1. During the fourth inning of Monday night's Pirates-Cardinals game, a routine batter went up for a routine at-bat, not knowing — how could he? — what the ball had in its future.
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2. As the ball rockets into the right-field stands, we see a Cardinals outfielder hustling, and a man — a man with a baseball glove the size of a Kodiak bear — waiting in the stands. Sure enough, that intrepid fan grabs it.
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3. Seriously, look at that thing: it's bigger than most propeller aircraft. I'm surprised the weight of it doesn't knock him over.
![[imagetag]](http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/4/16/10/enhanced-buzz-27288-1366124241-2.jpg)
4. Let's see that again. That glove should be used to catch fugitives.
![[imagetag]](http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/4/16/10/anigif_enhanced-buzz-27117-1366124194-5.gif)
5. Imagine being this outfielder. "Hey, I have a chance at this! Hey, I — darn. I guess my glove wasn't big enough."
![[imagetag]](http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr02/2013/4/16/11/anigif_enhanced-buzz-30277-1366124767-12.gif)
6. Here's video of the wondrous event.
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H/T to Tom Ley at Deadspin
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