Athletics' Denzel Clarke just made arguably the best home run robbery in MLB history

Billy Heyen

Athletics' Denzel Clarke just made arguably the best home run robbery in MLB history image

It's one of those highlights that makes you let out an involuntary shriek when you see it.

I mean, how in the world did Denzel Clarke catch this baseball?

No one in the history of MLB has caught a fly ball quite like the Athletics centerfielder did on Monday night.

On any other day, with any other outfielder, Angels slugger Nolan Schanuel had a home run.

But not this time.

Look at the reactions after the catch.

Pitcher Grant Holman can't believe it.

Schanuel can't believe it.

Meanwhile, Clarke is partying out there, knowing he just made the play of the season.

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He already had an insane home run robbery earlier this season against the Blue Jays, a Toronto native robbing his hometown team.

This time, it's an in-state rivalry that gets introduced to Clarke's magic.

Hopefully hitters keep crushing baseballs to centerfield against the A's, just to see how high Clarke can go to catch them.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle