to knock over a series of upright bats arrayed in a row across the batter’s box.
ICYMI: Doosan infielder Oh Jae-won won this year's Perfect Pitcher competition pic.twitter.com/cgOHd3IAjy
— Dan (@MyKBO) July 16, 2016
One of Heo’s teammates, infielder Oh Jae-won won the event by twice knocking over two bats with a single ball. Go Doosan!
@MyKBO pic.twitter.com/kPlxba4NKO
— 소프리 (@sofree8423) July 16, 2016
[fusion_title size=”4″]BUNT-ONLY CHALLENGE[/fusion_title]
If you still haven’t gotten your fill of softly-hit baseballs, try playing PlayStation’s MLB The Show with a self-enforced bunts-only rule.
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