After starting his spring 0-for-his-first-21, Hyun Soo Kim has finally found his groove. His batting average has soared to .200 and he’s got eight hits in his last 19 ABs (that’s a .421 batting average, you guys).
Kim was the butt of a lot of bad jokes (like the one above) and the target of some concerned Orioles’ fans on Twitter when the Birds lost nine of their first ten games in the Grapefruit League — they tied the tenth, by the way.
And while it’s been noted that Buck Showalter pulled Kim aside and watched footage of his games in Korea (I can only assume a bucket of popcorn was shared), I can’t say I’ve ever been too worried about Kim’s performance in Spring Training.