First we had Murray State pitcher John Lollar with the craziest leg kick the Internet has ever seen, now along comes Korean league pitcher Park Jong-hoon with one of the craziest submarine pitches in the history of submarining.
[GIF] SK’s submariner Park Jong-hoon pic.twitter.com/nKtDp3t15B
— Dan (@MyKBO) March 17, 2015
Jong-hoon pitched in the 2011 Baseball World Cup for South Korea and finished with a 0-2 record and 3.32 ERA over 19 innings.
Submarine pitchers used to be a big deal in Japan, according to a 2009 report in the New York Times. A submariner named Shunsuke Watanabe was known for wearing extra padding on his right knee because it scraped the ground. He actually showed up in the U.S. last summer to play for the independent Lancaster (Pa) Barnstormers.
Shunsuke Watanabe pitching for Lancaster
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