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Carlos Gomez pulls a Bartolo Colon, swings so hard his helmet flies off

Carlos Gomez really, really wanted to hit this baseball

Carlos Gomez likes to hit home runs. And to hit these home runs, he swings extremely hard almost every time he's up. Here's one example from last year:

gomez bat throw

During Sunday's Brewers-Rockies game, Gomez took another mighty cut -- swinging so hard his helmet fell off:  

Gomey

Good hands.

Of course, this isn't the first swinging-out-of-the-helmet occurrence of the season ...

Bartolo Colon swing

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