r/baseball • u/MLBOfficial Major League Baseball • Mod Verified • Sep 01 '26
Players Only [Highlight] COLTON COWSER GAME-ENDING HOME RUN ROBBERY!
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u/OsCrowsAndNattyBohs1 Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
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u/flea61 Los Angeles Dodgers Sep 01 '26
Jesus
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u/GreenBombardier Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
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u/Phailadork San Francisco Giants Sep 01 '26
Oof that's gotta hurt, arm bending backwards all crazy and slamming into that hard ass wall with your back/head.
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u/BubblyBaker5718 Los Angeles Angels Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26
Of all the times ive seen a pitcher clearly owe a fielder dinner, this is has to be one of the more blatant examples ever lol
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u/El_Zarco San Francisco Giants Sep 01 '26
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u/jld2k6 Sep 01 '26
That's gotta be the best feeling in the world, I'd be on my death bed 60 years later with a smile on my face thinking about the time I made that catch lol
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u/El_Zarco San Francisco Giants Sep 01 '26
Absolutely. Not to mention being a rookie and defensive replacement in that situation. Unimaginable pressure and he aced it cold
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u/IAmNoodles Springfield Isotopes Sep 01 '26
literally a "you have one job here" situation and he sure did it
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u/0nlyCrashes Kansas City Royals Sep 01 '26
I threw a kid out on a hard liner to right field at first base in college to save my pitchers nono in the 7th. He bought me some new batting gloves a few weeks later lmao. I still love telling that story. Both of them were freaking out. Guy I hosed slammed his helmet like 4 times on the ground then threw it into the dugout. Pitcher was jumping up and down like a school girl. Good times.
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u/WithMeDoctorWu Cincinnati Reds Sep 01 '26
also I remember Robin Yount
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u/El_Zarco San Francisco Giants Sep 01 '26
iconic! also shout out to Gregor Blanco and Dewayne Wise
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u/verbutten Chicago Cubs • Korea Sep 01 '26
"Dewayne Wise makes the catch! What a play by Wise! Mercy!"
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u/DarthPaximus Atlanta Braves Sep 01 '26
This is one of the greatest reactions to having one's ass pulled out of the fire i have ever seen on a baseball field.
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u/Low-Crazy-8061 Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
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u/phillycowboykiller Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26
I was scrubbing through his morphing facial reactions too, and I think this is my favorite. Especially if you zoom in. I never thought Andrew Kittridge could ever look so much like a child.
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u/Low-Crazy-8061 Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
I honestly can’t stop giggling at it and I will be using it as a reaction shot going forward
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u/phillycowboykiller Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26
He legit looks like a kid on Christmas morning walking into the living room and seeing a pony with a bow on top. But with a gray beard. I never really knew he even had facial expressions.
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u/plumbermat Seattle Mariners Sep 01 '26
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u/R_Hunt Philadelphia Phillies Sep 01 '26
When I think of all time greatest robberies, I think of poses like this. The timing on that is insane (and almost landed on his ass) 😂
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u/nateuralofficial Sep 01 '26
who said white men can't jump.
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u/_plays_in_traffic_ Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
colton isnt a man, hes a bovine
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u/morelibertarianvotes New York Yankees Sep 01 '26
You may not like it, but this is peak high jumping form.
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u/Not_Really_Famous Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
+1 WAR
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u/oatmeal28 Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
Believe it or not, straight to the top of WAR leaderboards
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u/G_I_Joe_Mansueto Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
The robbery and the game winning RBI, beating out an inning ending double play? Yeah brother give him a full win I don’t care what the formula is.
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u/Loose_Log_6253 Baltimore Orioles • San Francisco Giants Sep 01 '26
the best part is he was chosen as player of the game with a negative WPA. The man won the game almost by himself and got negative WPA lmao
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u/atowelguy Colorado Rockies Sep 01 '26
You have got to be fucking kidding me.
Longest home losing streak ever with 10 btw
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u/Super_Fa_Q Chicago Cubs Sep 01 '26
You guys can't catch a fucking break. From a lifelong Cubs fan. Yowza.
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u/taconitebehaulin Colorado Rockies Sep 01 '26
it’s been like this all fucking season, we keep snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. We would b comfortably on pace for under 100 losses if we could stop fucking blowing games and blew like 60% less of them to a normal amount
I don’t remember this many heartbreaking losses ever, even when we were good and in theory the losses should sting more, there just never was this many
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u/CuriousEyes02 Seattle Mariners Sep 01 '26
Without a doubt the best catch I've seen all year. And the O's are now at .500!
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u/INAC___Kramerica New York Yankees Sep 01 '26
This directly saved a win from turning into a loss.
That is out of this fucking WORLD.
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u/champsorchumps Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26
Not only that, it was the longest batted ball that was an out this entire season (and the previous longest out was caught by Jake McCarthy)
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u/lasagna_for_life Toronto Blue Jays Sep 01 '26
How can you not be romantic about baseball lol holy shit
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u/Available_Finger_513 Detroit Tigers Sep 01 '26
That's what, the third best record in the AL?
