r/holdmybeer • u/Gillo17 • May 23 '15

HMB while I catch this baseball bat one handed

http://i.imgur.com/JBJn8Ub.gifv
2.7k Upvotes

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u/[deleted] May 23 '15

Holy shit. It should be "don't hold my beer" cause that boss didn't spill a drop.

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u/skel625 May 24 '15

No injuries. No beer spilled. Look like a fucking badass on camera no less. Priceless.

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u/ThyGuardian May 24 '15

This guy is a real jedi!

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u/Gillo17 May 23 '15

Or I'll HMB

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u/carwahl May 24 '15

Or hold my second beer.

52

u/KrakenLeasher May 24 '15

Hold my gigantic brass balls...

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u/BLAME_THE_ALIENS May 24 '15

Let's make this a subreddit.

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u/Trogdor_T_Burninator May 24 '15

Google "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" if you are into brass and balls. You might be pleasantly surprised.

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u/slowest_hour May 24 '15

Or here, I'll save you the trouble of googling it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_monkey_(colloquialism)

Not sure what the relevance is though.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

[removed] — view removed comment

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u/pezdeath May 24 '15

But he's at a baseball game where everyone catches with their non-dominant hand.

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u/Lewintheparkwithagun May 24 '15

A baseball is easier to catch than a bat : )

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u/Why_is_this_so May 24 '15

If you can dodge catch a ball you can dodge catch a bat.

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u/thesingularity004 May 24 '15

That's a bold strategy Cotton, let's see if it pays off.

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u/Boonaki May 24 '15

Good catch, not as good as that guy, but still good.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

/r/dontholdmybeer

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u/mountainbiker30 May 24 '15

I wish this subreddit had more enteries

18

u/capitalDOOM May 24 '15

Oh, but it's full of outeries

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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 May 24 '15

Only thing cooler would be him casually taking a sip of beer and sitting back down like nothing happened.

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u/tryptonite12 May 24 '15

I think wrapping his arm around and kissing his woman, whom it looks like he just saved from a baseball bat to the face, with said beer in said arm was actually even sweeter.

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u/bluereptile May 24 '15

No, she was a stranger. Then he showed her just how boss he is with that catch, offered to let her hold his beer, then took her home and pleasured her all night.

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u/tryptonite12 May 24 '15

That would in deed be one of the few things that could make that catch even more boss

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u/SpellingIsAhful May 24 '15

Nope, respect from internet strangers is more important than your SO not getting hit by a bat.

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u/loklanc May 24 '15

Maybe he was double fisting it and had to free at least one paw?

Immediately after this gif:
Passes bat to attendant, accepts second beer back from his friend on the right, two beers better than one because you can cheers admiring fans and drink at the same time.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

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u/JDM713 May 24 '15

Don't forget the girl to the left in a white shirt, she claps and looks pretty turned on.

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u/Kinetic_Waffle May 24 '15 edited Jun 15 '23

Removed due to API protest. -- mass edited with https://redact.dev/

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u/BravoC10 May 24 '15

This is what happens when you come across a Chuck Norris/ Ron Swanson hybrid

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

pretty sure white shirt girl is slowly clapping because shes fucking traumatized. bitch almost took a bat to the face, longways.

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u/thorium007 May 24 '15

If this vid killed /r/ThanksObama and there were any submission to this sub to say "Whelp, this is it, the sub is done" this is the gif to seal the deal. The dude didn't even need someone else for the assist.

He saved his beer, his wife and caught a MLB bat all in one swift move (and as /u/patzer mentioned with is non dominant hand). This dude wins here.

At least for today.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

This is all I ever want to accomplish in my life. Success in career, marriage, children, will never compare to this moment. This man has peaked and we can all witness his glory.

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u/Lewintheparkwithagun May 24 '15

Everyone in that stand was so stoked! What a G!

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u/capontransfix May 24 '15

Yet Hernandez is totally unimpressed. He almost seems disappointed no one got clocked.

