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Nori Aoki escapes getting picked off, enters glitch in the Matrix

Nori Aoki makes acrobatic escape from pickoff attempt

Nori Aoki got caught stealing in the top of the sixth against the Dodgers, and Clayton Kershaw seemed to have him dead to rights with his pick-off attempt. That's when, on the evening of April 22, 2015, Norichika Aoki slipped the bonds of the physical realm: 

Detroit snow

OK, so maybe part-Matrix, part-Tom and Jerry at the end, but still -- the visual of two highly paid professional athletes crawling desperately back to the bag is worth the price of admission. 

In the future, Aoki should probably just borrow Freddy Galvis' ninja costume whenever he plans on becoming one with the shadows. 

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