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Ichiro dances around tag at home plate, continues to be the wizard we believe him to be

Watch Ichiro dance around a tag at home plate

For years, we've believed Ichiro Suzuki to be a wizard. His throws, his catches and his dance moves are just not things that can be performed by normal human beings. 

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During Thursday's Marlins-Mets game, he proved his wizardry once again -- avoiding a tag at home plate not once, but twice. It was so quick that the umpire originally called him out, unable to believe that anybody could be that flexible, that agile, that ... magical:

Closer inspection reveavled he was safe.

Ichiro Suzuki is 41 years old (or maybe 700).

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