Javy Baez's bat-flinging, off-the-bounce single is the wildest base hit of the year
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Javy Baez regularly makes the outrageous look ordinary. He can turn fly balls into the first row into outs. He can turn sure outs into physics-defying escapes. He can play shortstop and center field at the same time. It's even earned him one of baseball's coolest nicknames: El Mago, "The Magician."
During Monday afternoon's game against the Pirates, however, "The Magician" upgraded to "The Warlock":
Yes, that ball bounced before it reached home plate. Yes, he did literally fling his bat at it. No, this is not the Twilight Zone. Javy, your thoughts?
A magician never reveals his secrets.