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Phillies reporter dances out of the way of line drive at Spring Training

Sideline reporters have to be able to do a lot of things at once: They're expected to keep an eye on the ballgame, interact with particularly interesting fans, hold a conversation with the folks in the broadcast booth and keep their heads on a swivel.
On Wednesday, Phillies reporter Gregg Murphy was hanging out in the left-field corner of Bright House Field during the second inning of the team's Grapefruit League game against the Orioles. As he was chatting with the play-by-play team, he had to put a pin in his thought and dance out of the way of a screaming line drive:

Impressive reflexes, Murph. If he starts carrying his glove around with him, maybe next time he can snag it out of the air (and throw it back) like his colleague Tom McCarthy did a couple of seasons ago:

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