SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 28: Hyun Soo Kim #25 of the Baltimore Orioles hits a two-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park on June 28, 2016 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images)
2016By Andrew Bucholtz on

It’s always interesting to see how announcers from different parts of the world call certain events, such as Iceland’s Gudmundur Benediktsson, or England’s Ian Darke and Steve McManaman, or Canada’s Harnarayan Singh and his Punjabi calls. The latest fun one is from Tuesday, and has these Korean broadcasters calling Hyun-Soo Kim’s second home run of the season for the Baltimore Orioles against the San Diego Padres:

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Even without understanding the language, the emotion translates. Kim’s home run was one of three the Orioles hit en route to an 11-7 win. Camden Chat’s Mark Brown writes that plenty of Orioles games are broadcast in Korea like this, with local announcers commenting on the MASN feed. Kim hit 28 homers in Korea last year, so there may be more dingers, and more crazy calls, to follow.

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Andrew Bucholtz has been covering sports media for Awful Announcing since 2012. He is also a staff writer for The Comeback. His previous work includes time at Yahoo! Sports Canada and Black Press.

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