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Eduardo Nunez's slide was so magical that he gave a helmet tip and tongue wag after he was ruled safe

There is no way that Eduardo Nunez should've been safe on this fourth-inning play at second base during Thursday's Red Sox-Blue Jays game. Look at where he is. Look at where the ball is!

Umpires originally called him out because, well, I direct you again to that image above. But upon a closer look and review, it was determined that Nunez performed some baserunning magic: He swam around Isiah Kiner-Falefa's tag, nearly knocked over the umpire and stayed safely on the bag. That deserves a helmet-tip and a tongue wag:

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