r/baseball • u/silly_card_collector Pittsburgh Pirates • 3h ago

Players Only Jackson Chourio has befriended a praying mantis

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u/wevih31322 3h ago

Didn't this happen to Victor Robles years ago?

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u/OnlyForBaseball Pittsburgh Pirates • Sickos 3h ago

Him telling the mantis how many outs there were is one of the great moments in sports history

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u/jo734030 Milwaukee Brewers 3h ago

Wdym

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u/Dan_Remmeck Seattle Mariners 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/5RqoBqU7HrYawP3p0T

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u/thereelsuperman San Francisco Giants 3h ago

This is fucking hilarious

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u/Fat-Singer-9569 3h ago

That's dedication to the bit. So good.

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u/RaidensReturn Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago

I love that he signed to the mantis. What a legend

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u/Dan_Remmeck Seattle Mariners 2h ago

So nonchalant about it too, Robles is the fucking man

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u/OmarHunting Chicago White Sox 3h ago

enjoy, and here’s only the out signal

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u/randomredhead San Diego Padres 3h ago

And Luis Arraez 2 years ago! (He named him Luigi.)

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u/TheDesktopNinja Boston Red Sox 3h ago

There have been numerous cases of MLB players with Praying Mantis friends on the field. I love them.