Jose Reyes literally hit the cover off a baseball
Baseball is a game where the seemingly impossible becomes possible before our very eyes.
There’s perhaps no better example than the foul ball in a minor-league game on Thursday that started clearly foul, before spinning its way back into fair territory. You never expect to see that, especially in a game, because the odds of it happening are so small.
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Another good example would be a player literally hitting the cover off a baseball. That we actually saw happen on Friday, when New York Mets infielder Jose Reyes took a mighty cut and peeled the cover back on a foul ball.
The ball landed in the right-handed batter’s box and it just kept spinning and spinning and spinning right in the right-handed batter’s box. In fact, it was nearly a repeat of Thursday’s wacky play as it appeared poised to shoot back into the field. Instead, it just stopped spinning, leaving us with this memorable image.
As unusual as this scene is in an actual game, it’s not the first time it’s happened this season. In June, Wil Myers of the Padres knocked the cover off a baseball on a foul tip. We’ll also never forget the night in 2014 when Martin Maldonado of the Brewers nearly took the cover off completely.
It’s a short list of players overall, but it’s grown lately between Maldonado, Jose Abreu, Andrew McCutchen, Myers and now Reyes. All of those have occurred since 2014, so perhaps it’s more about the baseball than weird luck or those who are swinging. It’s something to ponder.
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