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Zac mentioned this in “Leading Off,” but he’s not really into baseball so he undersold it. I’m greatly interested in baseball — though not a rabid Rangers fan — and so I recognized that last night’s incident in Los Angeles deserves a deeper dive.
Watch the video above to see rookie Joey Gallo crush a ball off Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw — a Highland Park High School graduate and the current title holder of Greatest Pitcher Alive. The Cy Young winner is having a subpar season measured by his own high standards, but still — look how far that ball goes. Dodger Stadium is known as a ballpark that favors the guy on the mound.
The best part for Rangers fans is that Gallo’s blast caused Kershaw to do this in the dugout:
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Joey Gallo made Clayton Kershaw very angry. pic.twitter.com/QotkSXXmld
— Pat Doney (@PatDoneyNBC5) June 18, 2015
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