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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Lotte’s Jung Hoon Makes Case for Korean Baseball Bat Flip of the Year

Two weeks ago BC's head honcho, Joe Kinsey, announced that his favorite KBO bat flip of the season came courtesy of Choi Jin-Haeng. A bold statement for sure, but it's tough to argue with a bat flip that traveled halfway down the third base line:

Another view of Choi Jin-haeng's 3-run home run and bat-flip (watch where the bat lands) pic.twitter.com/TUn0akl0l5

— Dan (@MyKBO) May 14, 2015

Impressive, no doubt. However, a new challenger for the “Bat Flip of the Year” crown emerged Wednesday, when Lotte’s Jung Hoon unleashed this violent bat flip into the turf after a two-run bomb against SK:

Home Run Bat-Flip of the Day: Lotte's Jung Hoon hit a 2-run shot against SK tonight #KBO pic.twitter.com/jBaM3rkyZa

— Dan (@MyKBO) May 28, 2015

Angle No. 2 will give you a greater appreciation of Hoon’s craft:

Another angle of Lotte's Jung Hoon's home run (Full video at https://t.co/H634pSRI0I) pic.twitter.com/YUn2qfhceG

— Dan (@MyKBO) May 28, 2015

It’s been said before, but man, the KBO players just “get it.” Bat flips are what the people want, and they give it to them in bunches. Meanwhile in America, butthurt — albeit very talented — Madison Bumgarner is losing his shit every time batters show glimpses of emotion.