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Fan Catches Flying Bat, Saves Baby From Impending Doom

A Chicago White Sox fan made an incredible, overhead snag of a bat hurtling into the stands along the third base line during Monday’s White Sox-Indians game. The bat had previously been in the hands of White Sox catcher Tyler Flowers.

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The fan, which MLG.com identified as Eileen Depesa, was “concerned with protecting the baby seated behind me,’’ she told MLB.com’s The Cut. More impressive than saving a child might be how casually she did it, quickly taking her second hand off the bat. Sign this lady up.

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