Red Sox pitcher Hector Velázquez robbed a home run while standing in the bullpen
Robbing home runs is one of the coolest things a player can do in baseball. You're turning one of the sports world's most powerful feats into a long, amazing out for your team. You're destroying another fanbase's joy -- who wouldn't wanna do that.
Hector Velázquez, a pitcher for the Red Sox, sort of got that opportunity during Thursday's Blue Jays-Red Sox game. His teammate, Mitch Moreland, had already hit a home run, but Velázquez got to leap like Mike Trout and stop the ball from going into the crowd.
Let's hope it runs on highlight reels for years to come.
Matt Monagan is a writer for MLB.com.
