Byung-Ho Park came to the plate for South Korea in the top of the 4th inning. His team was already ahead 4-0 against the USA team in the Premier12 championship game. Park got a pitch over the middle of the plate, and hit it approximately 700 feet, into the left field seats for a three-run homer to give the Korean team a 7-0 lead. They went on to win 8-0.

 

Here is a video of the majestic blast. 

 

Check it out Minnesota Twins fans....Park Byung-ho crushed a 3-run home run against the USA tonight https://t.co/Mx2YupRzJO

— Dan (@MyKBO) https://twitter.com/MyKBO/status/668051934666866688

 

Another angle:

 

REPLAY!!!! Long HOME RUN by Park Byung-ho. Korea 7 US 0 in 4th https://twitter.com/hashtag/Premier12?src=hash https://t.co/sJif2k2vL4

— WBSC (@WBSC) https://twitter.com/WBSC/status/668031774316871681

 

The catcher for Team USA was former Twins minor leaguer Dan Rohlfing.

 

 

Pretyy safe to say he got all of that one.

Wow, he had a lot of time to tee up on that one!

Interesting side note: the game was played in the metrodome.

It may be true that major league pitchers don't serve up fat pitches very often, but when Park sees one he seems to know what to do with it.

It may be true that major league pitchers don't serve up fat pitches very often, but when Park sees one he seems to know what to do with it.

Another interesting side note: former Twin Ron Davis was on the mound for the US nine in this game.

It may be true that major league pitchers don't serve up fat pitches very often, but when Park sees one he seems to know what to do with it.

We must not have been watching the same games the Hughes started.

That was a hanging slider at about 86 (the board said 138 kph).  But who was pitching?  Here it the official US roster and here is a picture of the gentleman serving that:

 

 

 

So it looks like the guy who got pounded was Mr Brooks Pounders. Just putting things into perspective.  That US team would not be a competitive team in any AA league.  Maybe at a high A level.  It reads a lot like an Independent League roster...

Edited November 21, 201510 yr by Thrylos

I don't think that's true necessarily... The US team was a collection of guys who weren't on the 40 man roster. Not elite prospects, but good ballplayers, several with big league time. 

 

Pounders had just come up with some really big pitches the previous inning but was brutal in that 5-run fourth inning. Most of the arms were AAA arms, some with big league time. 

 

Anyway, he got a mistake and he crushed it!

Even batting practice pull homers like that seems pretty dangerous to Budweiser Party Deck people.

Well, the claims of Parks power seem to be accurate. 

Byung-Ho Park came to the plate for South Korea in the top of the 4th inning. His team was already ahead 4-0 against the USA team in the Premier12 championship game. Park got a pitch over the middle of the plate, and hit it approximately 700 feet, into the left field seats for a three-run homer to give the Korean team a 7-0 lead. They went on to win 8-0.

 

Here is a video of the majestic blast. 

 

 

Check it out Minnesota Twins fans....Park Byung-ho crushed a 3-run home run against the USA tonight https://t.co/Mx2YupRzJO

— Dan (@MyKBO) https://twitter.com/MyKBO/status/668051934666866688

 

 

Another angle:

 

 

REPLAY!!!! Long HOME RUN by Park Byung-ho. Korea 7 US 0 in 4th https://twitter.com/hashtag/Premier12?src=hash https://t.co/sJif2k2vL4

— WBSC (@WBSC) https://twitter.com/WBSC/status/668031774316871681

 

 

The catcher for Team USA was former Twins minor leaguer Dan Rohlfing.

Quite impressive regardless of the pitcher.

 

I can't watch that second video without thinking I'm actually hearing a Bubba Watson tee shot in the U.S. Open.

I'm still trying to figure out where that ball landed.

I think you meant the legendary Brooks Pounder, didn't you. Or as he is now known, Brooks Pounded.

 

I'm still trying to figure out where that ball landed.

Yeah, ditto.  I was thinking somewhere upper deck, or higher- I wish I could have seen it hit something.

 

Byung-Ho Park came to the plate for South Korea in the top of the 4th inning. His team was already ahead 4-0 against the USA team in the Premier12 championship game. Park got a pitch over the middle of the plate, and hit it approximately 700 feet, into the left field seats for a three-run homer to give the Korean team a 7-0 lead. They went on to win 8-0.

 

Here is a video of the majestic blast. 

 

Check it out Minnesota Twins fans....Park Byung-ho crushed a 3-run home run against the USA tonight https://t.co/Mx2YupRzJO

— Dan (@MyKBO)

 

Another angle:

 

REPLAY!!!! Long HOME RUN by Park Byung-ho. Korea 7 US 0 in 4th https://twitter.com/hashtag/Premier12?src=hash https://t.co/sJif2k2vL4

— WBSC (@WBSC)

 

The catcher for Team USA was former Twins minor leaguer Dan Rohlfing.

"Massive shot..."

 

Okay, I like that. Let us sign and enjoy the benefits of Massive Shot.

I also had problems following the ball but that was a shot.  I am still disappointed that I didn't get to a SK game while they were in Taiwan (went to US/JP instead).

 

Park got a pitch over the middle of the plate, and hit it approximately 700 feet, into the left field seats for a three-run homer to give the Korean team a 7-0 lead.

My astute deductions of this paragraph have led me to the conclusion that Mr. Stohs has very short feet.

So, why isn't this in the "Minnesota Twins Talk" forum?  

Edited November 23, 201510 yr by biggentleben

 

My astute deductions of this paragraph have led me to the conclusion that Mr. Stohs has very short feet.

 

You know what they say about.... never mind..

 

So, why isn't this in the "Minnesota Twins Talk" forum?  

 

Because it is from the Premier12 tournament... No Twins players played in the tournament, MLB or MiLB... Park hasn't signed yet. I could have put it in the Twins one but thought this was the most appropriate.

 

"Massive shot..."

 

Okay, I like that. Let us sign and enjoy the benefits of Massive Shot.

Sounds good!

 

I still think that broadcaster's true calling is in golf, however....

I liked the mlb.com headline on this.

 

Park hits home run to Minnesota... 

Since we are on the topic of Park, has anyone heard where the Twins are in terms of negotiations? 

 

Since we are on the topic of Park, has anyone heard where the Twins are in terms of negotiations? 

All I've got is this weird hot feeling in the back of my head that they're going to manage to eff this up somehow and throw the entire offseason into a tailspin.

 

Since we are on the topic of Park, has anyone heard where the Twins are in terms of negotiations? 

 

Not sure where this concern comes from that they aren't going to sign him (not from you, but I see/hear that all over)... I don't know who his agent is. He likely has someone from the US talking to the Twins. Now that this tournament is done, maybe talks will heat up. He's not going to go play back in Korea for like $1 million or so when he can come to the States and make like $4-7M a year.