Byung Hyun Kim Doesn’t Suck… Wait….Yes he Does…

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jeff in Korea at 11:45 am on Tuesday, April 19, 2005

The latest from Colorado has Pitching Phenom Byung Hyun Kim giving a game-losing grand slam homerun.

Kim (0 for 2 this season) is apparently at the bottom of the pitching roster in the Rockies bullpen. It seems he was put in the game out of sheer desparation.

“He’s a hot hitter, and when he came up in the seventh we had limited options,” Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said. “My starter had thrown 112 pitches and my bullpen was down to a couple of pitchers.” …

Here’s how it went down:

Trailing 5-3 in the seventh, San Francisco loaded the bases on three walks, the first two issued by starter Jason Jennings.

“I knew I was done when I walked Pedro Feliz,” said Jennings, who remained winless despite striking out eight. “I wasn’t going to face Alfonzo, the hottest hitter in the league right now.”

Byung-Hyun Kim (0-2) relieved with two outs and walked Alfonzo on four pitches. Tucker hit the next pitch into the Colorado bullpen in right field for his second career slam and a 7-5 lead.

“Bad pitch,” Kim said. “Bad location.”

Think so, Kim? Bad pitch. Bad Location. Bad Pitcher.

8 Comments »

Comment by Scott

19 April 2005 @ 1:33 pm

“Bad pitch. Bad location.” That’s classic. I’m gonna use that the next time someone does something really bad in the office.

Comment by Jeff in Korea

19 April 2005 @ 3:36 pm

It might work for car accidents too: Bad Steering. Bad location.

or fighting… Bad swing. Bad Location.

We can call in the Kim Defense in law.

Comment by hmmm

25 April 2005 @ 4:09 pm

0 and 3 as of now. He just blew another one.

Comment by jtb-in-texas

26 April 2005 @ 2:30 am

Is this the place to bring up the spanking that Texas Rangers Pitcher Chan Ho Park gave to the Yankees over the weekend?

Comment by Jeff in Korea

26 April 2005 @ 7:08 am

It wasn’t too bad…just about 4 years too late.
for 15,000,000 dollars a year, he should be doing that ever 5 days.

Comment by hmmm

26 April 2005 @ 10:45 am

By all means let’s talk about Park, the 15 million dollar man.

Over the past 3 years beginning in 2002 season he’s sported ERAs of 5.75, 7.58, and 5.46 respectively, and won a grand total of 14 games, while losing 18.

So he spanked the Yanks on Sunday. Big deal. Lots of teams are doing that this year, and they’re probably doing it a lot cheaper than the Rangers and Park.

Comment by jtb-in-texas

27 April 2005 @ 6:29 am

Hey, I haven’t gone to a game since the strike and thed Rangers haven’t done as well since Bush sold them…

And my mum-in-law is in town…

So let me enjoy me one bright spot, ok?

Comment by hmmm

27 April 2005 @ 10:44 am

Sorry, jtb. I dind’t mean to spoil your fun. I know how tough it can be to find a bright spot in a day when the in-laws are in town.

;-)

But I gotta ask, why don’t you look for more satisfaction in Roger Clemens? He also pitches there in the Lone Star State and for the “mere” 5 million dollars he made last year he posted an 18-4 record with 218 strikeouts. And he’s like what, 70 or 80 years old now too.

Seems to me “The Rocket” in his old age, pitching from a wheel chair with a feeding tube up his nose is still a much better deal than Park Chan Ho or Kim Byung Hyun will ever be.

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