Did Francisco Lindor hit this ball twice, or was there a baseball magnet in the third-base dugout?
Lindor fouls ball off, hits it again on the backswing
First, we present the evidence, taken from Francisco Lindor's first at-bat during Friday's Indians-Reds game. (Warning: Video may contain evidence of black magic unsuitable for young children.)
Sure, the easy answer might be "his backswing hit the ball again, shooting it in a different direction," but here at Cut4, we don't believe in easy answers. The supernatural is all around us (just ask Matt Stairs and the Phillies broadcast booth) and there are no coincidences. Can you prove mankind hasn't developed advanced baseball magnet technology, conveniently off-screen in the third-base dugout? Behold this earth-shattering visualization that we've carefully reconstructed:
