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Orbit tries to distract J.P. Arencibia, gets poked in stomach with bat

J.P. Arencibia pokes Orbit in stomach with bat

Sure, Orbit was looming in the on-deck circle behind the Rangers' J.P. Arencibia, but he wasn't really doing anything distracting -- just providing him with a fuzzy, green, alien-shaped shadow. But Arencibia, perhaps aware of Orbit's penchant for taunting batters, decided he'd get to Orbit before Orbit could get to him:  

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And in case Orbit hadn't quite gotten the message, he gave him a light poke in the stomach with his bat:

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But what happens when you pick on someone who hadn't yet done anything to you? You strike out: 

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