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A Texas Rangers farmhand completely befuddled a Houston Astros prospect with a perfectly executed hidden ball trick on Thursday … and the epic play was all captured on video!
The trickery happened in the third inning of the Corpus Christi Hooks game against the Frisco RoughRiders — after ‘Stros prospect Justin Dirden knocked a base hit into right field.
As Dirden was celebrating the feat with his first base coach, Trey Hair devised a plan. The Rangers prospect hid the ball in the back of his glove and slowly made his way to Dirden.
🚨HIDDEN BALL TRICK 🚨 pic.twitter.com/87z3MCy8rI
— Frisco RoughRiders (@RidersBaseball) May 20, 2022
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In footage of the play, you can see Hair made a swipe at the bag, which caused Dirden to leave it — and then he casually tagged the runner out.
Dirden was left perplexed, and questioned the umpire about the call. But, it turns out the ump said everything was legal — and Dirden was ruled out!
Awesome play — but Dirden ended up getting the last laugh … the 24-year-old went 3-for-3 with a home run and 4 RBIs, and the Hooks ended up winning 9-5.