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Adrian Beltre's teammates couldn't help but giggle after he was hit in the rear end by a pitch

Getting hit by a pitch isn't usually funny. Similarly, professional athletes aren't usually as outwardly quirky and endearing as Adrian Beltre … so combine those two scenarios and you get a definite laugher, of course.
That's what happened in Thursday night's Rangers-Twins game when a pitch from Tyler Duffey sailed too far inside and hit Beltre right in his … well, his rear end. He immediately began rubbing the spot as he walked to first base, eliciting laughs from his teammates in the dugout: 

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