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Avisail Garcia struck out swinging, and his bat paid the price

Bo Jackson did a lot of amazing things in his MLB career -- running up walls, giving us one of Vin Scully's greatest home run calls -- but perhaps most jaw-dropping was his ability to snap a baseball bat like a twig:

In the time since, there have been many pretenders to the throne, and so much shattered lumber: Yasiel Puig , Melvin Upton Jr. , Matt Kemp Carlos Gomez  and even a bat-breaking bobblehead.
But it would take another White Sox player to truly encapsulate that magic. It wasn't until Avisail Garcia struck out during Chicago's 8-5 loss to the Twins that the world would finally see the rightful heir to an all-time Bo trademark:

Who knows, maybe he'll snap it over his head next time. 

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