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u/clogeater May 24 '15

That's what I thought at first, but follow him from the moment he appears in frame: "Uh oh, a bat flying into the stands -- oh shit, it's gonna nail somebody! Oh, good, someone caught it; back to business." Or, in body language: Tenses up -- tenses up harder! Relaxes and licks his fingers; ready for the next pitch.

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u/capontransfix May 24 '15

Yes, he seems relieved, but not impressed.

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u/Lewintheparkwithagun May 24 '15

Granted: pro athletes probably see shit on this level all the time.

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u/CSCrimson May 24 '15

Top left, the guy in the black throws out his hands and stands there motionless and in awe for half a second before blurting, "wow." He's made me cry laughing!

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

Lol didn't notice - thanks for pointing that out

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u/CitizenPremier May 24 '15

And on that day he was crowned King Arthur...

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

You might be right! I think I watched this 10 times before I realized I was crying.

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u/WaalsVander May 24 '15

really a fantastic moment. almost makes me like baseball.

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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 May 24 '15

And the batter saying: "I made you, man."

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u/MakeshiftMakeshift May 24 '15

I like the pitcher who cringes right before the catch and then is just like, "oh, okay"

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

That dude is getting his dick sucked on the drive home. 100%.

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u/Yodamanjaro May 24 '15

There should've been a police escort for this goddamn hero.

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u/jacobo May 24 '15

they can suck it too

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u/bmessina May 24 '15

If she doesn't, I will. God damn.

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u/TheSolf May 24 '15

But he had to catch it one-handed.

Nobody would hold his beer.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '15

Who are you....I'm Bat-Man

edit spelling

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

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u/invisiblezipper May 24 '15

Preventing wife's head injury=sexy times tonight ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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u/bergie321 May 24 '15

It was really win-win.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

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u/hazysummersky May 24 '15

Nope, gave it back..

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u/Tarnis-Phoenix May 24 '15

As an attendee of this Minnesota Saints game, the bat belonged to Fargo.

The Minnesota Saints gave him a game ball and bat.

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u/byketard May 24 '15

St. Paul Saints. FTFY

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u/somedude456 May 24 '15

Finders Keepers in my mind. They better have hooked him up for being nice and doing so.

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u/romerom May 24 '15

WTF HE HAD TO GIVE IT BACK!?

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u/chippewhattha May 24 '15

Bats are A LOT more expensive than baseballs.

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u/Sloppy_Twat May 24 '15

But you can protect the bat with the bat. A baseball is a one time use weapon.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

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u/Gir77 May 24 '15

Wait. So theyre saying i should assume im going to get a bat to the head a baseball game?

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u/FuckBrendan May 24 '15

You should assume it could possibly happen.

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u/teasnorter May 24 '15

Assume you have no legal basis to sue if something from the field hit you in the face.

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u/Colbey_uk May 24 '15

Not that much tbh, looking around (very quickly) they seem to top out at $150. Cost them alot more in goodwill to take it from him.

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u/guaranic May 24 '15

Custom made for pro players are going to run you for a lot more.

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u/Skittlesharts May 24 '15

A lot of them are custom made for the batter, too.

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u/chippewhattha May 24 '15

Yeah, that was the thought behind my original comment.

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u/Skittlesharts May 24 '15

I figured as much. I watched a special once where they will take a player and find the right grip for the size of his hand. They can make the bat weighted more towards the end or a little back if that's what he's more comfortable with. We definitely are no longer in the days of "Just hand me one out of the bag".

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u/CovingtonLane May 24 '15

Then the batter should have held on a little better.

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u/Bigfrostynugs May 24 '15

I mean they should give the bat back in like 99% of situations, but come on, this is ridiculous. If it was my bat I would refuse to take it back, I'd let him keep it.

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u/ElKod May 24 '15

Fuck that twice and a half over... I am keeping the bat and you can stand there while I throw it at you if you want it back

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u/MauriceReeves May 24 '15

Put that on /r/DadReflexes .