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u/floppysausage16 San Diego Padres Sep 01 '26
The AL is the league with the best players but the worst teams.
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u/Iwantthat799 Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
Cowser should get a full WAR for that catch
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u/Dependent-Effect6077 Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26
Also unironically probably about a 10% swing in playoff odds on this play alone
Orioles blowing a game to the Rockies 1 out away from winning would have been devastating but now they're just 0.5 back of Cleveland and keep the momentum
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u/TheNegativePhoenix Toronto Blue Jays Sep 01 '26
Why does the AL East have a bloodbath of good teams man. Rest of AL sucks
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u/Shot-Tackle-1458 Toronto Blue Jays Sep 01 '26
I would like to play the Mariners 30 more times
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u/staticusmaximus Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
Shit, I’d like to play the Rays 30 more times
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u/Xenoanthropus Philadelphia Phillies • Seattle Mariners Sep 01 '26
I mean, that makes sense. A replacement player doesn't make that catch and the Orioles lose. Cowser makes the catch and they win. Seems pretty clear-cut to me (though I know it's not)
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u/Not_RZA_ Jackie Robinson Sep 01 '26
One of the nastiest catches I’ve ever seen, in terms of context
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u/slobis Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
Basically 199.99% swing in win probability from the time it left the bat to the time it hit the glove.
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u/BeardedMan32 Houston Astros Sep 01 '26
That’s what you call the play of the game.
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u/Beer_Kicker Colorado Rockies Sep 01 '26
I hate this. Great catch. But fuck, man. Can we just have one fucking happy day in August?
Baseball hurts bro.
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u/bigloser42 Baltimore Orioles • Philadelphia Phillies Sep 01 '26
Colton Cowser:
https://giphy.com/gifs/fXnRObM8Q0RkOmR5nf205
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u/jdbolick Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
O's web gems after dark. First, a great snag by Gunnar in the 8th, then this ridiculous catch by Cowser for the win.
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u/conman752 Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
Holy shit, he jumped so high to catch this, his ass is halfway or more up the wall.
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u/jshokie1 Baltimore Orioles • Columbia Fireflies Sep 01 '26
I JUST FUCKING WOKE UP GOOD MORNING BOYS WE’RE .500!!!!
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u/TheOptimist6 Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
Now the milkman’s on his way! It’s too late to say good night!
So say GOOD MORNING! Good morning!
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u/champsorchumps Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26
That was also the longest out this season in any game
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u/y0nm4n Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
That link specifically is with 2 outs in the ninth, but it was also true for all outs
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u/captainsteezy Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
I don't know what to say
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u/bigloser42 Baltimore Orioles • Philadelphia Phillies Sep 01 '26
I believe this is the right thing to say:
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u/wooly_bully Boston Red Sox • Seattle Mariners Sep 01 '26
So immediately jealous of everyone who experienced that live
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u/BaltimoreBaja Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
Cowser celebrating while still in mid fall is the cherry on top man wow
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u/Forumly_AI Sep 01 '26
Absolutely remarkable sports moment holy shit. This orioles team may just surprise some people this month.
Also WHAT A CALL KEVIN BROWN
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u/_plays_in_traffic_ Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
kb and ben are my favorite booth combo.
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u/TheePorkchopExpress Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
So good. We are lucky. Throw a lil Palmer in there occasionally, perfection.
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u/Tartania Sep 01 '26
That must be catch of the year. The longest out of the season. Had to run at a dead sprint straight backwards just to barely beat the ball to the fence. Full extension, hard impact into the wall. Clutches it to directly transform a walk off HR into a walk off robbery. In a game that the Orioles really need to keep pace in the wild card race.
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u/scarface910 San Francisco Giants Sep 01 '26
Insane way to end an insane low scoring game at coors
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u/_dotdot11 Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
Yeah our sixth starter that we called up from AAA went 5IP 1ER. That shouldn't happen in Denver.
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u/Beer_Kicker Colorado Rockies Sep 01 '26
I’d like to introduce you to August 2026 Rockies.
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u/K1NG0492 Pittsburgh Pirates Sep 01 '26
God must be pulling a prank on rockies fans or something
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u/atowelguy Colorado Rockies Sep 01 '26
The losses keep getting more and more painful
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u/grant_w44 Colorado Rockies Sep 01 '26
Maybe coors field disturbed some ancient burial grounds.
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u/Ok-Soil-5133 Baltimore Orioles • Atlanta Braves Sep 01 '26
The call from Kevin Brown just as good as the catch
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u/Forumly_AI Sep 01 '26
I desperately want Kevin Brown to call orioles games the next 50 years. Pleaseeeee
He would be such a Baltimore legend by the time he retired.
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u/staticusmaximus Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
If Rubenstein is genuinely savvy, there’s no reason we can’t keep him.
