Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Teoscar Hernández pulled off a pretty skilled gymnastics feat against the Miami Marlins on Wednesday to ensure he’d be safe at second.
He did the splits, which will always be impressive whether that’s supposed to happen in your sport or not.
With two on base in the top of the first in Miami, Hernández doubled deep into right field and sent Bo Bichette home to give the Blue Jays an early lead. But as Hernández slid into second, he went in with a ton of momentum, and it looked like it took everything he had to keep his right foot on the bag.
He tagged the base and just kept sliding before inadvertently doing the splits.
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split pic.twitter.com/HTDoR22M7G— Cut4 (@Cut4) June 24, 2021
WOW. That’s some amazing flexibility
Hernández was safe, and Toronto exited the first inning with a 2-0 lead. Here’s another angle of this incredible move to stay on base:
And somehow, he made the splits look easy when this move was almost certainly super difficult (and probably a tad painful, depending on how much he stretched before the game).
Even though it’s only Wednesday, it’s probably safe to say this will end up being one of the most impressive MLB plays of the week.
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