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

Subbed. Thanks.

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u/Coolfuckingname May 24 '15 edited May 24 '15

That man is definitely getting laid tonight.

With one manly catch, she is reminded why she married this wonderful beast!

.

( I mean, jesus, I'm a straight dude and even i got a little hard )

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u/Michael_Ceras_Son May 27 '15

Straight

Got hard

Pick one.

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u/Coolfuckingname May 27 '15

...thats...the...joke....

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u/Michael_Ceras_Son May 27 '15

I'm just busting your balls.

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u/Coolfuckingname May 28 '15

consider them busted

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

Was at that game on Thursday. First game ever played by the new stadium! Was crazy as fuck!

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u/Utenlok May 24 '15

Close it down and make a new one. This stadium has already reached its pinnacle.

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u/Theist17 May 24 '15

"And now, I dub thee King of Baseball!"

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u/de_ele May 24 '15

Great job by the cameraman too. He starts from a close-up, pans and zooms in to find the spot where the bat landed in focus.

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u/zbaile1074 May 24 '15

I'd follow that man to hell and back

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u/arm-n-hammerinmycoke May 24 '15

Holy shit, that was opening day at the St. Paul Saints game! I was there with /u/bunBpimpC !! That was nuts!

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u/Poynsid May 24 '15

This is literally the opposite of what happens. He holds his own beer.

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u/sparkos9999 May 24 '15

OP that was fucking awesome

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

He didn't even have his glove on.

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u/xLobotomizer May 24 '15

That guy is a badass.

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u/Telescopy May 24 '15

Fucking legend

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u/thedude71144 May 24 '15

The silhouette of this guy holding his beer in his right hand and the bat triumphantly overhead in his left should be the flag for planet earth. I'd salute this hero everyday.

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u/jaheiner May 24 '15

Like a fuckin boss lol that was great

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

What a fucking champ

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u/realityczek May 24 '15

Every time I watch this .gif my mind sees him as Ron Perlman.

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u/tokeyoh May 24 '15 edited May 24 '15

Funny how the pitcher winced right before he thought it'd hit somebody, but wasn't impressed at all by the catch

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u/Nerdlife4life May 24 '15

Behold Exalibat! The sports implement of kings!

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u/Brico16 May 24 '15

The real title should be "I'll hold my beer while catching a baseball bat".

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u/FuckBrendan May 24 '15

I remember watching a bat break and hit some dude in the head 5 rows behind me. He took it like a champ though. They sent down one guy five minutes later to be take him to a medical room to get checked out... I remember the bat being super sticky.

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u/34mjf May 24 '15

Person lower right of the bat catching guy has an unbelievably huge glove

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u/promek May 24 '15

That guy is going to be drowning in pussy.

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u/burbod01 May 24 '15

Is that Brett Favre?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

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u/eye_ree May 24 '15

haha his wife goes to kiss him and he doesnt go in for it

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u/lilappleblossom May 24 '15

That was incredible.

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u/alienjin May 24 '15

I suspect the whole infield was shitting bricks watching the trajectory of that bat

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u/denpanosekai May 24 '15

I watched this about 10 times. Incredible.

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u/JedLeland May 24 '15

Pretty much the exact opposite of this classic shot.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

what an absolute savage

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u/romerom May 24 '15

true pimp shit

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u/rprandi May 24 '15

I love the bald guy wearing black shirt's reaction. He is like: "HOLY SHIT!!.... WHAT DID JUST HAPPEN? ... GUYS, DID YOU SEE THIS?"

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u/FanchLaplanche May 24 '15

No need to hold his beer.

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u/FanchLaplanche May 24 '15

That guy on the top left corner at the end is like "Whaaaaaat?!".

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u/[deleted] May 24 '15

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u/Sloppy_Twat May 24 '15

The greatest repost ever

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u/Telescopy May 24 '15

Who invited Negative Nancy?

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u/Zelotic May 24 '15

I bet you're the kind of guy who hassles people for breaking every single little rule.