Baseball player flips bat after drawing walk, accidentally hits umpire

Published Aug. 16, 2016 8:32 p.m. ET

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The copious amount of bat-flipping - even after walks - is one of the many great things about the Korean Baseball Organization, but Kia Tigers third baseman Lee Bum-ho got a little sloppy on his execution after drawing a walk in the first inning.

Bat-flip of the day featuring KIA's Lee Bum-ho and the home plate ump pic.twitter.com/VlfUAWRFhz
— Dan (@MyKBO) August 16, 2016

Lee attempted a fairly gentle flip as he started to jog toward first base, but he didn't get any distance on the throw and the bat looped back and grazed off the home plate umpire. Lee immediately apologized, but he got a staredown from the ump as he took his base.

(Thanks to Deadspin for sharing this video.)