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College player hits huge homer, carries bat halfway to first before flipping it to the skies above

By Matt Monagan

Down 7-5 in the ninth inning against N.C. State in an ACC tournament game on Thursday, Miami Hurricanes batter Edgar Michelangeli stepped up to the plate with two runners on. A single would be nice. A double would be awesome. A triple would be a lot of running.
Instead, Michelangeli chose to hit a monster three-run homer. And he enjoyed every single bit of it:

Somebody's been brushing up on their Tom Lawless videos ...

The Hurricanes shut down down the Wolfpack in the bottom of the ninth and won the game, 8-7.

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