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John McDonald does 720 on throw to first, might try out for AND1 Baseball Mixtape Tour

Angels John McDonald does 720 on throw to first

If you watched ESPN2 at all in the '00s, you probably remember the AND1 Mixtape Tour. It was a traveling street basketball exhibition whose players operated under the credo of "Never just dunk when you can dribble with your elbow, bounce the ball off a defender's head, dunk, hang upside down off the rim and throw your shirt into the crowd while doing so." Three-sixty dunks were commonplace; Taurian Fontenette (aka "The Air Up There") even once pulled off this 720:

You might say the claim that he made two full revolutions in the air is dubious. You might also say that I don't care. In any event, MLB saw its very own 720 play on Wednesday night:

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Angels third baseman John McDonald may not have needed this off-the-back 720 if he hadn't misplayed the grounder in the first place, but the toss was still thrilling.

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