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The Korean Baseball League Apparently Holds a Bunting Contest
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Why watch Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby when you can watch bunting instead?
I have no idea when this clip is from (I think it’s actually from a few years ago), but people were sharing it on social media during last night’s derby, an illustration of what other baseball leagues do with their All-Star festivities.
In Korea they literally lay down two tarps that have numbers on them, like it’s curling or something, and the players bunt for points:
A look back at KBO All-Star Festivities: KBO's midsummer classic features a home run race. But in the past they've had such events as 'Bunt King'
— Dan Kurtz (@MyKBO) July 9, 2019
I like it. I think we need to add a bunting contest to our All-Star week.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com