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Gif of Ryan Raburn’s ‘throw’

The Kansas City Star
Ryan Raburn just missed out on a grab on a ball hit by Mike Moustakas. His resulting throw was more of a spike into the ground that allowed Moustakas to score.
Ryan Raburn just missed out on a grab on a ball hit by Mike Moustakas. His resulting throw was more of a spike into the ground that allowed Moustakas to score. JOHN SLEEZER The Kansas City Star

Indians left fielder Ryan Raburn may have dreamed of leading off “SportsCenter” one day.

Just not like this.

Raburn’s throw/spike in the eighth inning of the Royals’ 2-1 win on Thursday night was one of the worst you’ll ever see.

Here is a Gif of it:

 

There were a couple of other moments worthy of Gifs.

Later in the game, which ended in 14 innings, first base coach Rusty Kuntz took a dive as he avoided a foul ball. He was fine, but it made for a funny Gif:

 

The last Gif we offer up is of Lorenzo Cain celebrating after he scored the winning run:

 

The video from all three came from MLB.com.

This story was originally published July 25, 2014 at 8:03 AM.

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