KB is absolutely one of the best in the business, and there is a certain something to having your highlights have one of the best in the business on the calls.
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u/DMBEX Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
He made the catch! He made the catch!
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u/dafinsrock Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
He's great at hyping up big moments, but he doesn't lose his composure very often because he's such a pro. It was cool to see him beside himself like that
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u/Ok-Soil-5133 Baltimore Orioles • Atlanta Braves Sep 01 '26
Ideally he loves the Orioles so much that he does them along with national work like Benetti does
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u/wordflyer Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
What bigger things? National broadcast work doesn't take you out of local work except for one night a week. Good PBP guys usually stick around their team for a long time.
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u/Merchas Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
My mouth has been actually hanging open since it happened what the actual fuck was that play
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u/phillycowboykiller Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
I’m not an emotional sports fan, but I had tears welling up in my eyes. Is that weird?
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u/YourDadHatesYou Toronto Blue Jays Sep 01 '26
Don't know why I turned this game on in the 9th inning but I'm so fucking happy I did
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u/flockofmoose Philadelphia Phillies Sep 01 '26
Maybe the greatest catch I've ever seen in a non-playoff game, fucking unreal
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u/conman752 Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
Centerfield is permanently Cowser's spot now.
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u/DuskCyclone Baltimore Orioles • San Diego Padres Sep 01 '26
After years of watching Cedric work absolute magic for years in CF, that has to be the best defensive play I’ve ever seen! O’s are .500! Milkman delivers!!!!
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u/--Alec-- Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
I can’t believe what I just watched. More miraculously, we are .500
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u/IAmCorgii Colorado Rockies Sep 01 '26
Couldn't let us have this? At home? FUUUUUUUUUCK.
great catch
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u/TheOptimist6 Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
Difference between making the playoffs and missing the playoffs!
Long rain delay + amazing uniform combo matchup + unreal ending! That’s what I call baseball bliss!
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u/hawkins126 Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
New catch of the year just dropped holy fuck
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u/st1r Los Angeles Dodgers • Boston Red Sox Sep 01 '26
AL East is really gonna have 4 teams in the postseason aren’t they
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u/shingofan Toronto Blue Jays Sep 01 '26
I feel like I should hug a Rockies fan after watching this
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u/lizardsonmytoast Sep 01 '26
Damn that’s baseball! That smile on McCarthy’s face too… like he just can’t be mad cause thats why you love this game.
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u/phillycowboykiller Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
I just logged onto Reddit specifically to read through every comment thread related to this catch and vigorously like (mostly) the reactions.
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u/AhSquids Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
I was there for this it FUCKING ROCKED
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u/Red_Sea_Pedestrian Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
My friend was sitting third base line and said he almost dislocated his shoulder jumping up to cheer. Lmao.
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u/Tashre Seattle Mariners Sep 01 '26
This is the kind of play you fantasize about making while playing catch as a kid.
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u/trombonist_formerly Baltimore Orioles • Los Angeles Dodgers Sep 01 '26
69-69 baby that's what I'm fucking talking about
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u/Heavy-Panic-7568 Sep 01 '26
Rockies radio call had it as a homerun for a split second…. Gut wrenching bro
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u/JustaShibe99 Colorado Rockies Sep 01 '26
lol Rockies finding every possible way to hurt me why am I a baseball fan anyways.
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u/urrax9 Boston Red Sox Sep 01 '26
One of the best catches I’ve ever seen considering the circumstances. Not a cheap robbery by any means.
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u/Supermoose7178 Colorado Rockies Sep 01 '26
insane catch but he couldn’t have done this to a good team at least?
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u/iamfroott Arizona Diamondbacks • Charlotte Knig… Sep 01 '26
can’t imagine your first walkoff home run being robbed right over the wall sheesh
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u/TJtheShizz Pittsburgh Pirates • Atlanta Braves Sep 01 '26
That is a top-3 defensive play of all time. Full stop
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u/Mountain_Room_4184 Houston Astros Sep 01 '26
if you take into account clutch factor, this has got to be one of the greatest regular season plays in history. holy shit
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u/Shiforains Baltimore Orioles Sep 01 '26
meanwhile, newly acquired defensive specialist center fielder, Luis Robert, Jr....
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u/Conscious-Move9662 Boston Red Sox • Chicago Cubs Sep 01 '26
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u/DumbNutter Sep 01 '26
.730 XBA. Home Run in 28/30 ballparks btw
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u/Blazingbee98 World Baseball Classic Sep 01 '26
curious it says it wouldn't have been a HR at Coors lol. that ball was clearing the wall
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u/tube_ebooks Baltimore Orioles • MLB Pride Sep 01 '26
this genuinely might be the most excited i’ve ever heard kevin be on a call and who can blame him!
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u/daydreamersunion Atlanta Braves Sep 01 '26
That one Orioles lady towards the end is giving "top-10 moment of her lifetime" vibes
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