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Watch baseball player's superhuman leap into the air to catch ball
Date: 2021-07-08 00:00:00

San Diego Padres baseball player Fernando Tatis Jr. demonstrated his superpowers again this week in several incredible moments, most notably on Tuesday. The Washington Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman hit a line drive above everyone's heads and Tatis lept up at an astonishing height to pluck the ball out of the air. It's almost like he kicked his legs mid-jump to propel him even higher.

"The Nationals would win, 7-5," SB Nation reports, "but Tatis continues to be a marvel all over the field. He also hit his NL-leading 27th home run of the season in the loss."

Here's the video:

Then on Wednesday, Sports Illustrated wrote about how he "made a superhuman throw to nail a runner at the plate:

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