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The highlight of MLB’s All Star game festivities is the Home Run Derby, won this year in record-setting fashion by Florida Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton. The Korean Baseball Organization has its own All-Star derby of a decidedly different sort…

Korean Baseball Organization's All-Star Bunt King competition

While Stanton did his best to launch every pitch into (and beyond) the outfield bleachers, KBO Bunt King Heo Kyung-min of the Doosan Bears endeavored to tap each of his hits an exact distance onto an infield target.

BUNT DERBY IN 360 VR

If you want to fully immerse yourself in the electric, heart-pounding atmosphere that is the KBO Bunt King derby, here’s a sampling of the event captured in 360 degree virtual reality.

PERFECT PITCHER CONTEST

Another competition unique to the KBO All Star Game is the Perfect Pitcher challenge, wherein players try to knock over a series of upright bats arrayed in a row across the batter’s box.

One of Heo’s teammates, infielder Oh Jae-won won the event by twice knocking over two bats with a single ball. Go Doosan!

BUNT-ONLY CHALLENGE

If you still haven’t gotten your fill of softly-hit baseballs, try playing PlayStation’s MLB The Show with a self-enforced bunts-only rule.