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Miguel Cabrera steps back from pitch, absolutely meant to do somersault right after

Miguel Cabera meant to do that somersault

Sometimes, you reach out for a handshake you're never going to get. Sometimes, you wave to someone on the corner who on second thought isn't your old roommate after all. It happens to the best of us -- we get stuck in awkward situations from which we must salvage our cool, and we usually do this by pretending to fix our hair.

But not Miguel Cabrera. On Wednesday night, he added a new move to the "I totally meant to do that" canon. He started to fall over as he stepped away from a pitch … or did he? Are you sure he didn't mean to do a somersault the whole time?

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