Just over a week into the emergence of left fielder Hyun Soo Kim as an everyday player for the Orioles, manager Buck Showalter continues to be impressed by what Kim has done for the team.
The disastrous introduction that was his 0-for-23 spring training start grows smaller behind Kim, and it appears the player who was known as the “Hitting Machine” in the Korean Baseball Organization is starting to believe he can be that for the Orioles.
“I asked him before he got up [in the eighth inning] if he ever had four hits in a game and he said, 'Tonight,'” Showalter said after Wednesday's 13-9 win over the Red Sox.