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Felix Hernandez snares Adrian Beltre comebacker, flips the ball back to him, drops mic

Felix flips ball to Beltre after snagging his liner

Adrian "plunking nearby base coaches" Beltre and Felix "stellar King Tut impression" Hernandez are two of the game's foremost propietors of playful shenanigans. They also happen to be pretty great friends. So it should come as no surprise that, after King Felix snared a Beltre comebacker during Sunday's Mariners-Rangers game, the two would take the time to have a little fun -- until Hernandez went and dropped the mic: 

Felix flip

When the gauntlet is laid like that, there is only one appropriate response:

... nah, just kidding. Everyone knows Adrian Beltre's a big teddy bear inside:

Beltre Trout

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