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Watch this Oscar-worthy pratfall by a pro baseball player who was hit by a pitch

2022-04-13 00:00:00

Last night, Washington Nationals pitcher Dee Strange-Gordon accidentally beaned the Atlanta Braves' Travis d'Arnaud who responded to the 52.1 mph ball with a perfect pratfall. d'Arnaud's smile as he got up wins the game.

"Walking up [to the plate], I was thinking, 'If I get hit, I'm just going to flop down,'" d'Arnaud told MLB.com. "I almost spoke it into existence. It was fun."
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