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On his 75th birthday, we celebrate Bugs Bunny's illustrious baseball career

On Bugs Bunny's birthday, relive his baseball career

Bugs Bunny is known for many things -- his iconic catchphrase, his rivalry with Elmer Fudd, his opera stardom - but today, on his 75th birthday, we're going to look back at his brief but brilliant baseball career.

He never made an All-Star Game or won a major award, and he played in just one game. But in that one game, he played all nine positions, served as his own batterymate and made a home run-robbing catch that even Mike Trout would be jealous of:

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This might seem unbelievable -- cartoonish, even -- but the whole day survives on tape: